My daughter is 15 and after being on 30mg of Cymbalta for 8 or 9 weeks and at first doing quite well, she had a setback and her doctor increased her dose to 60mg, 19 days ago. While we have seen some slight improvement on the 60mg, it is not like the vast improvement we initially saw on the 30mg. She suffers from depression/anxiety/panic disorder. Cymbalta so far is the only medication that has helped at all. I am just wondering if we need to wait the full 4 to 6 weeks to see an improvement or should it be sooner?
How long should an increase in Cymbalta take?
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- 31 Jul 2011 by shadow10
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- cymbalta, depression, anxiety
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LiverLips31 Jul 2011
Hi shadow10! I sincerely hope that you & your family find relief soon.
The dosage at 30 mgs is the lowest dosage. I'd say wait at least 1 - 2 weeks more for it to fully integrate with her system. If, at that time, you don't see anything beneficial, you should inform her doctor. Sometimes a drug's efficacy can be amplified with a medication such as Abilify. This can be used for a short term to "boost" the effects of the primary prescription.
When I increased from 30 mgs to 60 mgs nothing was overly noticable other than it managed my pain better. I use Cymbalta for daily pain.
shadow10, you'd mentioned that no other meds had helped your daughter. Have you already tried Lexapro or Effexor XR? Is your daughter using something else that might be inhibiting the Cymbalta?
LaurieShay1 Aug 2011
Hey Shadow,
Sorry to hear that she hasn't improved as dramatically as you had hoped. She may still continue to improve so don't lose hope. Don't forget that the medicine can only do so much. The therapy will continue to help as well. This is just going to take time so hang in there!!
Write me soon,
Laurie
5 Aug 2011
Hi Shadow,
I hope your daughter finds a med that suits her soon or hopefully upping the current dose will kick in soon,its so awful to have those worries on you,but you are doing the right thing,i hope she starts to feel better soon,maybe as Laurie suggested more therapy might help??
I'm late getting to answer posts,my apologises,just wanted you to know here for you.
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Hi LiverLips,
Thank you for your responding! My daughter is also on Seroquel, 200mg nightly. We have talked about abilify but her doctor seemed reluctant ti put her on that. Basically told us it would have the same effect as the Seroquel. She has tried both Prozac and zoloft with bad results!
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