Well, I talked with my doctor. He's a glass is half -full kind-of-guy. He
said to consider it an experiment and that now I know whether the benefits of
Cymbalta outweigh the side effects. Cymbalta is out of the system in five
days. So when I took it on the fifth day I learned know how much it actually
works for pain.
Patti
---- Janice Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
> As we live, we learn. I have had a few lessons learned myself.
> Janice
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 7:42 PM
> To: "tmic" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [TMIC] Doctor Appointment
>
> > I'm here too?
> >
> > I reduced my Cymbalta by 30 mg in December for a few reasons.
> > 1. I didn't want to drive the 70 mile round trip for samples.
> > 2. I didn't want to pay full price at the pharmacy.
> > 3. I wasn't feeling bad, but I also wasn't feeling good - just kind of
> > unemotional
> >
> > I stopped my remaining 60mg of Cymbalta for four whole days, because I
> > didn't have any side effects from the 30mg reduction. I didn't feel any
> > change in my "mood", but the pain increase was intolerable. I took a 60mg
> > pill on the fifth morning and I now know how much pain relief I get from
> > it.
> >
> > I have a quarterly doctor appointment and plan on telling him about the
> > 30mg reduction. I'm undecided about mentioning my four day blunder. Yes,
> > I had a couple of physical effects besides the pain increase. I'll never
> > try that again, however, I might try to ween off in the summer with my
> > doctor's help.
> >
> > (My family knew, but wasn't happy with my little trial.)
> > That's what I've been up to!
> >
> > Patti - Michigan
> >
