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I was taking cymbalta during the entire treatment, and had been on it for at least 5 years until it just wasn’t working any more, no matter what dose I tried. I even tried adding ability to it to help but I couldn’t handle the side effects of it. So TMS really did feel like a last ditch effort after having failed in all of the SSRI’s.
My doctor didn’t recommend going off the cymbalta, but I truly was feeling as if I didn’t need it any more so I waened myself off… literally by taking my capsule apart and taking a grain out each day until I was totally off it completely. It worked for me! I did suffer from some withdrawal “brain zaps” from the cymbalta but it only lasted a short while.
Griffin, thanks for the reply. Yes.. I am looking into having another round of therapy. It truly has worked very well for me until this current slip. I’ve been off antidepressants for 6 whole years!! But.. I may need to go back on them, perhaps.
Just so you know, I was at least 20+ sessions in before I began to notice a “slight” improvement. It takes a while. The people that worked at the office could tell it was working before I was able to feel or see any difference. I had a total of 36 treatments.
Hang in there! I hope you receive the relief of your depression… to me it was a Godsend!
