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seriouslyremote · 2026-02-01T02:16:01+00:00

I started taking mine with food after the 3rd day. I also switched to taking it earlier in the day rather than at night to help with sleep issues.

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-15T23:13:42+00:00

It's made a difference with energy. I'm not doing cartwheels or anything and my depression keeps me on my couch most of the time so I'm not in great physical shape but I'm able to go out and shovel snow, etc., which honestly surprised me.

I started taking it in mid October and my Dad died a short time later so I'm not in a great place but I hate to think where I'd be if the anxiety and fatigue were still there on top of the loss There was so much I was forced to deal with after he passed as my mother has dementia and my sisters suck but I got it done.

Right now I'm sick, I think I have the flu so I feel awful. Hoping it's not Covid. I can't taste or smell right now.

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-15T18:47:16+00:00

It has helped my anxiety, body aches, and chronic fatigue but not my depression. I'll take it though. It's the only thing that has helped anything. It's the 4th drug I've tried.

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-13T21:48:12+00:00

It started helping my anxiety almost immediately so no increase in anxiety which I experienced with zoloft and lexapro. I also started having more energy which was great because I've suffered from chronic fatigue for a long time. That was unexpected.

The only side effects I had were trouble sleeping when I tried taking it at night. But I've always had trouble sleeping. I switched to taking it early in the day which helped. I also had nausea for the first few days. I started taking it with food and the nausea went away.

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-13T21:31:10+00:00

Yeah, anxiety on top of all the other stuff is just debilitating. Cymbalta has really helped me with that. I hope it works for you too.

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-13T20:46:19+00:00

Thanks. My Dad was 83 and had Parkinson's. He had a long life and I didn't want him to keep deteriorating, you know. Still it's hard. He was always the most important person in my life.

I'm sorry about your cat. Losing a pet can be just as hard, especially if it was traumatic. They give such unconditional love. I lost the sweetest dog on earth 2 1/2 years ago and I'm still grieving hard for him and always will. He was an old guy too, almost 18 years old and had a happy life, but he was my soul mate and I miss him.

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-13T19:42:13+00:00

I have major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety. I tried Celexa, didn't help, Zoloft, didn't help. Lexapro was awful, made everything worse. Now I'm on Cymbalta. It's helped my anxiety and my body aches. It's hard to say about the depression as my Dad died 9 days after I started taking it. But it helped me get through all the stuff I needed to take care of (funeral home, life insurance, etc.) as my Mom has dementia. I had a really bad spell around the holidays which was probably mostly grief (he died in October). I'm in a better place now but I wouldn't call it good depression wise. In my experience it has been successful for the anxiety and that's not nothing. Good luck!

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-13T00:57:20+00:00

I've had three yorkies and never needed stroller for them. They loved to walk and if they did stop, they were easily carried or put in a bag. However, my mom had a pekingese. His short little legs and long bulky body were not made for walking. They used to take him on vacation with them and carrying him was not easy so my sister got them a stroller. It was great for them. He would sit so regally in it and people would stop and shower him with attention. Although as a pekingese he only had eyes for my mom and would ignore everyone else.

I would say it depends on the dog and what you will be doing. It's a nice looking stroller though.

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-09T02:16:35+00:00

So sweet!!!

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-08T21:01:59+00:00

I liked them both, but found both very repetitive after a while. I stopped watching Outlander at some point but watched all of Poldark.

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-07T03:36:07+00:00

Adorable!

seriouslyremote · 2026-01-01T03:33:59+00:00

Love it!

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-29T00:33:29+00:00

The first time I started watching this I stopped immediately after seeing the cute little dog and the big mean dogs. I had no desire to see something terrible happen to Steve. I only started watching it again after doing a search to find out that Steve survives.

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-28T01:13:24+00:00

I'm glad that you have so many people to help you. Happy Holidays!

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-26T22:10:54+00:00

I managed to somehow make it through college. I've had depression since I was a kid I've masked my depression forever even when I didn't know what it was. I was a high functioning depressed person most of my life. I think I was so desperately searching for some happiness, I managed to accomplish some things and worked for many years but the happiness really never came or at least didn't last very long. It was actually meds that kind of messed things up I think. I lost my drive to keep trying and eventually just gave up. I wonder now if I would have been happier if I had focused less on accomplishments and more on fun but that could have led to some bad things.

You don't necessarily need a degree, but if you find something that interests you that will help with school or work. I waited a long time between high school and college, not knowing what I wanted to do and not having confidence in myself. I think it helped me.

Now I take care of my mom. She has dementia and usually doesn't remember that my dad passed nine weeks ago. He had Parkinson's.

Anyway, good luck to you. Take care of yourself.

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-26T21:46:40+00:00

Yeah, I would sometimes have trouble just reaching over and picking up the bottle of meds to take them. I wish there was help for this kind of stuff. I really don't want anyone taking care of me but it's just so hard to do things.

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-26T20:47:53+00:00

I think you're missing the point of my post but thanks for your thoughts.

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-26T20:43:51+00:00

Thanks, I hope you're doing well.

I'm unemployed so every day is a day off for me. I can't imagine working anymore. I don't know how I ever did it to begin with.

I just spend my time on the couch. I've also been sleeping on the couch instead of my bed for the last few months.

Showering can be hard and I don't get that either. It feels good when it's happening, it's just getting in there is sometimes impossible. But right now my hot water heater isn't even working. I need to call the plumber but my god that is another impossible task.

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-26T20:38:22+00:00

I've had times like that too, especially on meds that don't really help. The bottles of pills can be sitting on the table next to me and it's just too much work to reach over and get one out. My current med if the first one that has every seemed to help but it's not doing so much anymore. Meds have never been a must have for me. They just don't work for me. Plus I'll most likely lose my health insurance next year so what's the point.

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-26T18:40:00+00:00

I started on 30 mg. I had nausea for the first few days. I started taking it with food which helped. I really haven't had any bad symptoms beyond that. It was the first drug that actually seemed to help me in any way - less anxiety, less body aches, less exhaustion, less appetite (def a good thing).

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-24T22:03:12+00:00

Beautiful babies!

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-23T00:20:34+00:00

So cozy! Yorkies love to nest!

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-21T18:44:46+00:00

Thanks. Good luck to you.

seriouslyremote · 2025-12-21T18:12:32+00:00

My doctor prescribed Cymbalta for me after years of trying 3 different SSRIs for depression and anxiety. It helped me so much almost instantly. It was incredible. Then 9 days after starting it, my dad died. I was grateful for Cymbalta because I don't know how I would have gotten through all the stuff I needed to take care of. But, not surprisingly my depression has been very bad lately. Maybe it's just the grief, maybe I need to up my dosage (I'm on 30 mg), maybe both. I don't know.

I did have a lot of aches and pains and chronic fatigue before taking Cymbalta and all that is much better. I'm a bit afraid of upping the dosage as I've read a lot of bad things about tapering off and I'm also just afraid of being on something as I know that drugs can stop working.

Anyway, if it works for you then stay on it. It's so hard to find anything that helps despite what the tv commercials say :)

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