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Good results on Cybalta

uncommoncondition
uncommoncondition
Hi. Iknow it may not work for everybody but I have been taking a low dose of cymbalta for about 2 months and I have found that it has helped me level out a bit. I was having problems with churning up inner rage when thinking about injustices that have been dealt to me by certain groups. I was obsessing and working myself into a tizzy of explosive hate. I was feeling out of control in many respects. I was the poster child for road rage if I was provoked ever so slightly. It was like being a time bomb looking for release.
I really don't know why one little pill has changed this for me but I am thankful that it did. I'm not perfect but I feel more calm and able to handle some of lifes challenges. I suffer from chronic pain and with that I can get a little bitchy when I'm really hurting but at least their is a reason behind the bad mood. I don't tend to obsess about my past problem.

Hope it continues to help. Maybe it can help others.
DavidNRockies
DavidNRockies
Glad you're finding some relief.

Hope it continues ... maybe even improves.
CrazyCanuk
CrazyCanuk
You know I have think what a sad society we live in when the person who has had an injustice done to them has to take medications to cope with the trauma and injustice. I am sorry you have experienced all this.

However, I am glad that you realized you needed more help and tried medications. If it helps to take the edge off it is a good thing. Now you can focus on getting well and dealing with the injustice and trauma. My doctor once told me that the medications work about 30% and 70% is up to you to change. I look at like this, that is 30% less I have to do to get well.

Happy to hear the meds are working! I hope you continue to improve.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
It's really helpful to me that you related medication and PTSD's rage feelings. I think out of all of the symptoms of PTSD, dissociating scared me the most--losing feeling entirely--and then rage second most. Just the idea of alienating everyone around me and being left alone with me and my hatred scared the crap out of me.

Glad this is helping, and thanks for talking about that rage-aholic stuff, as I came to call it about myself, unc.
arfie
arfie
I can't tell you the names of the meds I was given, but I do know they helped me find an emotional baseline during phases such as you seem to be describing. In retrospect, I do not believe I ever had such a baseline during the chaos of my childhood. I do believe that having that baseline to work with helped facilitate my psychotherapy.

Glad you found some relief. May it grow into something sustainable.
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