Cymbalta

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on a decision I need to made by Friday. Im going to my GP and he mentioned if the rash was gone from the allergic reaction to tegretol he wanted to try Cymbalta or Amitryptline. Dont know which one is better, been doing searches but I'm just so confused cause of the high dose of Gabapentin I'm on I don't know what to do. Can't think straight at all. Any ideas? All I know is Im so sick of gaining weight from all these meds and I'm at the point where i just want to stop them all. I'm sick of being sick and being in pain all the time. Thanks any help would be appreciated.

Lauren

I can't give first hand experience -- but Amitryptline seems to be VERY popular here - with fewer side effects perhaps than Cymbalta --- I've read that the Cymbalta on askapatient.com can be very hard to get off of.

Just search Amitryptline in the search box - and much will come!

Thank you Kc...I'm going to search Amitryptline now... a few year back I was on Nortriptyline but had to stop cause of the weight gain. Lauren