Drugs are my friend! :)
Jul. 16th, 2010 02:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rosebeeAt least Cymbalta is.
Just got back from my psychiatrist's office.
My Cymbalta dosage is increasing from the VERY low dose of 30 to the standard dose of 60.
My Dr was very unsurprised to find that my body's initial repsonse to the initial low dose of Cymbalta had decreased. He says we're going to increase my dosage until we get on one that will be a good long-term maintenance level dose.
And the feeling that my mood isn't under my own control? That it goes up & down on its own, completely unrelated to what's actually happening in reality? He says that's what depression is all about, and if people with depression could control their moods then he'd have to find something else to do.
I was nervous about going in (thinking this wasn't enough to bother him about), but I've left feeling hopeful & relieved. :)
Now I just hope the higher dosage kicks in soon enough that I can *really* enjoy the Adam Lambert concerts I'm going to next week!
Just got back from my psychiatrist's office.
My Cymbalta dosage is increasing from the VERY low dose of 30 to the standard dose of 60.
My Dr was very unsurprised to find that my body's initial repsonse to the initial low dose of Cymbalta had decreased. He says we're going to increase my dosage until we get on one that will be a good long-term maintenance level dose.
And the feeling that my mood isn't under my own control? That it goes up & down on its own, completely unrelated to what's actually happening in reality? He says that's what depression is all about, and if people with depression could control their moods then he'd have to find something else to do.
I was nervous about going in (thinking this wasn't enough to bother him about), but I've left feeling hopeful & relieved. :)
Now I just hope the higher dosage kicks in soon enough that I can *really* enjoy the Adam Lambert concerts I'm going to next week!
