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 |
| 5 | depression | I felt alot better righ away!!! However after about 4 to 5 days of taking it I started to notice that i could not reach an orgasm and when I finally did I did not cum this was a problem for me so i stopped taking it. still 4 days after stopping this medication I can now have an orgasm but still do not cum | M | 46 | 15 days | 4/8/2006 | 2 | Anxiety | Insomnia,nausea,headache,hot flashes,loss of appetite,loose stool | First few days felt hyper during the day even though not sleeping much at night. Symptoms seem to be increasing. Don't know if due to current stress level or drug reactions. Taking for anxiety and am noticing more anxiety. | F | 47 | 6 days | 4/7/2006 | 2 | depression | withdrawal | should be warned before | F | 50 | 60 days | 4/5/2006 | 1 | depression | My 15 year old daughter was on this for 4 days and it threw her into the worst mental state I've seen outside a mental hospital. She has depression and has tried many meds. None have helped for long but none have hurt her before. Be careful. | F | 56 | 4 days | 4/3/2006 | 4 | depression/anxiety | The first week on 30 mg.I experienced terrible nausea,flu-like symptoms,chills,lightheadness,extreme fatigue and insomnia.My doctor says that this usually goes away after the 2nd week and that many give up on it because of the symptoms. I can tell emotionally that I am feeling a little brighter. | F | 47 | 1 weeks | 3/28/2006 | 3 | depression | decreased appetite, nausea (went away after a few days), some sudden dizzy spells (last a few seconds to a minute or two), constipation, gas | it helps w/the depression but I still feel pretty lousy - just bounce back a little easier | F | 39 | 2 weeks | 3/26/2006 | 1 | major depression/ chronic fatigue | extreme sudden hairloss, (headache,eye twitches) | after about 5 weeks on cymbalta I had sudden rapid all over loss of about half of my head of hair. To this date it has not stopped yet. My Doctor told me to stop cymbalta cold turkey and get in immiediately to see him. I suppose he will start another SSRI or Effexor ASAP. I am hoping Effexor will calm the hair loss and not comtinue it. headache in the neck wich did become severe(migrane-like?) and eye twitching were also bothersome but the fantastic improvement in my depression and fatigue over the initial 5 months pushed me to continue on the Med. The hairloss is extreme and will most likely and sadly lead to total baldness in my case and I am hoping to warn all who see this. feel free to contact me for info. | F | 36 | 5 weeks | 3/26/2006 | 5 | Recurrent depression | slight hypomania, which is fun but a bit impractical, increased libido and other than that no sexual side effects, a nice feature of the drug for me | Cymbalta fooled me. I almost gave up on it and after a full month it hit over a few days and it IS pleasant, especially compared to the depressive "life" style. I get a little too "high" on it and get too "full of myself," as my wife puts it. I may ask my MD to add a little Abilify to smooth that out. I don't know how long this will last, but its great so far. My depression was getting dangerously close to costing me my job, and Cymbalta pulled that out of the fire. Go Lilly! | M | 57 | 5 weeks | 3/21/2006 | 4 | depression, migraines | dry mouth, increased sweating, initial loss of appetite (which subsided) | I like what this medication has done for me. My moods are more stable. I feel dizzy if I miss a dose, so I wouldn't recommend going off this "cold turkey". I lost weight initially, which helped with the depression, but that side effect goes away after a while. I still feel like myself, just more level-headed. I continue to feel the entire range of emotions, but I'm more able to reign in the extremes. | F | 30 | 12 months | 3/15/2006 | 1 | depression | weight gain (added to the depression, fatigue, constipation, lack of concentration, irritability, vivid (horrible) dreams, insomnia | started at 30mg, went to 45mg, to 60mg, then tried 90mg things only got worse | F | 28 | 2 months | 3/11/2006 | 2 | Depression | Did nothing for my depression. Extreme dry mouth (had to constantly drink fluids or use AquaFresh drops (which were great, but now discontinued) Lethargy - exhausted constantly, no interest in anything Total lack of appetite - fine for me, as I was happy to drop a few pounds, but could be a problem for thin or elderly users. I also lost entire taste for sweets and chocolate (no great loss) | Took 90mg daily. Didn't work for me on it's own, but recently had a crossover with lamictil (an off-label drug. It's an anti-seizure med used for depression. I found that at 60 mg of cymbalta and 75 of lamictil, I felt better than in years. Once I stopped the cymbalta, the lamictil was useless. Dr. has me trying both again and hope it works as before. | F | 49 | 8 months | 3/9/2006 | 5 | depression | non | non | F | 23 | 150 days | 3/7/2006 | 5 | depression, anxiety, pain | night sweats, dry mouth, better bladder control, harder to orgasm | been on cymbalta 60 mg for almost one year. all of a sudden i started losing control of my bladder, which was a problem before the cymbalta. upping my dosage to 80 mg has made it much better. also, since upping my dosage 1 month ago, the night sweats have gotten much worse. also, if i miss a dose, my head starts to tingle. however, the neuropathic pain i used to have has completely disappeared, and i haven't felt ANY anxiety since day 1 of the drug. cymbalta saved my life and is a miracle drug. | F | 31 | 14 years | 3/5/2006 | 4 | fibromyalgia pain | sleepiness in afternoon, bad taste in mouth, nausea if not taken with food | Starting feeling differences about 2 weeks into the full dosage. While not pain free, I am feeling much better. I take 60mg in the morning as well as Nortriptylene at night - they work well in the pair. | F | 26 | 3 months | 3/4/2006 | 1 | DEPRESSION MUSCLE PAIN | WHAT A NIGHTMARE! I WAS UP ALL NIGHT AND MY HEART WAS RACING LIKE A FRIEGHT TRAIN! | I WILL NEVER TAKE THIS AGAIN! | F | 1 days | 2/28/2006 | 3 | Severe depression and anxiety | First day (30mg) sent my anxiety through the roof, had my first and only panic attack. That tapered off over 2 weeks, then has improved for the most part since then. Still having trouble sleeping well through the night (early wakening, vivid strange or scary dreams). First couple weeks I was sleeping 3-4 hours, but usually had plenty of energy through the day. Occassional dry mouth. Trouble reaching orgasm, somewhat painful orgasm. | Has helped the depression, though I'm down the last few days. It's not the cure-all, I definitely need to be more careful with lifestyle, over-doing it, and keeping on my psychotherapy. First drug I've taken. Can't decide if I will really "get over" depression. | M | 35 | 6 weeks | 2/23/2006 | 4 | Depression | Wieght Gain, some flatness of emotions, normal dose not enough, double dose was too much! Went cold turkey on meds for three days due to pharmacy/doctor/insurance mistake and I developed very, very harsh with drawal symptoms. I began stuttering, couldn't complete sentences, and I was dizzy. Then I began to twitch. My head rolled, my leg kicked out, my sholder twiched, my arm would fling out - all uncontrolable. They got so bad I ended up getting hurt from hitting things. Finally went to Doctor's office and got samples. I was back to normal in two hours. Don't stop cold turkey! | Got back some of my libido. I was previously on Lexapro which worked wonderfully on my depression, but absolutely killed my sex life. | F | 27 | 8 months | 2/22/2006 | 4 | Depression | Sexual side effects, severe lack of motivation, headaches. | Seemed to work great initially, then in a few months I was depressed but dismissed it because it had seemed to work so well. | F | 49 | 1 years | 2/20/2006 | 4 | Bipolar | Weight loss, depression if I stop taking it within hours. | I don't know if it is me or the drug that has the suicidal ideations, but it seems my PMS has gotten worse since I have been taking it. I think I am one of the first to start taking it, so I am wondering if anyone else, at about 8 months, started to feel like you weren't happy anymore. | 13 months | 2/19/2006 | 5 | ADHD, Asperger's, Depression | None, but I switched to this from Strattera which is like the SNRI found in Cymbalta, and there was a lot of agitation the first six weeks on that. | Cymbalta is the very first anti-depressant to help me, and I've been through most of them, including the MAOI's. I wish this drug had been around 20 years ago ! | M | 49 | 5 months | 2/17/2006 |