Treatment Options

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The first step to recovery from depression involves talking to your doctor or healthcare professional about how you've been feeling. Only your doctor can diagnose depression, and if this happens, he or she will probably discuss various treatment options.

Medication

If your doctor recommends medication, you may want to ask about Cymbalta.

How Cymbalta Works

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While the mechanism of action for Cymbalta is not fully known, its effects on depression may be due to increasing the activity of two naturally occurring substances in the central nervous system, serotonin and norepinephrine. Cymbalta is in a class of medications called selective SNRIs (serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors), and is FDA approved for the treatment of depression. Over 9 million patients have been treated in the United States with Cymbalta.

Learn more about how Cymbalta may relieve many of the symptoms of depression.

Talk Therapy

Therapy typically means that you spend about an hour a week talking with a mental health professional. Treatment can continue for several weeks or up to one to two years. Every person's situation is different.

Depression can negatively affect the way you think and feel. Talk therapy can help you learn to manage your depression and help relieve your symptoms of depression.

Lifestyle Changes

Depression can affect several areas of your life and as a result, your physician may recommend specific lifestyle changes, which may include exercise. Also, reach out to friends and family for support and try to find more social opportunities and activities in which you can participate.

Take that important first step in getting help for depression. Don't wait—depression is an illness that can, and should, be treated.

Talk to a loved one or a friend today about how you are feeling so they may help you in talking with a doctor and getting on the road to recovery. In fact, fill out the Depression Impact Tool and print out your results to help start the conversation with a friend or loved one.