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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CYMBALTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | anziety , depression, back pain | inogasmia | In response to the person whose comment was "a godsend" - I agree. In response to the person who is having trouble getting Bluecross to pay for the drug - I have Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO administered by PersCare in California. They paid for the drug and I had a very small co-pay. Keep attempting to get the drug covered. You may have to request to correspond to a supervisor or may have to write some letters to your insurance provider. Keep trying - wear them down; it;s worth it. | F | 43 | 25 days | 12/3/2006 | 5 | anziety . depression, back pain | inorgasmia | I was severely depressed to the point where I had to park my car to cry sometimes. I had anziety to the point where I had heart palpitations, a pulse rate of 127 and was working at about 50% my normal output. I would wake up 4 times/night in a panic and had to talk myself out of going into a full panic attack. I have 2 herniated back discs which were causing excruciating nerve pain and muscle spasms. Cymbalta has reduced all these symptoms by about 70% - 100% depending on my activity. After being on the drug for 4 weeks, I was able to achieve orgasm after trying for about 2 hours. Prior to taking cymbalta, I could achieve orgasm in a few minutes. It's a small price to pay for so much relief from my others disorders. 2 thumbs up. | F | 43 | 25 days | 12/3/2006 | 5 | ptsd | | 12/2/2006 | 2 | Vulvodynia | Initial loss of appetite and slight weight loss (about 5 pounds) but didn't last long, decrease in sex drive. | I'm giving this a 2 for the treatment of vulvodynia since it didn't do anything to help it. I didn't have many side effects or problems coming off of it, although I was only on 40 mg which I think is a fairly low dose. As far as an anti-depressant it didn't seem like it would be too bad with the typical side effects, but didn't work at all for my vulvodynia. | F | 21 | 6 weeks | 12/2/2006 | 5 | Depression/Panic Disorder | Blurry Vision, weight gain, hyperactive, acting very silly | I switched from 3 yrs of 40mg paxil to 30mg cymbalta with no problems and upped the dose to 60mg of cymbalta. Worked good, more of an upper than paxil. Brain zaps bad when trying to get off. No weight gain as with paxil. | F | 25 | 2 years | 12/1/2006 | 5 | with lamictal it cured my manic dep | panic attacks upon arrising in the morning after taking it at night | Took care of generalized anxiety disoder, social phobia, fear of having a panic attack, paranoea, depression, and manic depression schizaffective disorder, and psychotic delusions- the only thing it did not address was my borderline persoality disorder which is MY personality and im glad to have me back amoung the happily living and a very merry christmas to me thank you god for doctors and miraculous medications like cymbalta God bless the whole wide world | F | 47 | 40 days | 11/30/2006 | 2 | Severe Depression | Almost constant flatulence/bloating; infrequent heart palpitations; night sweats at first; no apparent sexual side-effects; extreme headache/dizziness upon missing a dose; flu-like symptoms; chronic aches and pains | As with all other meds I have tried, Cymbalta seemed to work great in the beginning except for some initial dizziness/nausea. After two years, I think the effectiveness has worn off. I have had severe insomnia for the last three months and cannot get a night's sleep without taking Lunesta. I am trying to get an appointment with a psychiatrist since my previous one retired and there are waiting lists for the other two in town. I am happy that this medication has worked well for some, but I am now nearly as depressed as I was before I began taking medication 20 years ago. If you decide to take this drug, I would recommend keeping a "side-effect" journal; I wish I had started one two years ago. It's so hard to know what might be a side-effect and what might be something else. | F | 43 | 2 years | 11/30/2006 | 3 | anxiety, migraine headaches | headaches, nervousness, loss of appetite, loss of sexual desire, not able to reach orgasam, not much sexual felling, constipation, sleeplessness, vivid dreams; not bad though, lack of motovation, short attention span. | cymbalta seem to relax me, maybe a little too much. sometimes to the point were you just don't care if your house work gets done or not. It didn't seem to help my migraines though. | F | 41 | 5 days | 11/29/2006 | 3 | anxiety, migraine headaches | headaches, nervousness, loss of appetite, loss of sexual desire, not able to reach orgasam, not much sexual felling, constipation, sleeplessness, vivid dreams; not bad though, lack of motovation, short attention span. | cymbalta seem to relax me, maybe a little too much. sometimes to the point were you just don't care if your house work gets done or not. It didn't seem to help my migraines though. | F | 41 | 5 weeks | 11/29/2006 | 4 | 10 years of depression/anxiety/ocd | have only had one dose but am suffering from intermittent nausea and could not come to orgasm tonight. (Kinda hard to feel sexy when your stomach is rolling around) | I will be interested in what happens in the next weeks. If there is any way I can feel better and be a better partner and mom then I want to try it but I'm not sure I want to give up sex. I'm also taking Wellbutrin with the Cymbalta. | F | 49 | 1 days | 11/28/2006 | 3 | anxiety, depression, OCD, mood swin | Before yesterday, I was tkaing the pill in the p.m. (30 mg) only to find a.m. nauseau and then switched to 6 p.m. and was better. I was instantly better, that is, the next day i felt really surprisingly great, which brought me a bit of concern that maybe i was not going to be processsing the emotions i needed to process. After two weeks on i went off for four weeks and now i am back on again. For the extreme anxiety flowing crazily through my arms i was on Paroxetine, but that was crazy - i could not feel ANYTHING, sexually, but the desire was still there and i did not like not being able to fulfill the desire. So - lolol- if you are on a spiritual quest towards chastity - Paroxetine would be great! lolol On the second round with Cymbalta, within a few hours i got this headache in the front of my brain. Today i feel the headache, still, but a cup of coffee helped and now i will take some ibu too. My forehead feels like it is constantly raised. | I like the number of times i read on this post that Cymbalta helped people. | F | 38 | 1 days | 11/28/2006 | 5 | neuropathy | reoccuring mild headaches | cymbalta has been a godsend. My pain was so severe (I have neuropathy in my feet, legs, hands and arms) Started at 20mg no help, am up to 120mg and life is worthwile once again | F | 66 | 5 months | 11/27/2006 | 1 | Depression | My side effects were increased extreme anxiety, increased depression, an extreme "I don't care attitude" about anything no matter what the issue was, didn't want to go to work, heart racing, night and day sweats, increased selfishness with no regaurd to others no matter who they were, headache, numb felling in hands and feet, and many more symptoms. | I would not give this medicine to anyone. It tore my family apart and left us nearly homeless. We have lost almost every thing we had including a good job. Was off from work nearly 3 months. My attitude was horrible and I couldn't see it. I am now on Zoloft 100mg and it is working great. | M | 48 | 2 months | 11/27/2006 | 1 | Depression | Short-term memory loss, shortened attention span, depression, suicidal thoughts, developed a stutter, always tired, nightmares, paranoia, extreme moods. | When I first started Cymbalta, I didn't notice much of a difference. After a few months, I started to notice it was making me become somewhat bipolar - on it, I was annoyingly happy and jumpy, but after two hours of taking it, I felt the same, and after two more hours, I was extremely depressed. I had also noticed that it took more to hold my attention than it used to, and I couldn't remember things that happened or stuff people said five minutes before. A little after I began noticing this, I started stuttering, and my stutter got worse as I kept taking the medicine, as did all my other side effects. Sometimes when talking, I would stutter, and forget what I was saying. I decided I was going to stop taking it, so I did. Wow. My memory loss worsened, as did my stutter, attention span, and depression. One day, after a weekend of not having it, I couldn't get out of bed because I felt so bad. The whole day, I thought about dying. I began to have terrible nightmares which would keep me up | F | 15 | 6 months | 11/24/2006 | 4 | Depression, arthritis pain | I came onto the site to see if anyone else had experienced an increase in appetite on this drug. I have noticed a marked increase in appetite since reaching my 60mgs dosage (not good). After reading other reviews - the night sweats!!! At least I know I'm not alone with that - thought I was going into early menopause! | I have taken Lexapro and Prozac in the past with numerous side effects; very minimal with Cymbalta. There isn't a drastic change to my mood, however I'm able to problem solve and actually live life now!! I had been experiencing a lot of pain due to RA and OA and this is GONE!!! Very happy with this drug overall. | F | 32 | 2 months | 11/23/2006 | 5 | Severe Anxiety/Panic Disorder/OCD | loss of appetite, sleepy afternoons (1 nap almost everyday), some difficulty sleeping, vivid dreams or nightmares with night sweats, current inability to orgasm through intercourse (keeps feeling like it will happen, but doesn't) but slow orgasm time otherwise, ocassional headaches | I started Cymbalta 30mg on 6-15-06, then increased to 60mg on 7-29-06. I've been on Cymbalta for a total of about 5-6 months, but on the 60mg dose for about 4 months. I was prescribed it for Severe Anxiety, possible Panic Disorder & possible OCD by my GP (General Practitioner). I had an increased gag reflex and a loss of appetite for the first week with both dosages, but they went away. Most of my current side effects are not everyday, but enough. I'm not sure if any of the headaches are from this. It could also be from my TMD (teeth grinding), my pillow or my eyeglasses. I don't want to go back to 30mg because I still experienced occasional panic and anxiety attacks. Right now, the benefits far outweigh the negative. I now function with no attacks at all! (FINALLY) The only anxiety or nervousness I even get now only affects my appetite every once in a while. I'm just not as hungry. Any help or recommendations with the sexual side effects and night sweats would be great! I POSTED T | F | 25 | 5.5 months | 11/21/2006 | 5 | Depression from Multiple Sclerosis | When I came to this site I thought I didn’t have any side effects, Now I’m not so sure! I do have tingling in my arms sometime when I’m about to fall asleep, also jaw clenching laying in bed, possibly happing during the day but I don’t notice them. Seems like I notice my hair being thinner but at my age I thought it’s about time! | I’m 70, could pass for 55, my grandfather died at 102 with a full head of hair, good genes I thought. My left leg started dragging in 1991, After a MRI which found nothing I was told “If we don’t know what it is, it’s probably MS” so I couldn’t accept that. Second MRI in 1997 didn’t show anything but was told I had MS, still didn’t believe it. Finally started Copaxone in July 2005. Until this time I had never taken prescription drugs except for a few times for colds. March 2006, depression struck, I couldn’t sleep, our GP prescribed Cymbalta 30mg, worked right from the start. After reading the Cymbalta ratings of one. I feel like I should try to get off but all the medicines I have checked, Copaxone, Cymbalta and Baclofen have people swear by them and swear at them. Who Knows? | M | 70 | 10 months | 11/19/2006 | 5 | Premenstrual Dysphoric Syndrome | Dry mouth, constipation, decreased appetite | I have been suffering from the debilitating effects of PMDD for nearly a year, and decided to seek medical attention to improve my quality of life. My symptoms included feelings of utter hopelessness and despair, uncharacteristic bouts of sudden anger, racing thoughts, running from my house and bursting into tears for literally no reason, and social withdrawal from my family and friends. After reading that anti-depressant medication may relieve the symptoms, I approached my physican about recommendations. I had never taken anti-depressants before. I explained that I was very concerned about weight gain that is apparently a common side effect of anti-depressants, so he prescribed Cymbalta 30mg once a day. I am happy to report that I felt substantial relief of my symptoms, and general mood overall, within the first week. I am now into my 3rd week on this medication, and I feel like a different person. I have spring to my step, a positive outlook and my PMDD symptoms have disappear | F | 45 | 3 weeks | 11/18/2006 | 3 | Depression | This is only my second day on the drug. First day was quite terrifying- nausea, lay on my bed in a wakeful stupor for about 13 hours, heart palpitations, unfocused thoughts. Was resolved to stop after the first day, but then read some comments here that helped me decide to hang in there for the initial side-effects to dissipate. Day two already a lot better than day 1, heart still racing today, but feeling more productive. | Was on Zoloft on and off previously, which left me in a zombie like state. Also felt an intense, drunken buzzing in my head on the first few days of Zoloft, so will just have to give Cymbalta time. If within a month the side-effects are still too adverse, I"ll definitely quit though. | F | 25 | 2 days | 11/17/2006 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | The weird thing about this drug is that the side effects change. Experienced thru-out taking drug: dizziness, fatigue, head spins, thirst, bloating/gasiness/burping, intermitent night sweating - waking up in drenched sheets, increased appetite, cravings for sweets, and vivid dreams. Experienced when getting off drug or missing/increasing dose: Nasea/throw-up, sudden sleepiness, extreme head spins. Experienced after first 2 months: rapid weight gain (15 lbs), hair loss, odd itchy acne-like bumps, feelings of depression incresed: unmotivated, unsocial, no desire or energy to do anything. | I am hypothyroid and take synthroid and cytomel. I've gone to different docs over the last 4 yrs in search of the ideal treatment. My new endocrinologist suggested that I was depressed because the blood tests showed that my thyroid was fine. (Symptoms of hypothyroid are similar to depression). My GP suggested Cymbalta. I've never been treated for depression before. I was about to get married and along with a stressful job, my GP felt I needed to be on this drug. And, initially, it did help. I was more calm and didn't let things stress me out. But, after the wedding (or about 1-2 months of being on the drug), I think the drug stopped working and I started gaining weight and was tired all the time. The hard thing for me is differentiating the symptoms/side effects of Cymbalta and my Hypothyroidism. Is anyone out there on Cymbalta AND Synthroid? I went to my GP with these complaints and she talked me into staying on it. Its been another month and 5 more lbs of weight, so I quit | F | 31 | 4 months | 11/17/2006 |