Hi everyone, I am new though I have been reading post for a couple of weeks. I have been diagnosed with depression for 21 years now and recently tapered slowly off of cymbalta. I had hoped to manage without meds but within a week after going off I was riddled with anxiety and felt my mood slipping. My psychiatrist put me on citalopram and I have increased up to 40 mg. I have been at 40 mg for about 11 days now and today was a pretty bad day. It has been 18 days since I started at 10 mg. I am having such a hard time keeping hopeful that this is going to work again. I was on it for 9 years before the cymbalta which made me feel so drugged.
I just really need some encouragement and someone to tell me that this is going to work. When I experienced a distressing event a year and a half ago I was switched to the cymbalta because the anxiety flared badly. I have depression but the anxiety is a significant component of it. When I started the citalopram many years ago I don't remember how long it took to work and at that time the doctor used wellbutrin and 600 mg trazadone at the same time. I eventually tapered down to 100mg of trazadone and dropped the wellbutrin and had no difficulties until it became necessary to try cymbalta.
So today I feel kind of worse and have been crying a bit. I wonder if I am at a turning point or if it is getting worse.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for commenting.
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