Depression medication question....I've been using this site quite a bit lately and I want to thank everyone
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One more dirrect question. The physical symptoms of my depression are so bad, back aches, weakness etc. I wrote earlier about that commercial that talks about Cymbalta for the physical symptoms of depression. You know where the people are too tired to move etc.
Has anyone had a good experience with Cymbalta who had these physical symptoms? And they went away??
As I mentioned earlier I take 10mg of Lexapro, maybe it's not enough but It is a difficult medication to tolerate: constipation, headache etc. It took me so long to get up to 10mg and I've only been on 10 for about 10 days...so maybe it will take more time to work.
I can hardly take it anymore the depression, sleeping all the time, don't want to go outside, stay in house...you know.
So just checking about Cymbalta to see if it really does relieve the physical symptoms of depression. physical check-up - excellent.?
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I also was severely depressed and sometimes still am. I also lost all my friends when I was very young and when I went to a "center" instead of a high school I only made two friends, and neither was very good, although one of them was somewhat decent. I also lost them in a few years.
These are the typical reasons for a person becoming depressed and turning to suicide:
1. Not getting your way. For example: A non-Christian being prevented by a Christian from getting something they want because that Christian is obeying God. For example say your friend has just become a Christian and you haven't and still hate God (whether you believe you do or not), and you want him to spend his excess money and watch some time-wasting movie with you but he won't because he's decided to spend his excess on spreading the gospel: You will become depressed at either the wrong idea that he hates you or angry that he is hating the things you love. Basically it's anger at God that leads to depression.
2. When a Christian sees others breaking God's laws, especially when they break the more important ones deliberately, and often. Scripture gives us some insight into one ancient Christian's emotional life, whose name was Lot:
"he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)" - 2 Peter 2:7-8
3. Others mistreating / being unloving to us.
4. False thinking such as thinking we can't do much to help anyone else in life or, after God has forgiven you, wrongly thinking that he hates you, and losing faith in his love for you.
5. Worshiping things other than God:
"The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods." - Psalm 16:4
You may not be worshiping "gods" however, if you are not worshiping God, or worshiping other men, metaphorically or literally, more than and especially, in hatred against him, then you will become more and more filled with sorrow.
If you have not yet asked God to forgive you with sincere sorrow towards him for breaking his laws with the desire to stop breaking them, then according to Scripture you will not live forever with God nor will your mind become perfectly logical, but will remain in a tormented and chaotic state. To solve this problem you must not trust in any opinion over God's facts. For example if he said, "Do not lie" but in your opinion it's good to lie now and then, don't trust your opinion. Yes, it is good to lie in some cases for quick profit, but God will punish you for it, and if you are not forgiven yet, and you end up dying before you are forgiven, you will be punished forever for it.
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe. - Proverbs 28:26
You should also not listen to those who are not forgiven for spiritual / moral wisdom:
"He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm." - Proverbs 13:20
That is common sense advice as well. For example say you want help understanding a hard math problem, are you going to get the advice of a hateful impatient idiot who doesn't understand math?
If a person truly wants to know and understand the God of the Bible in order to please rather than find fault with him, God will allow it and will let you know how to secure your future forever.
In order to get eternal life and an ever-increasingly logical mind you must also humble yourself rather than arrogant and stubborn towards God:
"whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted." - Matthew 23:12
So, willingly, without hatred, do what God asks you to.
Another problem may be your diet and comfort level. For example if you have high arches, the pain from walking around and not having good arch support may be causing you to be easily irritated. Or your sleep may be hindered by light coming in from under a door, a clock, a humming sound coming from a computer or clock, irritating bed sheets, or an uncomfortable pillow or bed.
Also, if you are not getting enough saturated fat you may have poor health and feel miserable, and so again, will be easily angered.
There is an excellent health guide at http://romans916.com
Finally: "don't worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ho of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." - Matthew 6:25-34
Read more of what God has to say at http://romans916.com/answers.rtf...
My goodness!
Physical symptoms of my depression are exactly the same as yours, when i'm in my 'down time' as I call it I cannot move from one spot for hours!
Weakness, back ache, stomach pains, anxiety!
I had no idea that there was something that could help.
Is there a way I can contact you?
I take Aropax (similar to zoloft) and Valpro.
I used to take Lexapro and I agree with you. It never made me feel ill but it took almost 2 weeks to get used to it...I stopped the meds and began walking and exercising...you'd be surprised as to how good you feel just from moving around...good luck!
I have been on cymbalta for about a month now. I really do like it. I was on lexapro for about a year and that was about 4 years ago. It did take a while to work. Give your lexapro about a month to feel its full effect. I did not like lexapro I ended up increasing my dosage. Next i was on zoloft for about two years. It did help for a long time but then after two years i was on the highest dosage and it made me gain 70 pounds in two years. For women its awful. It makes you gain weight. Sooo now Cymbalta.I had awful back pain. I thought it was from lifting my daughter all the time. But since i have begun my cymbalta my back has not hurt once. I do like it I would recommend it for anyone. I feel so much better on it. I feel like I actually have some energy. When I clean the house now I sweat. On my Zoloft I was always freezing. It would be 80 degrees out and I would be wearing a long sleeve shirt. Cymbalta works on two parts of the brain. It is awsome. You should try it. I truley believe it helped with my back.
I'll tell you what I know... it doesn't answer your question directly, but I experience depression first hand and know that any information helps. I was on it briefly, but I acutally had more complications (side effects) on Cymbalta. I had an aquaintence who took Cymbalta for body aches, but she had more luck with Welbrutin. Initially, I switched to Cymbalta from Effexor XR. Effexor did help the depression and mild body aches, but I also have a lot of anxiety and didn't help me much there. Have you tried Effexor? Currently, I am taking 100mg of Zoloft. It is really working well. I exprience letheragy with SSRI's but Zoloft helps me with an increased energy level as well as the body aches. The bad thing about Zoloft is that it is really easy to build a tolerance to it, and as with most anti-depressants, coming off the medication is very difficult. Withdrawl is painful. But, there's no need to worry about that right now...first, conquer the depression... and it is possible. I promise! Are you in therapy. If not, I highly recommend it. A combo. of meds and psychotherapy is really how I've overcome 90% of the depression symptoms. Stay strong and try to hang in there with the ups and downs. There is a right medication for you and if you are persistent you will find it. E-mail me if you have any other questions or clarifications. Good Luck!
I used to be on lexapro, but now I'm on celexa. It works pretty well, except my hands shake so bad so times that writing becomes a challenge in and of itself. But I found this on rxlist.com: "Major Depressive Disorder
It is generally agreed that acute episodes of major depression require several months or longer of sustained pharmacologic therapy. There is insufficient evidence available to answer the question of how long a patient should continue to be treated with Cymbalta. Patients should be periodically reassessed to determine the need for maintenance treatment and the appropriate dose for such treatment."
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