Kris Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Couldn't think of a good topic title for this...I switched (just recently) from 60 mg of Cymbalta to 10 mg of Lexapro. (BTW was on Cymbalta for about 5 months). I was told by my psychat. to take 30 mg. of Cymbalta for 5 days and then switch to the 10 mg. of Lexapro. Was this sound advice? Does this sound like a proper change to you all? Thanks Kris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanessa Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 I had a med change from 100 mg zoloft to 30 mg Cymbalta recently. The idea was to start me up on a low dose Cymbalta to avoid Seratonin syndrome. I would guess that your pdoc has the same idea, when he switches you from Cymbalta to Lexapro. So yeah, it sounds pretty reasonable too me. Hope the Lexapro is working out for you. /V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Yes, this is pretty reasonable. The idea is to keep some level of antidepressant in your system rather than going down to nothing (or practically nothing due to half-lives) so that you don't get more depressed during the change. There are a few meds where you need the previous completely out of your system before you can start the new one. But Cymbalta and Lexapro are not among them. Fiona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Thanks smart ladies - that make me feel better! Vanessa, hope the Lex does well for me too! Kris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bianca Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 WHen I talked to my pdoc about discontinuing she said only one person had a bad experience. She also has alot of patients on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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