Good luck with the cymbalta. It worked pretty well for my anxiety once I moved back down to 30mg. The 60 seemed too much for me, but after a couple of months on the 30, I seemed much better. My blood pressure was a little high, so that is why my dr. took me off of it and just prescribed the xanax xr. That was back in May and I've yet to try the xanax for more than a few days at a time.
I didn't know I would be able to tell if the Pristiq would work in just a couple of weeks! If the way I feel now is a sign of how it is going to work, then I won't be able to take it. I'm just really jumpy and irritable. I think I would be fine taking it with the xanax, but then I might just be fine with the xanax alone. I just don't know if I have depression or not....I really just need something to take the edge off.
I don't want to change doctors because I feel very lucky that mine is willing to give me xanax. It seems like so many others have problems getting it. Even the nurse practioner gave me pristiq and didn't discuss other options with the xanax when I told her it was making me tired. That is one reason I was scared to complain about it. I don't want my regular doctor to just write it off as not working. I can deal with the fatigue it causes me...it's more the irritability that worries me.