One year after I came down with TM I became extremely depressed and could not function at all. I was afraid to get out of bed....and when I finally made it to work I was totally useless. I would cry all of the time (and I never cry)...and seriously considered suicide. Looking back I believe what triggered the depression was the fact that after a year I stopped improving and my mind finally grasped what had happened to my body and that likely I would never get better. My doctor recognized all of my depression symptoms and immediately started me on Paxil...it took about 3 weeks and "instantaneously" the depression was gone. I continued on the Paxil for approx. 6 more months and then stopped it completely...and the depression never came back...and that was 10 years ago! Rob in New Jersey
-----Original Message----- From: pjv1...@chartermi.net [mailto:pjv1...@chartermi.net] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 12:13 PM To: tmic Subject: [TMIC] depression Has anyone seen a therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc. for depression since being dignosed for depression? Did it help you? Has anyone been on Cymbalta and switched to another antidepressant? For those of you on Cymbalta - are you on it for depression or pain or both and how much do you take. I take 60mg Cymbalta, but it made me "feel movement in my brain" when I raised it to 90Mg. I went back to 60mg and never tried to increase it again. I have an appt. tomorrow and I'm wondering about putting my TM life in the hands of yet another doctor ....and I don't think my PCP is a good fit for me. Patti - Michigan
