Posted by Zoomzoom on December 14, 2008, at 22:52:48
Hello everyone,
I could really appreciate some guidance here.
My first thread was called "Cymbalta Overdose/rejection?"I'm on my 38th day of cymbalta.
-The first two weeks were at 30 mg.
-The first week was uncomforable and weak and shaky.
- The second week I felt better than i have felt in years. Discerning and responding to the world and situations quickly and naturally. (The way other people seem to.) And I WAS HAPPY. Things were all ok and everything felt in perspective.
- On the third week I went to the 60mg because my doctor prescribed that from day one. At the end of the third week I saw him and he advised me to go back to the 30's b/c of my positive response. (I felt shaky and weak at 60.) (Increased sweating and slight heart palpitations too. Although I accept the fact of sideeffects)
- I went back to the 30's but not till 4 days later, since i figured I put in 7 days on the 60's and maybe things would improve after 11days.
- So now I'm 13days into the 30's and 38days total with Cymbalta in my system. (2weeks at 30, 11days at 60 and 13days at 30.)The point is that I dont seem to be returning to the positive effects that i felt on the 2nd week at 30.
I realize i'm only 13 days at 30 since i left the 60's but does that mean i started from scratch or am I more like 38days into this?
I am more stable, it is much less of a roller coaster. But I don't have that positive sensation. There was once even a feeling of impenetrability - I could field and organize my world without being totally at the mercy of it.
Now it seems that rather than everything being OK, every thought is rather heavy. When the drugs work, the amazing thing is that there aren't the obstacles. But when I am struggling, the feeling is that every little thought is somehow negative. My default setting is negativity. It is amazingly subtle and spontaneous and happens before you are even aware of it, I guess that's why they call it "chemical."
I just wonder whether this is an indication that I am going downhill or is this to be expected? are things still building up in my system. Am I actually into my sixth week (38 days) or have I fudged the continuity there? Thank you so much, Z
poster:Zoomzoom
thread:868839
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