Posted by 4WD on September 13, 2004, at 20:43:17
In reply to Re: Starting Lamictal with Cymbalta Combination » 4WD, posted by boomarang on September 13, 2004, at 0:08:35
> absolutely had the stiff neck with several of the a/d's that i've taken. tried to stick it out but after awhile when you can't even turn your neck to drive, it becomes intolerable.
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> today on cymbalta i had some neck stiffness in the morning and took some tylenol. the stiffness never returned all day. i'm really hoping that this doesn't become a bad case of the stiffs. i'm so sick of looking for the right combo cocktail that i am almost willing to take muscle relaxants for my neck if it comes to that.I've had half a dozen doctors tell me that SSRIS don't cause a stiff neck. I tell them it does. They think I'm a hypochondriac. It didn't happen on Effexor (37.5mg), Paxil, and so far it hasn't happened on Cymbalta. Maybe just a tiny bit. Prozac was the very worst. I'm only taking 30mg day though of Cymbalta. I think it's the serotonin without the norephinephrine counteraction that does it. I was thinking that if worse came to worst I came try an SSRI plus a small amount of nortriptyline (which is a selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) to counter the neck stiffening effects of the SSRI.
I was on Prozac for nine years before I realized that was what was causing my neck to hurt so much worse (I have some neck problems). There were times I considered suicide it hurt so much and so constantly. Then I got switched to Effexor and within a month, the pain was reduced by about 70 percent!
Anyway, from a fellow sufferer,Good luck with Cymbalta,
Marsha
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