started Cymbalta and having diarrhea Posted: 01-30-08 15:21pm
Hi all, I'm new.
I would love to hear from someone.
I don't know if I'm truly depressed or
what you should call it. I know that I am
very stressed right now. I just finished
college after going back in my 30's.
Married with 3 kids. Now I can't find a
job so far, and its almost time for my
student loans to kick in. Husband is in a
job that we both hate. the job is ok, but
the required overtime is killing us. He
has worked every single Sunday and every
single holiday since April. About half
the time Saturdays too. Hard on our
family.
I had a rough time growing up. I know
other people had it worse, but mine was
not great. And my dad still blames me for
it! He will call me and cuss me out at
least once every 3 or 4 months. That is
very stressful. i watched him abuse my
mother physically and emotionally for
years before we finally left. I still
have nightmares at times about it.
My teenage niece just found out she is
pregnant. she is not married and of
course we will love her and help her out,
I know this will be stressful for our
family.
And to top it off, I think I'm just "down"
a lot of time anyway. No energy, no "get
up and go". Sometimes I look around and
wonder why we are doing this. Just so we
can get up and do it all over again
tomorrow??
anyway, yesterday I talked to my doctor,
who is also a family friend and he knows
some of our "problems." I hate to call
them problems because I don't have
anything horrible that is wrong. Anyway,
he prescribed cymbalta for me. I can
already feel a difference. The only bad
thing is I have had diarrhea since taking
it. I already have ibs so this side
effect is for sure not needed. I woke up
several times last night, but was able to
go back to sleep easily.
I took 20 mg yesterday. Now today i was
reading on the internet to try to see what
was said about the diarrhea. But I found
people talking horrible about cymbalta!
Said it was almost impossible to get off
of, that they had horrible side effects
after a little while of usage.
I just need someone's take on this. I
want to feel better, but I don't want to
become addicted or have horrible side
effects.
Thanks,
Donna
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 01-31-08 12:17pm
If you have diarrhea, the medicine may not
even kick in enough to help you. The
diarrhea can expel the medicine before it
gets the chance to absorb into your
system. How long after taking it do you
get sick?
You should give your doctor a call and see
if he can switch you to another anti
depressant if it keeps up, or change your
dosage so it doesn't effect you as much.
As for looking up medicine online, I never
do that. Typically, people only post
online about medicine if they have a bad
response to it and want to complain to
someone. I noticed this back when I was
getting on birth control for the first
time and was trying to find a good one.
It seems like every medicine had a bad
review! Try different medicines out on
your own until you find one that works for
you and doesn't put your body out of whack
too badly.
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stacyndonna
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 6
Thank you! Posted: 02-01-08 09:22am
I was so afraid that no one was going to
answer me.
I guess you are right that people usually
only write about the bad stuff. I had not
thought of that.
Thanks and if anyone has any other words
of advice aboug cymbalta, I'd love to hear
it.
Donna
