CYMBALTA Reviews (DULOXETINE)Average Rating: 2.7 (2745 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CYMBALTA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CYMBALTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | anxiety/depression | Haven't started taking it yet. md wants me to switch from lexapro | I am so confused. I have been taking Lexapro for 2+ yrs and have liked it. The last month I have been feeling down which I think has been due to a birth control I started. My doctor switched my bc but wants to also switch me to Cymbalta and after reading the posts I dont think I want to. It seems like some people have such horrid side effects and others dont. I don't want to trade one group of side effects for another group. Advice? | F | 27 | | 2/14/2007 | 4 | depression | Possibly dry mouth (whatever that is exactly), drowsiness for the first few weeks. | Unlike the other people on here, I haven't really experienced that many side effects, or really any that are any sort of bother to me. Cymbalta has helped quite a bit (along with therapy and some life style changes) to help me get through depression. I wouldn't deter people from taking it. It definately hasn't been a miracle cure, but it hasn't been bad at all. | M | 21 | 2 months | 2/13/2007 | 3 | depression | hair loss and weight loss | M | 6 months | 2/12/2007 | 2 | Major Depression/Anxiety | Initially, lose of appetite, sweating, dry mouth, constipation. Once body is adjusted, only side affect is rapid weight gain. When trying to decrease dose gradually, dizziness, migraines, head spinning, brain zaps, body weakness, nightmares. | I will admit that this medicine helped me initially, but trying to go off of it is a horrible experience. I'm stepping down slowly and even doing that, I've experienced dizzyness, headaches...everything I mentioned to the point where I can't function. The symptoms are not slight. They are extreme and debilitating. Gained weight rapidly while on this drug. Now, despite following a healthy, moderate diet and regularly exercising, my body will not lose weight. I wish my doctor had found another drug for me initially. The risks/side effects are not worth the inital relief. | F | 31 | 2 years | 2/12/2007 | 1 | Anxiety disorders (PTSD and agoraph | For the firt few years I was on the recomended 60mg daily and experienced heightened anxiety, heavy sweating including night sweats, sleep disturbance, weight loss/loss of appetite, fatigue and depersonalisation. However from October 2006 my psych upped the dose to 120mg daily...This is what happened http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=22982&highlight= | I would recommend that Ely Lily immediately put warnings about serotonin syndrome in thier patient info. It can be fatal and goes largely un-reported. | F | 38 | 2 years | 2/12/2007 | 5 | Depression & personality disorder | At first, nausea. for 2 years, I've suffered from something called lymphocytic colitis (my white blood cells attack my colon), causing severe diarrhea. Pdoc & gastrodoc both think that something in Cymbalta makes it worse, but can't find anything in research. So I take Loperamide/Immodium daily to counteract, and it works fine if I stay away from fiber. I also have increased sex drive, more pronounced PMS, and odd sleep patterns. | PLEASE don't be put off by my symptoms. This is by far the best antidepressant I've been on, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Now we've had to augment with Lamictal for regulating mood, because I'm going thu severe stress, and the combo is really helping me. | F | 48 | 2 years | 2/11/2007 | 4 | IBS, anxiety | inability to achieve male orgasm, poor urination habits (weak stream, dribble, more frequent), fatigue. | After suffering from untreated IBS for several months and going through all sorts of tests, I was given Cybalta 30MG. Overall, it helps the core IBS problems which were annoying. But the sexual and urilogical side effects are annoying too. I quit taking the drug for a month and I was feeling great for a couple of weeks, but my IBS is back in a bad way. I restarted taking Cymbalta and hopefully will regain the IBS relief I had in the past. | M | 44 | 10 months | 2/11/2007 | 5 | Social phobia and depression | slightly decreased appetite, high pitched ringing in ears (i notice it only when i go to bed), got a few random nose bleeds all of a sudden, feeling cold a few hours after taking, at times increased heart beat, slightly increased sex drive, headaches if i try to stay up during night, in mornings generally lacking of emotion and drowsy for a few hours | I've been taking 15mg but found out that i should not break the capsule because the drug gets degraded by acid in stomach, so perhaps my real dose was less. I've noticed significant improvement in my mood and ability to handle stress right from day one. I got a nose bleed upon waking up and getting out of bed the very first day I took Cymbalta, which scared me because it started bleeding just out of nowhere. Another nose bleed a few days later when i was blowing my nose. I will talk to my doctor about it. In the mean time I think the positive side effects are more than worth the negative side effects I got from this drug. I found motivation to continue with grad school. My future doesn't seem so bleak and hopeless any longer. I can concentrate better on schoolwork, don't feel as frustrated as I used to. I used to overeat to quench the feelings of depression to the point of binging. Now my emotional food urges are almost non-existent. I eat when I'm hungry. The social phobia is by no me | F | 25 | 7 days | 2/10/2007 | 5 | Depression, anxiety, panic | The first week...fatigue (I mean really tired), sweating, cold feet, fogginess, diarrhea...just felt yucky | You have to stick the first few days out...the side effects DO subside. There are some that stick around but there is relief from anxiety and panic. Sexual side effects are there, however, you can work around it... | F | 34 | 13 days | 2/10/2007 | 5 | Chronic Pain from MS | Would make me feel sleepy and dizzy mostly during the first few hours after ingestion. Loss of appetite, mild sweating. | Cymbalta is great. It helped relieve some of the pain and made me MUCH less irritable from the other medications I am currently taking. Dosage schedule is 30mg 1x daily. | M | 33 | 1 weeks | 2/9/2007 | 1 | Vulvodynia | Severe insomnia, nightmares, heart racing, severe anxiety, crying spells, depression, tingling sensation down neck, spine and arms. | Usually experience many side effects with medications and this was no exception. Did not give the drug ample time to see improvements for condition being treated. Will not try another SSNRI for pain. | F | 27 | 6 days | 2/9/2007 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety | Loss of Appetite (good!), sleeplessness, vivid dreams | These are only the side effects that lingered, I have been on it for 4 months now and the inability to have an orgasm is gone, as is the dry mouth, and headache. I feel like a human for the first time in YEARS!! Quite happy! Wouldn't trade it for anything right now. | F | 49 | 4 months | 2/8/2007 | 4 | depression | On 90 mg I had sweating at night so that my clothes are drenched, somtimes multiple times at night. I also have had a lot of gas and some constipation. On 60 mg, I was irritated with my boyfriend when he wasn't being irritating at all. | On the whole, this drug has helped very much. The side effects for me are less than for Effexor. | F | 23 | 2 months | 2/7/2007 | 1 | Major Depression and Anxiety | Basically it turned me into a zombie. | This drug was terrible for me. Not only it did not help me with the crying spells at all, but it made me feel totally drugged. I only took it for around 10 days, but those 10 days I was basically doped, and I could not even articulate my thoughts. My reflexes were awful, I was even afraid of driving. This one was too strong for me and it did nothing for me. | F | 31 | 10 days | 2/7/2007 | 2 | clinical depression | nausea, headache, severe sweating, feel more depressed | M | 42 | 2 months | 2/6/2007 | 5 | depression, anxiety | sexual side effects | This is a great drug. I have only been taking it about 2 weeks in addition to 300mg of wellbutrin. I can't believe how much better I feel already. Not completely normal, but I'm unsure if I have ever been "normal". I am much more relaxed and not flying off the handle at everyone all the time. I'm even having a superbowl party although I have to get up early to work tomorrow. Previously I wouldn't even have considered it. It would be "too much" to handle. The only side effects I'm having are maybe a little constipation, nothing big, and somewhat decreased sex drive and inability to orgasm. Kind of frustrating as sex is one of the good things in life, but I'm going to stick it out and see if this resolves itself. For now it's worth it. | F | 45 | 2 weeks | 2/4/2007 | 1 | depression | My husband's suicide read, "sue Cymbalta, seritonin syndrome." | M | 59 | 10 days | 2/2/2007 | 5 | depression | 1st week--sweaty palms, anxiety, sleeplessnes, decreased appetite 2nd week--less anxiety but still have decreased appetite | I feel more focused and less anxious about life in general. I have only been taking Cymbalta for 12 days and will have to see how it goes in the next month. This is the only antideppresant that I have ever taken so I am not sure what to expect. I do have a sunnier outlook though. Sex is still great- no bad side effects there! I did get a urinary tract infection-not common with me. Has anyone else experienced a UTI? | F | 49 | 12 days | 2/1/2007 | 4 | back pain /mild depression | initially.. very dizzy and teeth chattering (like I had taken too much cold medicine) and nausea.. that all went away within about 3 days.. now i take 60mg. and the only side effect I would say "bothers" me is the terrible night sweats.. wake up drenched! having a hard time putting ON weight (I have had this problem most of my life.. just adds to it) | After suffering with terrible low back pain for two years( 3 bad discs and annular tears) I found myself mildly depressed. Back doctor prescribed this and has definitely helped me to "deal" better and also helped with pain down my leg. I would definitely recommend it for those with similar symptoms. | F | 34 | 4 months | 2/1/2007 | 3 | Depression | I started out on 60mg, which was a way too high dosage to start out on- lay on my bed for 2 days staring at the ceiling, not being able to move; also experienced blurred vision, nausea, excessive sleepiness, yet inability to sleep ---------- Was so paranoid after this episode that I didn't take it for a month again, but t my doctor recommended that I rather slowly get used to the drug, taking 30 mg every second day, and gradually increasing the dosage ----------- Second time round the side effects in the first week were minimal and even quite pleasant- had so much energy that I could get by with 4 hours sleep. This stabilised later on though ----------- As I upped my dosage, my libido started taking strain though and I had trouble sleeping --------- At 60mg, I started experiencing excessive sleepiness, needing a nap at least once every afternoon. | I tried Cymbalta at difference dosages and my general impression when I was taking 30mg and later 60mg day was that Cymbalta helped a great deal for my anxiety- I just felt in control again and stupid chores didn't seem like such a big deal anymore. At 60mg however, my sleepiness just became unbearable. Needing a nap every afternoon just isn't OK for me. My libido also just did a disappearance act, which I simply couldn't handle. Despite helping with anxiety, I just didn't feel like my mood was lifted sufficiently and that I almost didn't feel like myself anymore- almost just too calm (where I like certain of my manic traits). ---------- I quit Cymbalta two weeks ago and I must comment that I didn't experience the horror withdrawal symptoms that everyone talks about, but perhaps because I slowly reduced my dosages. I'm now taking Wellbutrin SR and this seems to be doing the trick for me. I reckon that I perhaps just needed a difference class of drugs ---------- So, in my experience, C | F | 25 | 60 days | 2/1/2007 |