Duloxetine

[SHEPHER]

How long did it take for you until you to start to feel an improvement on Duloxetine, what are your experiences with it.I am starting on 30mg for anxiety sleep and nerve.

I have to ween myself off 125mg sertraline first

[MamaShark94]

Hi SHEPHER, I was weaned off of 150 mg of sertraline and put on duloxetine, and risperidone about 2 weeks ago. I have had a little improvement in my sleep so far which is wonderful. I’m still waiting to see how this medication affects my mood, and hopefully makes me feel better. I’m in a Psych Unit also trying to come off of clonazepam, which is rough. I just saw your post and it caught my eye because of the sertraline and duloxetine. I hope it works out for you soon. I started low and they increased me all the way up to 190 I believe (I might be wrong) that seems high.. I’ll double check when I get my morning dose. Good luck to you my friend, best wishes.

[SHEPHER in reply to MamaShark94]

Hi mamashark sounds like your going through a tough time. Can I ask how long it took to get weaned off sertraline and then start duloxetine. and was it difficult coming off the sertraline. I am on 125mg of sertraline my gp said go down to 100mg for 4 days then go down to 50mg for 4 days then none but then start on the duloxetine I am so frightened I think this may be to quick and don't feel I would cope if I react badlyHow did you do it and what was your experience

[MamaShark94 in reply to SHEPHER]

They weaned me off the sertraline rather quickly, like within the first week of being here I was completely off of it.. and they started the duloxetine the same day they started weaning the sertraline… they started at a very low dose and then increased almost everyday it seemed until I got to 120, not 190 I’m sorry! I take 120 mg right now. So they kept increasing the duloxetine as they decreased the sertraline. I didn’t notice any side effects because I’m also coming off of clonazepam and having a very difficult time with that alone in itself. It’s been very hard. It could be all of it combined. They have made a lot of med changes here in the psych unit over a period of 2 weeks which is rather short. Try not to be afraid. Decreasing every 4 days sounds good to me! Better than what they did with me. Gives your body a little more time to adjust. I wish you the best!