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Have Depression After Taking Medication
Hi was on Effexor for 9 yrs and finally got off because they did not work anymore. My Dr. put me on Zoloft and been on that for 5 weeks and felt really down. Now today he switched me to Cymbalta. I have bad depression and I just want to feel happy instead of sad.
Fri, 11 Apr 2014
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I think, you have either chronic depression or treatment resistant depression. In that case, you need combination of drugs rather than single antidepressant. I would suggest you paroxetine with mirtazapine or effexor with mirtazapine. Cymbalta has less effect on depressive symptoms. Rest, you can discuss with your psychiatrist.
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I think, you have either chronic depression or treatment resistant depression. In that case, you need combination of drugs rather than single antidepressant. I would suggest you paroxetine with mirtazapine or effexor with mirtazapine. Cymbalta has less effect on depressive symptoms. Rest, you can discuss with your psychiatrist.
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