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Have Rheumatoid Arthritis And Erosive Osteoarthritis, Forgetfulness, Loss Of Sleep. On Folic Acid And Cymbalta. Will I Feel Better?

My rheumatologist is gone for 2 weeks. I have R.A. ,and erosive osteo.I take humira inj. every 2 weeks,methotrexate,4 tabs every week,2 folic acid every day except the day I take the mTX.400 mg. a day of plaquenal,except I havent taken it for a couple of daysI take 10 mg. of prednisone daily also..I also started taking 30 mg.of cymbalta in May. I felt really good,almost no pain.I went to the Dr .July 25th. He had me start taking 7 1/2 mg. of the pred.to try to wean off. Also I started taking 60 mg. of cymbalta.I feel terrible. I can hardly stay awake, am so irritable,I am forgetting things and worst of all,I am having trouble getting the correct words out.do you think it is the increased cymbalta?
Mon, 5 Aug 2013
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hello
thank you for the query
sir
after going through your symptoms like irritability forgetfulness,after taking 60 mg of Cymbalta I can say that yes increasing the dose to higher levels might probably have caused these symptoms, as these are side effects of Cymbalta in higher doses,which is an anti depressant ...so try to stop taking this drug for a while..
hope I have answered your query
regards
DR.Alekhya
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Have Rheumatoid Arthritis And Erosive Osteoarthritis, Forgetfulness, Loss Of Sleep. On Folic Acid And Cymbalta. Will I Feel Better?

hello thank you for the query sir after going through your symptoms like irritability forgetfulness,after taking 60 mg of Cymbalta I can say that yes increasing the dose to higher levels might probably have caused these symptoms, as these are side effects of Cymbalta in higher doses,which is an anti depressant ...so try to stop taking this drug for a while.. hope I have answered your query regards DR.Alekhya