This is less of a post and more of a rant that I just need to scream into the void, so feel free to ignore because I don’t think there’s a good solution here and I’m sure I’ll be fine.
So, I’ve been taking brand-name cymbalta for my depression for years and years. It’s not a cure but it helps keep me out of the deeper holes and when I tried switching to the generic (duloxetine) several years ago I fell into a very deep depression and so my dr switched me back to the brand name because although generic versions are very similar, they aren’t exactly the same and some people can have different reactions and it wasn’t worth the risk of seeing if that depression was just something that might have naturally happened with the brand name or if the generic just didn’t work for me. Taking the brand-name cymbalta is a pain-in-the-ass because my insurance makes me go through massive hoops and even when it’s covered I still have to spend thousands of dollars each year out-of-pocket for the non-generic penalties but it’s worth it and I’m lucky that I can afford it, BUT I just heard from my pharmacist who told me that the brand name cymbalta has been discontinued and is no longer available.
BRO, WHAT?
My pharmacist managed to find one bottle in Texas but I’m writing this here in case maybe you are a fancy pharmacist reading this and know of a secret stash of brand-name cymbalta somewhere I could order, or if maybe you’ve had a similar problem and had a good experience with a generic cymbalta that is closer in formulation to the brand name than duloxetine?
(Insert lightly panicked sigh here)
I suspect there is not a good answer for this problem and so I’m going to cross my fingers that the generic works. Giant shout out to everyone else out there forever working on the bullshit that comes with just trying to survive your own damn body. I SEE YOU, FRIEND.