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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CYMBALTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Fibromyalgia | Extreme sleepiness and dry mouth/eyes with dizziness the first several weeks until I adjusted. Fibromyalgia symptoms are much less frequent and nerve pain decreased dramatically after the first day. My depression symptoms are also greatly diminished. However, I have developed RLS that's driving me crazy! | F | 48 | 18 months 30mg 2X day | 9/24/2023 | 5 | Body pain, mild depression | Fatigue at first that went away, but I was on 40 and quickly went back down to 20mg. years later thought I might get RLS from it, but not sure, I am on other medications. | This medication made both my depression and body pain disappear. I have extreme arthritis and some neuropathy, and it is 75% gone to 95% on most days. I thought I don't need this small dose, and went off it, but my body pain returned so much, and depression, it was scary how much. I realize this really made a difference for me. | 64 | 2.5 years 20mg 1X day | 8/4/2023 | 1 | MDD & GAD | - new onset of EXTREME restless leg syndrome (like my body starts flailing around uncontrollably) - anger, irritability - aching legs - chills - unable to sleep or even relax at all due to RLS (which I didn't even know was a thing until I got it from duloxetine) | Wondering now if I am doomed to have RLS for life?? This sucks. Didn't help my depression and I still have the RLS 1.5 weeks after quitting duloxetine. | F | 40 | 3 weeks 30mg 1X day | 1/15/2023 | 1 | Depression Anxiety | Headache nausea diarrhea frequent urinating shaky feels like a had 20 Red Bull's pupils are so dilated feels like eye bulging out of my head restless legs no sleep your sleeping but awake. Horrible never again | F | 40 | 1 days 1 1X day | 4/19/2021 | 1 | Anxiety, depression, panic attacks | Headache, nausea, anger, restless | F | 61 | 1 days 30MG 1X day | 1/11/2021 | 1 | Pain | Sinus drainage in my ears hair falling out swelling in feet and legs and i will break out in a sweat out of nowhere thristy all the time. | F | 37 | 10 months 30mg | 5/26/2020 | 2 | Anxiety panic disorder | After approximately two weeks on the medication I began experiencing numbness and tingling in my hands. I also noticed that I seemed more anxious than what I had prior to beginning the medication. I have been a nurse for 14 years and in six months I will graduate as a nurse practitioner so I tried very hard to stay on the medication to see if the side effects would subside. Then after being on it approximately one month I began having tremors. These were especially notable in the mornings upon waking up. It was almost as if I had jerking movements even pouring a cup of coffee. This was especially frightening because my grandmother passed away from Parkinson’s disease. Then I almost immediately started having muscle twitches in my lower legs which is also frightening. I also experienced joint pain and severe muscle fatigue (especially in my upper and lower arms thighs and calves). Along with this cake joint pain and stiffness as well. After trying this drug for three months I am discontinuing use. The side effects have been horrific. However, for some people I hear this drug does work very well but for others who have side effects its extremely frustrating. | Since I am a nurse and soon to be Nurse Practitioner I do not want to imply that this medication can’t work for some people. This medication may work wonders for some. However, in my experience and in the experience of multiple friends I know who have also taken this medication, it has caused extensive side effects. I am hoping that the withdrawal from this medication is not as horrible as everyone indicates. | F | 43 | 90 days 30 mg dail | 2/4/2020 | 5 | Depression, grief, severe headaches | Always thirsty, dry mouth, some restlessness, jittery at times | I have to say that I was not wanting to get back on an anti-depressant after being off them for years, but I'm a bereaved Mom and the sadness is a constant struggle. I also had daily stress headaches and that in itself was making me very depressed. I started taking 30 mg, and a week later up to 60 mg. My appetite is less (not a bad thing), I have not had a headache since beginning Cymbalta. My body aches are lessened. It feels like someone turned the "volume" down in my head so my sadness and depressed mood are almost gone. I'm looking forward to things again, I feel hopeful and happier than I have in awhile. I've read all the awful reviews and I'm happy I have nothing but good to report. It has really pulled me out of a bad space, so I'm able to be a functioning happy Mom and wife again. | F | 52 | 3 weeks 60mg 1X day | 5/9/2019 | 2 | Depression / Anxiety | Not good. Made Anxiety and depression symptoms worse. Only good thing was that i wasnt crying so much and less emotional. But when my time of month comes im like it anyways.... I exhibited all the side effects presented about Cymbalta , and they have gotten worse over the period of time i have taken it. The longer, the worse i have become. I have had extreme panic attacks, heart racing, high blood pressure, hard of breathing, palpitations, pain in chest, heart, pounding pulse, pain in lungs, abdomen, arms , fingers, legs, across my breasts, nausea, brain zaps, tingling, poor circulation, blurred vision, headaches, diarrhea, constipation, bloating, mood swings, angry, irritable and emotional, paranoid, suiicdal, depressed, tired, fatigue, exhaustion, low self esteem, no confidence, shy, nervous, social anxiety, tremors, shaky, light headed, dizziness, ringing in ears, sinusitis, pain while urinating, unable to urinate, weight gain, 20kgs! Jaw clenching, insomnia, on edge, restles | PLEASE BE CAREFUL . DO YOUR RESEARCH. IMPORTANT. ANY TYPE OF ANTI DEPRESSANT. Especially Cymbalta, effexor and Zoloft to name a few.... | F | 34 | 8 years 60mg 1X day | 7/25/2017 | 1 | Fibromyalgia depression/PTSD insomn | Nuasea migraines dizziness loss of appetite feeling full quick diarrhea worse insomnia restless goofy within first two hours of taking it and then I would crash and get back up. | It was really horrible I was taking it for nerve pain and just made it much much worse. I kept telling the doctor, and she said to wait and up the dose to 60mg well now it made me have an unexpected period and I feel like I have poison running through my blood whatever the doc says I'm stopping this | F | 19 | 3 weeks 60mg night | 2/15/2017 | 4 | Anxiety (+depression/bipolar) | Weight gain (+10kg) At summer time I feel some restlessness, difficulties to concentrate. Sometimes impulsivity in the way I answer/react (as compared to what I would have done otherwise) | I was treated with 60 mg when I started the treatement. then switched to 30mg. the first two years, I stopped it 6 months after being better (my doc was ok) but the symptome reapeared the next year. For the last two years, I`ve taken it continuously at low dose (30mg). | F | 37 | 5 years 60/30 1X day | 7/1/2016 | 1 | PTSD Symptoms | After 4 1/2 years on Cymbalta(30mg), and still dealing with Depression from PTSD, I had a 24 hr psychosis event and ended up in the emergency room. My doctor then thought it best to bump my dosage to 60 mg. That extra 30mg of Cymbalta , almost was the last nail in my coffin. Within a few months I was always irritable and angry verbally abusive to my family. My anxiety was on full blast and I couldn't turn it off, causing tremors and restless legs. I slept 3 to 4 days a week, and I had extreme depression. I had migraines and lived in a fog and couldn't even comprehend basic responsibilities , like paying my bills or working my cell phone. I showed paranoia symptoms and my blood pressure would raise or drop at any given moment, I was often dizzy or light headed, probably from the raising and falling of my blood pressure. My heart would beat rapidly much of the time, and my sleep patterns way off. Because many of these symptoms resembled extreme PTSD symptoms and my VA doctor so many mil | I am experiencing residue side effect, after a few months without Cymbalta, mostly in tremors and restless legs. Also there is alway an amount of anxiety and nervousness that I never had before, and now rarely goes away. | M | 50 | 6 years 60 mg 1X day | 6/10/2016 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Extreme pain in my arms and legs. Could not stay awake, never felt rested. Numbness, mood swings. Terrible drug do NOT take. | Hopefully this drug is off the market by now. | F | 67 | 2 months 60 1X day | 3/9/2016 | 1 | Anxiety Depression | Initially had bad nausea whilst on the generic brand, but took a long time to work it out, as I was told it's the same as the original brand name Cymbalta. Then once on Cymbalta brand name, I increased to 60mg now suffer bad body aches mainly in my legs. | F | 42 | 6 months 60mg 1X day | 10/23/2015 | 1 | Muscular pain,depression,anxiety | The first 2 months it seemed to be fine, then the terrible night sweats came,the headaches,dizziness, out of sorts feeling came. Since last November my tendons on both arms started hurting by the elbow, then came extreme fatigue, and heaviness And pain in the calves of my legs came. Not to mention the acid reflux, having bowel movements 5 times in the morning,abdominal cramping, couldent eat, no appetite. Had stomach checked with upper GI and colonoscopy. Now I have an erosive esophagus. My doctor at the time sent me to 2 ENT doctors a Rhuemotogist, went to ER in Dec and Jan. Forgot to mention stuffed up nose and constant cough. Changed my primary care Dr, had tests on my heart, ultra sound in legs, so now I have fast heart rate,poor circulation. Had 5 friends pass away from December 2014 to May of 2015 started getting depressed. I went to a shrink and they increased the dose to 90 mg. Took it for 2 months and felt worse than ever. Started weaning off cymbalta with shrinks help and he added 50 mg zoloft as I weaned off. As of last Sunday I don't take the cymbalta any longer. But I still have bad pain in my right arm, legs and feet, the pain is heaviness and electic shocks. The sweating stopped, I still have diarreha, and nausea and pain all over my body. I do have scolosis in my T spine. Hips hurt joints in feet snap crackle and pop, from time to time dizziness and headache. It's been 1 week since I quit taking this poison. I'm afraid that my legs will never be the same. I | F | 57 | 1 days 60 | 8/30/2015 | 1 | depression and anxiety | major weight gain (50 lbs.), profuse sweating, body aches and pains, muscle jerking, restless leg, problems sleeping, increased depression and lethargy | This drug worked for a brief time, but continually plateaued leaving me having to increase the dosage. My weight shot through the roof, nothing could curb it, let alone stop it. My memory began to suffer greatly...my cognitive skills have plummeted. I have been withdrawing from it for the past 4 months and my symptoms include, headaches, extreme mood swings (from weeping to elation to hostility), swollen legs and feet, body aches and pains (flu like symptoms), cognitive impairments: can't recall words, retelling of events, forgetting dates, brain fog, forgetfulness, brain zaps (like your head is a snow globe and someone came along and shook it for a second), ringing in the ears (which probably will never go away), itching, sleep problems, vivid weird dreams, sensory overloading, and the list goes on and on and on... | F | 52 | 2 years 60mg 1X day | 8/25/2015 | 4 | fibromyalgia depression ocd anxiety | Nausea 4 days 1/2 stone weight loss overall. Appetite loss. Dizziness 1 week, headache and blurry vision 1 week. Crampy legs at night, sweats for 2 hours after taking. Gag reflex stronger especially when yawning. | So far so good pain less still anxious but going up to 60mg tomorrow | F | 38 | 5 weeks 30mg | 8/11/2015 | 1 | 5 Scoliosis surgeries, Anxiety,etc. | Arms/legs felt like they were on fire. Cold sweats. Sleepless restless nights. Anxiety got worse. Paranoia. Crazy dreams. Vomiting. Worsened back pain. Headaches. Blurry vision. Constant yawning with gagging. Lack of appetite. Jitters and twitches. Shivering when not cold. Sensitivity to light. Worsened depression. Everything tasted weird like chemicals. Electricity/tingly feeling in hands and feet. Eyes felt like someone was holding them open, pupils super dilated. Uncomfortable feeling overall in my own skin, couldn't move without the pain all over my body worsening... | I have had 5 Scoliosis surgeries in the past 8 years, the last two were this April 2015, in the same week, Emergency surgeries, I had rods (hardware) in my back, one of the screws got loose and moved into my spinal canal pinching my spinal cord. I almost ended up paralyzed, or like my surgeon said, I could have died if it cut my spinal cord. Throughout my surgeries they have removed 3 rib bones and a piece of my hip bone to fuse my spine. Through the everyday pain and struggle, I have suffered through severe depression, anxiety, and lots of pain. My doctor thought, let's try a medication that deals with all 3 of those things. So she prescribed Cymbalta... I had high hopes,since she seemed like it was such an amazing medication that I'd probably end up all smiles, lollipops and kittens with the sun shining out of my ass... Nope, a whole lot of nope, I went Through hell with this medication, I thought I was dying, it puts you through the worst hell imaginable, I kept wishing i could just rush myself to the hospital and flush it all out of my system. It made everything worse, I could not Function, I would never recommend Cymbalta to anyone unless you have a death wish... Good luck to anyone about to take it,I know a lot of people's systems are different. I saw more negative outcomes on this medication on this page than i saw any good feedback. I ignored all the negative posts... Big mistake, because now I'm one of those that has to add to them... | F | 23 | 1 months 30mg | 7/24/2015 | 4 | bipolar major depressive episode | weight gain, sluggishness, sleepiness, restless legs, rashes, slow healing wounds. | What a strange drug. I just say at the outset that it definitely helped the depression and seeing as that was making me suicidal I can offset the multiple side effects against that. But it's after the depression passed that I realised how it had wrecked my physical bod somewhat. Weight gain was appalling and by the time came when I realised it had done all it could for the depression I was feeling very "zonked", a sign with me that it's time to reduce meds because the episode is gone. The thing is, nobody should be just placed on an anti depressant forever. You are not ALWAYS depressed, it is a reaction to something happening in your life where your mind cannot handle it. My psych was great, we reduced it quite quickly with a few, not many, initial anxiety days where my biochemistry got used to being without and now, six months down the line I feel a lot better, am losing weight and feeling like my old self. Would I take it again? Maybe. If the depression was threatening my life once more. | F | 42 | 2.5 years 60mg to 20 1X day | 7/8/2015 | 1 | Anxiety | Side affects: Tingling in hands and feet, brain zaps, dizziness, insomnia, paranoia, confusion, disorientation, depersonalization, tongue necrosis, early dementia, hair loss, skin boils, Crying spells, depression, worsening of anxiety, rage, dehydration, appetite loss, but weight gain, mood swings, nausea, fatigue, restless leg syndrome, etc. etc. etc. YES IM SERIOUS!!! THIS DRUG IS EVIL and has stolen 2 years of my life... because the side affects slowly creep up on you. I honestly thought I had multiple sclerosis and contributed a lot of my symptoms to other things. PLEASE LISTEN when I tell you to RUN... Not walk away from this drug!!! Shame shame shame on you Eli Lilly! | CYMBALTA WILL KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!! And for anybody who says they don't have side affects, or give this drug a highly satisfied rating, you just haven't taken it long enough!!! Careful when stopping this drug as the withdrawal is gruesome!!!!! | F | 32 | 1 years 30 | 2/23/2015 |
CYMBALTA (DULOXETINE): Duloxetine is used to treat depression and anxiety. In addition, duloxetine is used to help relieve nerve pain (peripheral neuropathy) in people with diabetes or ongoing pain due to medical conditions such as arthritis, chronic back pain, or fibromyalgia (a condition that causes widespread pain). Duloxetine may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level, and decrease nervousness. It can also decrease pain due to certain medical conditions. Duloxetine is known as a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). This medication works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (serotonin and norepinephrine) in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 2004-08-03 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)