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 |
| 3 | depression | Gave me midnight insomnia. Would fall asleep for a few hours, the stay awake anywhere from 1-4 hours. | After 6 years I got off the insomnia. In less than a month, I developed insomnia for the past year. I am convinced it was caused by this drug. | M | 58 | 6 years 60 1X day | 10/8/2013 | 5 | Fibro | First week was terrible, heart palpitations, heartburn, jitters. But then it all passed. Now I only have night sweats and bruising v easily. But it has been a wonder drug for me. Pain is pretty much gone. I can exercise again. I feel like myself. Have so much more energy, much happier elevated mood. | F | 32 | 3 months 60mg | 10/6/2013 | 1 | Anxiety | made me suicidal and anxiety worse | F | 36 | 30 days 1X day | 10/6/2013 | 3 | pain from spinal nerve damage | Weight gain ...40 + pounds, loss of sex drive | Takes the edge off my pain. Very hard to quit taking. Had open the capsules to count the liitle balls inside the capsules and take 10 balls less per week. They need to make smaller doses! | F | 58 | 3 years 60 mg 1X day | 9/29/2013 | 5 | osteoarthritis | None. The medicine has got me back running and swimming. I feel like my old self (two years ago). | F | 52 | 1 months 20 mg | 9/27/2013 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | Nausea all day long, pounding heart, anxious, loss of appetite. | F | 38 | 8 days 30mg 1X day | 9/18/2013 | 3 | depression, fibromyalgia, pain | I get extremely dizzy when I stand up. Neasuated, exhausted all the time. Sleep 16 hrs a day. Can't work like this. Does the exhaustion go away. Was on 60 mg two months now 120 for a week so.far. helps my pain..I haven't noticed it help my depression yet. Had a mental breakdown a month ago. | F | 42 | 2 months 120 mg | 9/16/2013 | 3 | mild depression,arthritis, etal | Tinnitus extreme, brain fog/inability to concentrate/memory loss " what?", complete life apathy, depression, hoarding, excessive clothes shopping to feel & look better (broke), dizzy, clumbsyness(sp?), complete loss sex drive, & other stuff, (I think) | Tried to get off this crap by dosing down, but, increase pounding tinnitus so bad, had to go back on. It did lessen muscle/skeletal pain, but, no Way eliminated. Dr tried to substitute Prozac, I still don't understand the coorelation, maybe he just thought I was lying about having pain!!! Who would put themselves thru agony? Did I mention increased anger, small bit. If you don't need it, don't start. I get the feeling my cocktail of meds will mean my demise before my health situation. | F | 54 | 3.5 years 90 1X day | 9/14/2013 | 1 | Anxiety and fibro | severe panic and sweating | F | 31 | 2 months 60 | 9/13/2013 | 2 | Depression, anxiety, & hx of fibro | weight gain (50+ pounds) high blood pressure skin problems tiny wounds would not heal for months, frequently developed into skin infections (e.g. from acne) immune system problems loss of interest in all activities loss of interest in relationships extreme fatigue wanted to sleep all the time could not feel happiness or joy continued to feel depression, have suicidal thoughts under stress | Spent 2 months cutting down dose, final withdrawal off of 30 mg dose was agony emotionally and physically for weeks. Can't get over how much better I feel now off of this drug. | F | 42 | 6 years 90 mg 1X day | 9/9/2013 | 1 | Pain | It made me so confused and drowsy all day long. I changed it to night time then I couldn't sleep! It made me over emotional and gave me extreme sweating all the time. | This drug is too mind altering for pain sufferers. I'm not taking it anymore. I'll go back to Tylenol 650mg two tabs. | F | 62 | 1 weeks 60mg 1X day | 9/9/2013 | 1 | family member for bipolar depression | alcohol cravings, mania | nausea, vomiting, horrific nightmares, insomnia, suicidal ideation, suffered psychotic breakdown and crashed car 7 days after abruptly stopping Cymbalta | M | 22 | 2 months 60mg 1X day | 9/2/2013 | 1 | pain/depression | Diarrhea,nauseated and very negative feeling in my head. I took one dose of this medication and it gave me a overwhelming feel of negativity. Will not take a second dosasge, flushed them. BAD DRUG!!! | F | 49 | 1 days 30mg | 8/28/2013 | 5 | depression anxiety | nothing no side effects | perfect drug for treating anxiety depression better then anafranil tofranil prozac i have tried all | M | 50 | 7 years 60mg 1X day | 8/18/2013 | 1 | Fibromyalgia pain, depression | F | 58 | 30mg 1X day | 8/15/2013 Patient History | 1 | chronic back pain | After taking Cymbalta for less than a montth for chronic back pain, my 90 year old mother, whom had had no mental problems before taking Cymbalta, began having visual and auditory hallucinations. After stopping the drug, the halucinations did not stopped until her death 3 years later. | The elderly should not risk taking this drug. | F | 90 | 21 days 30mg 1X day | 8/12/2013 | 1 | Depression and chronic pain | Severe sweating, muscle twitching, headache and diarrhea. | F | 46 | 6 weeks 30 mg | 8/3/2013 | 1 | muscle aches | While taking this medicine all was pretty good, coming off it was horrific at best. Agressive behavior, moods going high to low, brain zaps were terrible now off this for 3 weeks and still having bad brain zaps. | make this drug your last choice, if possible | M | 49 | 1.5 years 60 1X day | 7/23/2013 | 1 | depression/ anxiety | Took at 8pm. Next morning my body was on fire. Hot sweats and chills. Stiff neck. 5 th antidepressant that didnt work for me. On ativan for 5 weeks and no have stomach pain | F | 35 | 1 days 30 | 7/9/2013 | 4 | Depression, GAD | Insomnia, dry mouth, achy muscles | F | 36 | 3 weeks 60 mg | 7/8/2013 |