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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CYMBALTA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Depression, anxiety disorder | If i take it everyday i dont experience very many side effects,some short term memory loss, weight gain,trouble concentratin, if i miss a dose i get very easily agitated, dizzy, brain zaps, nervousness, | Cymbalta works great for my depression and anxiety but it does leave me feeling very lazy and its hard to get excited about things. | M | 38 | 7 months 30 MG | 9/29/2015 | 2 | Depression, Panic Attacks | Dizziness, Dizzy, Dizzy, Anxiety attacks, Depression, Fatigue, Suicidal thoughts, moody, can't multitask, can't concentrate, no patience, lower back pain (no change), Fibromyalgia still hurts. | I have reported all these symptoms to my doctor about Cymbalta and he will not change the dosage of medication. I have had depression for 20 yrs that I know of tried other medications that worked but my depression increase with age. Cymbalta is not a miracle drug. | F | 53 | 6 months 90 MG 1X day | 9/29/2015 | 1 | Anxiety depression | Horrid sweating, tremors, jaw clenching, feeling high and not myself | Withdrawal symptoms are unbelievable. This drug needs to be banned. Dr's don't tell you about its effect when going off it and nothing makes it easier!!!!!!! I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. | F | 29 | 2 months 60 mg | 9/26/2015 | 1 | depression and anxiety | panic attacks, constipation | I thought this was supposed to help with anxiety but it has been so much worse since I started this. I've only been on it 2 weeks and already had 3 panic attacks. Also extreme constipation, not fun. I'm gonna stop taking this, not worth the side effects. | F | 26 | 2 weeks 20mg 1X day | 9/25/2015 | 1 | moderate depression, pain | Typical side-effects as body/brain adjusted but my issues are associated with discontinuing this medication. | Horrible withdrawal !! My Dr. didn't address the issue when he prescribed this medicine and when I told him I didn't want to take it any longer, he said only, "skip a day in between doses for a couple of weeks" to discontinue.... I skipped 1 day and got so sick, I was constantly nauseated, gagging, and threw up for three days which caused me to loose the capsule (in the toilet) on the days I was suppose to take it. I have very significant issues with thermo-regulation which leads to a feeling of burning, followed by profuse sweating. I have brain zaps that feel like electrical shocks and result in jerking and spasms. The overwhelming fatigue is almost as bad as the vomiting. I have been dizzy and now as I progress into withdrawal, I am becoming more agitated, negative and morose. I decided to quit trying to "skip a day" and now open the capsule and divide the beads in half, assuming that I am reducing my dose to 15 MG/day. This is nasty-nasty stuff and I would not recommend it to anyone. I am so thankful that I decided to dis-continue now rather than waiting until I had been on it for over a year or taking a higher dose. Hopefully, I will pull through this in another couple of weeks...but never-never again. I do not understand how something this bad can be acceptable but many pain medications are not. Lilly knew, failed to disclose, and lied about the number of patients reporting adverse effects upon stopping...they now, place the blame on Dr(s), saying | F | 63 | 5 months 30 MG 1X day | 9/22/2015 | 2 | FIBROMYALGIA | INITIALLY THIS DRUG WAS A MIRACLE.HELPED SO MUCH WITH MY PAIN,INSOMNIA, AND FATIGUE.I EVEN EXPERIENCED WEIGHT LOSS INITIALLY.AFTER ABOUT 2 MONTHS ALL THAT CHANGED.PAIN BACK AT ABOUT 50%.NOTED I BECAME QUITE DETACHED,DIFFICULTY C THINGS TO DO WITH PAPERWORK,DIFFICULTY MULTI TASKING.NO LIBIDO.DECIDED THIS SUMMER TO GO OFF IT AND TRY TO DO HOLISTIC APPROACH.WAS NOT AWARE OF THE WITHDRAWAL | THE WITHDRAWAL IS ABSOLUTE HELL! I AM A CCRN.I FREQUENTLY DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT OD AND WITHDRAW. I HAVE NEW SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING FOR PATIENTS WHO SIGN OUT AMA SO THEY CAN SELF MEDICATE. I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING THROUGH THE MOST SEVERE PMS IVE EVER EXPERIENCED.RECURRING HORRIFIC NIGHTMARES,SWEATS,RACING HEART,TREMORS,EYE TWITCHING,MUSCLE SPASMS, ABSOLUTE PANIC ATTACKS WHICH IVE NEVE HAD,LABILE MOODS FROM MINUTE TO MINUTE,UNCONTROLLABLE CRYING.I LITERALLY CALLED OUT FROM WORK.I VOWED TO GET MYSELF THROUGH THIS AND SLOWLY STARTED TO FEEL LESS PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS BY DAY 5,BUT THEN MY PAIN FROM FIBRO SEEMED WORSE THAN EVER.I GOT NO WARNING FROM MY DOCTOR ABOUT THESE SIDE EFFECTS WITH WITHDRAWAL.I RESTARTED MYSELF AT 15 MG FOR 3 DAYS,THEN 10,THEN 5MG, WHICH IS WHAT I TAKE NOW.IF I HAD EVER IMBIBED IN HEROIN OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, I WOULD IMAGINE THIS IS COMPARABLE R/T WITHDRAWAL. I HAVE ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF IN TAKING VERY FEW MEDS.I LITERALLY HAVE A FEAR OF GOING OFF THIS BECAUSE THE WITHDRAWAL WAS SO BAD,AND MY FIBROMYALGIA SYMPTOMS WERE WORSE THAN THEY EVER WERE PRIOR TO TAKING THIS MED. IF I HAD THIS TO DO OVER AGAIN, I WOULD NEVER HAVE STARTED THIS RX. IVE ALSO NOTED DIFFICULTY FINDING OUT IF FLOURIDE IS A COMPONENT OF THIS DRUG,AS MANY ANTI DEPRESSANTS HAVE FLOURIDE IN THEM. I AM ANTI FLOURIDE. | F | 51 | 365 days 20 1X day | 9/21/2015 | 4 | depression, fibromyalgia | I have not experienced any bad side effects with this medicine, UNLESS I forget a dose then OMG it's AWFUL...within an hour there is nausea, brain zaps, dizziness, headache, blurry vision...a feeling of being stuck under water. Just once or twice I have forgotten to take it for a day and it took all of the next to recover. | I hope I never have to stop taking this medicine...the withdrawal might just kill me and I am not being dramatic...this stuff is like poison | F | 52 | 3 years 60 mg 1X day | 9/17/2015 | 5 | Depression, anxiety, chronic pain | Low libido, weight gain. I have difficulty swallowing the Australian generic, but no problems w the Cymbalta branded. | This medication has saved my life, allows me to be an involved mother, and gives me a significant degree of control over my symptoms. But, as I'm on a high dose, it is imperative that I take my dose at precisely the correct time every 12 hours or I risk paranoia, voices, extreme anxiety and suicidal thoughts. These side effects are significantly increased with interactions from other medications. | F | 49 | 5 years 60mg 2X day | 8/31/2015 | 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 | 4 | depression, mood, anxiety | Slight nausea, | I only experience major side effects when I DON'T taken it. I feel better and an easier to live with on my medication. | F | 44 | 5 years 60 mg | 8/27/2015 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety | Weight loss during use. Have been off of Cymbalta almost a month after taper. I have experienced acute dizziness, weight gain, severe depression, mood swings, sweats and upset stomach. I don't recommend being put on drug. | F | 50 | 2 years 60 mg | 8/26/2015 | 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 | 1 | Anxiety and Fibro | Only took one pill: nausea dizziness extreme lethargy (could not stay upright even though I was home with two toddlers!!) major digestive upset headache..... And I'm only 4.5 hours into it. | I was very concerned about taking it due to negative reviews multiple places but I thought I was at so low a dose.... But I really couldn't stay upright and came very close to vomiting. Clenched jaw and increase in pain! I'm afraid how I'll feel tomorrow.... | F | 35 | 1 days 20 | 8/24/2015 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | My sister developed glaucoma, Tardive dyskinesia (unconscious, uncontrollable tongue thrusting and shaking), disconnection from loved ones, distractability, low libido. | This drug was hell for my sister. She was totally disconnected from her loved ones, could not follow a conversation, was forgetful and unorganized and on and on. I could write a book on how this changed her. My other sister and I did an intervention and she agreed to get off. It took her 2 years to get off this drug because she was so addicted. She took away a tiny part of a tablet ever month or so and would be dog sick for a week. | F | 62 | 3 days 60 MG | 8/18/2015 | 2 | nerve pain | Extreme weight gain had to lower dose to keep my weight in some kind of check. Increase weight gain equals more back pain. Even with smaller doses it is hard to control weight gain. In addition I don't eat a lot seems to decrease my appetite. Big issue with concentration and short term memory loss . Didn't see much difference in changing doses up or down. It has started to really cause problems at work. No matter how I try to remedy things ,concentration and short term memory are an issue. So once again like the gabapentin the side effect outweigh way the moderate pain relief. | Did provide pain relief only at higher doses the weight increases decreases the pain relief | F | 57 | 2 years 30 1X day | 8/14/2015 | 1 | Pre-menopausal, fibromialgie. | I felt better during the first month of 30mg Duloxetine, not tired, more alert, better concentration and less pain, though could not sleep. Next month started terrible anxiety attacks night and day, sweating, head spinning,nightmares, vomiting, my brain felt on fire like a cracker to explode,could not function properly at work, disorientated, weak.Felt like dying.I stopped this medication after 2 months!! My GP explained that everybody will have one or two side effects??I do not think it is safe to use. | F | 47 | 2 months 30mg | 8/12/2015 | 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 | Fibromyalgia | Moderate Serotonin Syndrome with extremely dilated pupils. Took 28 hours for the extended release capsule to get out of my system and it was hell. Anxiety, rapid pulse, nervousness, shivers, cold sweats, panic attacks, seizures (non-convulsive), nerves felt like they were on fire, dizziness, shakiness, and difficulty breathing. | Within the first four hours of taking this medication I had issues. If you are sensitive to serotonin DO NOT TAKE. | F | 27 | 1 days 30 MG 1X day | 8/10/2015 | 3 | Fibromyalgia, depression | dry mouth, headaches, lowered libido, hot flashes, irregular sleep pattern (insomnia like), hitting "wall" - brain stops working, poor short term memory, fatigue | Initially Cymbalta took away my Fibro pain and I loved it! But I think there is a life cycle to taking it, maybe 5 years or so; when they increased it to 90mg (April 2012) my cognition got noticeably worse, fatigue got much worse, every side effect amplified | F | 54 | 9 years 60 then 90 1X day | 8/9/2015 | 4 | Depression, Anxiety, Fybromyalgia | Upset stomach and Nausea. Stomach Pain. Loss of appetite. It does tend to make me kind of un emotional. | The 2 most important things that doctors do not tell you about Cymbalta are 1.) It is extremely addictive & if you miss a dosage or run out (or stop) you come off it hard. The withdraw is very very rough. It makes me bed ridden and very sick. 2.) Cymbalta has extreme interactions with many other drugs so be carful what you take with Cymbalta. Always read the pamphlet the pharmacist gives you & research it on the internet when prescribed a new medicine. A doctor didn't look into the drug reactions and put me on Depakote. I ended up deathly ill in the hospital with Serotonin Syndrome. However, I still take Cymbalta. I've been taking it for years, since before there was a Generic available. I had incredibly horrible pain throughout my body, it would keep me up screaming night after night. Cymbalta changed my life as far as that is concerned. However, the effectiveness for my depression and anxiety has decreased in the last year & I've had to be put on Xanax and Adderall to compensate. This is often a common effect of any medication used for psychiatric disorders. I know a lot of people have had some bad experiences with Cymbalta - but it has really helped me. | F | 27 | 4 years 90 MG 1X day | 8/8/2015 |