Cymbalta 120/180mg

Welcome to our forum.  It is here where you will truly find comfort and great advice from people that truly care about you.

I took Cymbalta for awhile but unfortunately it didn't work well for me.  I am not sure of the type of depression or to what degree it is but I have had depression for over 20 years.  I have been on ver 40 different meds including Lithium way back when I was diagnosed in 1986.

Here I am all these years later and I am on Lithium again.  At first I felt hopeless like my mental health stabilization was going full circle with no great repreave and I thought for a while that it was hopeless.

I am treatment-resistant and have done the med route and ECT and VNS, I still fight everyday.

Therefore, to get  me stabilized there is a great amount of trial and error for me.

Currently I am doing ok where my depression is in check and I feel able to function more than I have for several years.   My doctor has me on several meds but there is a combination of 2 that have been shown to be 80% effective for major edpression.

It is Lithium and lamictal.  It has helped me, ask your doctor about it.

Hope this helps

Yes it is a vagus nerve stimulator.  I have had mine for about a year and a half.  To be honest, I have mixed feelings about it and how effective it is.  It is hard to explain what it feels like.  It feels different all the time.  The biggest thing I have noticed is that when it goes off, I still have a choking sensation and it is pretty uncomfortable sometimes.  There is a website called VNStherapy which you can get more information.

Hope this helps