AD "Poop Out" Syndrome... Help!

BlueAngel22 · 03-31-2006, 05:29 AM

I am so fed up with depression right now! I have been taking Cymbalta since January, and it was working wonders for me. I felt almost completely like my normal self again, and I had more energy than I knew what to do with. For the first time in months, I felt like I had control and I was living my life instead of just existing... Then, wham, it's like it just stopped working 2-3 weeks ago. I started showing a few symptoms here and there, and now I just feel like I did before I started treatment.... tired, unmotivated, overly sensitive, and very anxious. My next psychiatrist appointment isn't until 4/24, and that was the earliest opening they had. That seems so far away, knowing that I have to find a way to keep up with everything until then.

A similar, but much less extreme, thing happened to me with Lexapro before. My psychiatrist put me on the Cymbalta because she said it has less of a tendency to have what she calls the "poop out" syndrome. I thought I was doing so well and thought that would continue, and this has completely discouraged me. I know it's irrational, but I feel like a failure that I'm down in this place again. I feel a lot like I struggled to climb out of a hole and finally made it, only to turn around and fall in again. I am trying to stay positive. I know this isn't my fault and it's just that I need my meds adjusted. I can power through this. I know what life looks like through non-depressed eyes now, and I know that I can get back to normal again. It's just so hard to be feeling this way again so soon after I thought I had beaten this stupid depression.

I need some hugs and encouragement. I can do this, but it's going to be hard.

Mustangsally82 · 03-31-2006, 07:44 PM

*hugs* I'm sorry you're going through all of this. I think us Cysters have worse problems with depression because our hormones are so messed up to begin with.

I've been on Paxil since 2001 and it's worked pretty good for me but it's taken me years to feel more "normal." I'm not sure I'll ever be completely normal, and my doctor has recently cut my Paxil dose in half and given me Trazodone to supplement it, but I still feel pretty low some days.

Sometimes it's the things that are going on in your life that get you down, and it doesn't necessarily mean the medication isn't working any more. Keep the faith and try to get over this hump. Ithink if you stick with your Cymbalta you will make it out of this hole and be feeling better again. Sometimes it just takes a while to get adjusted to psychiatric meds.

Lots of luck and try to remember to have fun too. leisure time is so important when you're feeling down, so get out and enjoy yourslef if you can. Take care!