Posted by Ame Sans Vie on October 13, 2005, at 5:50:37
Well, I took a little break from the board (again) because my last drug combo ended up not working too well for me as far as adverse effects go. Since all Able Labs products were removed from the market, Medicaid would no longer pay for my generic methamphetamine HCl, and despite multiple appeals, would not pay for Desoxyn. *So*, I switched back to the old standby, Adderall, at 20mg three times daily but had to quit as I was developing severe neurotic excoriosis (skin-picking) from the drug. Last I posted, my regimen was:
Prozac 40mg daily
Xanax 4mg four times daily
Klonopin 2mg twice daily
Methamphetamine HCl 15mg four times daily
Seconal 200-400mg before bed as needed)
Xyrem 2.5 grams four times daily
Dexalone 30mg three times daily
Enada-NADH 20mg twice daily
DL-Phenylalanine 2 grams three times daily
Calcium/Magnesium Chelate
Phenibut
Fish Oils
Multivitamin and Multimineral Supplements
Antioxidants
Liquid Sublingual B-Vitamin ComplexLong list, I know, lol. It's been pared down quite a bit though, particularly on the prescription pharmaceutical side of things. Currently, my regimen is:
Cymbalta 60mg daily
Xanax 6mg four times daily
Klonopin 4mg three times daily
Seconal 100-200mg before bed as needed (only rarely these days)
Cozaar 100mg daily (for mild hypertension)
Enada-NADH 20mg twice daily
SAM-e 400mg daily
DL-Phenylalanine 2 grams three times daily
Calcium/Magnesium Chelate
Fish Oils
Multivitamins, minerals & antioxidants
Liquid Sublingual B-Vitamin ComplexI've been on the Cymbalta for four days now, with no ill effects. It helps me sleep more soundly at night, thusfar allowing me to miss four nights of Seconal. What's going to be difficult is discerning the effects of the Cymbalta from those of the SAM-e, since I began the SAM-e just a week ago and I am already familiar with the effects of the other drugs. (I've been on Hyzaar before, containing losartan potassium and HCTZ, and Cozaar is just the losartan, so I pretty much know what to expect there.)
So, any experiences that anyone out there could recount to me about side effects of Cymbalta, their *real life* incidence (i.e. not based on those stupid graphs in the PI inserts), whether long-term users of Cymbalta have noticed side effects disappearing eventually, whether 60mg is a high dose to start on (I believe it is.......), and, perhaps most importantly, lol -- how does Cymbalta affect orgasmic/ejaculatory function?
Thanks, folks! :-)
~Michael
poster:Ame Sans Vie
thread:566362
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