Update - Thank you, everyone, for being there when I needed you. I did finally go to my doctor and he put me back on the Cymbalta and lowered my Lexapro dose. He also gave me some Clonopin...
Hi Carl, I love the story! I was recently in the ER for something unrelated to depression, and the doc went through my list of meds. Then he said something about the Lexapro as my "happy pill". I was...
Thanks, I'll ask him about those things. It's hard for me to be 100% honest with doctors - I've had a lot of medical problems in my life, and don't really trust them a whole lot. I do find myself...
Thank you Karen and Trina for your great advice. I'm just called my psychiatrist and left a message to get an appointment. I'm home from work today, and afraid to go back to work. I'm just so fragile...
Wow, Carl. Thanks so much for your kind words. Your words made me feel like there is some hope for me out there. I was on Cymbalta last year and started getting sleepy on it too. It seemed to work...
I've been depressed for at least the past few years - since I had my son in 2009 - and probably before that too. Now I am working full time at a job where I am treated like total garbage. It's...