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 | anxiety, depression, peri-menopause | chronic constipation, difficulty urinating, weight gain,apathy. | Cymbalta worked well for me for the first 2-3 years. After that, I noticed a gradual decline in concern about anything. I didn't want to die, for example, I jiust didn't care one way or the other. Coming off the drug was a whole other matter. The Dr.s are not aware of the horrific side affects of withdrawl from this drug and NEED to be made aware. | F | 51 | 6 years 60 mg 1X day | 9/26/2012 | 1 | Back pain | I took this drug before and stopped. I resumed it for three days and am nauseous, severe headache, fast heartbeat, unable to sleep. Severe muscle cramping in legs and arms. I am stopping it and hope to feel better | F | 54 | 3 days 60 | 9/26/2012 | 5 | Depression | Mild headache, GI upset | I am weaning from Cymbalta for two reasons: 1) I have developed GI issues and believe Cymbalta plays a role and 2) I have lost my insurance and can't afford to pay for the drug. I let my NP know how I planned to wean, which was 10mg at a time every week and add 10mg of prozac when down to 20mg of cymbalta I have had no withdrawal symptoms; other than a mild occasional headache, which excedrin took care of. I am currently on my last week of cymbalta, taking 20mg of cymbalta and 10mg of prozac daily. I took 50mg of cymbalta for a week, then 40mg, then 30mg, now 20mg plus 10mg of prozac. I also starting taking a natural, whole food/green food, multi vitamin for women as I began the weaning process and plan to continue with that. I am undecided as to whether I will continue with a therapuetic dose of prozac long term or not; thinking of going with something natural like 5htp Cymbalta worked wonders on my depression. I suffered from depression for 15 plus years, including 3 major depressive episodes with suicide attempts, and then dysthimia (sp?). I am worried about the depression returning... time will tell (I started taking Cymbalta in April 2011, so I was on it for a year and a half, daily dose: 60mg) I was very worried about withdrawal symptoms from Cymbalta because while on Cymbalta if I was even a few hours late with my dose I could feel it immediately: body aches, fatigue, equilibrium off, muscles weakness, etc. I am thankful for these discus | F | 43 | 1.5 years 60mg 1X day | 9/24/2012 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Always tired, yawned all the time. Constipated. No sexual desires at all. | F | 34 | 6 months 60 MG | 9/22/2012 | 3 | Depression | No physical side effects. I felt better ... but at the same time felt completely "flat" emotionally. I chose to go off the medication for that reason. | Had no difficulty with going off cymbalta. | F | 60 days 30 MG 1X day | 9/18/2012 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Just wish I had seen this site before I had started taking this hellish drug. I have been treated with Epilim for the last 3 years and now all of a sudden the dr has decided to change. The first dose, within an hour I was violently ill, I developed a fever, cold sweats and the chills. My muscles were beginning to tense up and I was clenching my teeth like crazy. I've never done that, even in the worst anxiety attack. A few hours in, I was tired, emotionless, achy and developed a terrible headache. That night, my sleep was restless and plagued by vivid, disturbing nightmares. I still took a pill the next morning, hoping the side effects were temporary. I slept all day, apart from running to the toilet frequently. The muscle tension and clenched jaw continued and the fever and chills also. It was the first time I ever contemplated suicide, but didn't pay much attention. Third day, took another pill, but found this website and decided I would stop. 4 days after stopping the meds, I still had a fever and chills, the jaw clenching and broken sleep. Stomach cramps have eased a little by day 4 off the meds, and I'm starting to finally feel a little more human. I'd rather find some natural therapies that work for anxiety than to go through that again. | M | 31 | 3 days 30mg | 9/18/2012 | 1 | lower back pain | nausea,vomiting,stomach pain,constant sweating,memory loss,mind racing,migraines,panic attacks,fatigue,brain zaps.numbness and tingling on right side of body,moodiness,depression,rage,crying jags,lethargic. | I weened myself off of Cymbalta and have suffered terribly with withdrawals. | F | 51 | 2 years 60 MG. 1X day | 9/18/2012 | 2 | depression, likely job-related | onthe 16th day, had a skin irritation on my right hand, mimicking contact dermatitis, 21st day, started on my left hand. 32nd day, started on my right foot. tapering off this med, all better except right hand, but it's coming along | no problems tapering off this med, except crying jags returning. | F | 47 | 2 months 30 mg 1X day | 9/10/2012 | 1 | Depression and anxiety | Almost died. Eli Lilly told doctor that I could drop dead at any moment. I had no history of heart trouble. Taking 100mg. Serotonin toxicity? Took 4 months to come off it. List of side effects during withdrawal is lengthy. Extremely unpleasant and at times frightening. Too many to put down here. A couple of side effects have no yet disappeared even after stopping Cymbalta over 4 months ago. | My personality changed while I was on Cymbalta but has returned to 'normal'. Now I am embarrased over some earlier behaviour. Also my brain has cleared (not confused as it was when doctor was warned of likely imminent death) and my memory vastly improved. I am amazed that I seem to have escaped. However, at night I am usually sweating around neck and down chest despite the fact that it has been winter. I find that I can't control my environment to ensure that I am neither too hot nor too cold. There seems to be virtually no margin, no comfort zone. I will either be too hot or almost immediately feeling chilly no matter what I do. I do not have a temperature. My husband can be wearing a coat and beanie while I am in a sleveless cotton nightdress and have the window open. It is not menopausal. That was over about 10 years ago with no side effects (no hot flushes etc.) | F | 62 | 500 days 1X day | 9/9/2012 | 1 | Depression/Fibromyalgia | Suicidal thoughts, crying jags, feelings of worthlessness | This drug was horrible. I was fine before I went on it but as soon as I got to 60mg my life fell apart. I contemplated suicide, I would cry for hours on end for no reason, I didn't care about anything. Please don't take this drug, research it, too many people have died while being on it. | F | 39 | 12 days 60mg 1X day | 9/7/2012 | 1 | Depression | This has got to be the worst! Had trouble sleeping and all it did was increase my depression and anxiety. | M | 60 | 4 months 30mg 1X day | 9/2/2012 | 1 | anxiety | dizzy, blurry vision, hot flash, neck pain, muscle stiffness, jittery, muscle twitches and tremors, headaches, heart racing, feelings that I was going to die, didn't sleep for 2 days even with ambien | Only took one dose and was told by dr. that only side effect would be sleepy. WRONG! My sister took me to the ER after i took the one dose the night before. I kept feeling like I was going to pass out and I was so jittery with tremors. The ER doc thought I was on drugs (the illegal kind). She looked up side effects for cymbalta and there I was, the poster girl for "just say no" to cymbalta. I would rather have the anxiety. | F | 41 | 1 days 30mg 1X day | 8/30/2012 | 5 | Bipolar Depression | No initial side effects except dry mouth which went away after a while (4 weeks or so). | Had knee surgery while on Cymbalta where it was discovered I have severe osteoarthritis. I was taken off Cymbalta 6 weeks ago (per my request) and placed on another more affordable medication. I have since discovered that I have osteoarthritis in my hands and every joint in my body hurts. I think Cymbalta eased my osteoarthritis pain a great deal. | F | 48 | 2 years 1X day | 8/29/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | The worst thing I ever did in my life. After six months I still feel much worse than before taking it. Anxiety, weight gain, constant feeling of suffocation. I was infinitely better before taking Cymbalta. Had only a slight anxiety but old. | M | 24 | 180 days 30 MG 1X day | 8/29/2012 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Weight gain | F | 58 | 3 years 60 1X day | 8/26/2012 | 2 | Bipolar depression | Less depression, although still had low-moderate level at times, but couldn't "feel" much of anything. Emotionally numb. Didn't cry at my own sister's funeral!!! Felt numb, robot-like. Also couldn't orgasm. Cymbalta seemed to deaden everything. Reduced dose now to 30 mg and already feel myself coming alive. This is a strange med, and I've been on a lot!! | F | 54 | 8 months 60 mg | 8/25/2012 | 1 | anxiety, depression, body aches | The medication fooled me. I lost a job spiraled into depression and anxiety. Prescribed Cymbalta and thought it helped overcome depression and anxiety because of job loss. Reality is I became a zombie, robot. I didn't truly feel, or really care about things I had a passion for. Less anxiety and depression but less life. Just existed. Went through motions. About three months ago I went off cym.sick of losing track of what I wanted to say, feeling of numbness, the constant need to sleep. I could sleep two days straight and still feel tired. Confronted by family about what kind of quality of life I had. Slowly trying to get out of the hole with no med except occasional xanax. I want to feel even if it is depression. Exercise, trying to look on the bright side even when habit is not to, talking with family about feelings that is what is saving me. | F | 37 | 2 years 60 1X day | 8/23/2012 | 1 | Chronic Back Pain | Woke up to stomach pain. Half asleep with mind racing, going through tons of images in my head. A bit of nausea and heart burn. Heart rate seemed elevated. I did not want to get out of bend for a while. When I did, my mind was foggy and I had good motor function, but I had trouble focussing on what I was doing. | All i could think about was the movie Jacob's Ladder when I took this drug. It freaked me out and I am throwing the pills out. My brain did not feel right. One pill was enough for me to quit them. | M | 35 | 1 days 30mg 1X day | 8/20/2012 | 1 | Severe depression, OCD | Feeling of unreality, anxiety and double vision initially. Within 2-3 weeks found depression was becoming worse and worse and was having suicidal thoughts. I was obsessed with death. I told my pdoc and he told me I just needed to adjust to it a bit longer. The depression worsened to a point where I felt an internal agitation (not anxiety) that was unbearable. I attempted suicide and almost succeeded by the 6th week on this poison. | There were 15 suicides during the drug trials of this drug, yet the FDA approved it. I am astonished at how both the high risk of suicide AND the serious risk of fatal liver damage are barely mentioned in the endless TV ads for this toxic medication. I am very lucky to be alive. | F | 57 | 6 weeks 30mg 1X day | 8/20/2012 | 2 | Depression and Fibromyalgia | Headaches, changes in vision (sharp things made me paranoid), mood swings, dry mouth, thirst | I did not like this medication. My doctor put me on it because she thought it would help with my daily aches and pains as well as major depression. It worked fine for about 2-3 months but then I started getting headaches and dry mouth. I was constantly thirsty. I stayed on it but then my vision started changing. I would go to a store and the clothes racks that stick out would really mess with my eyes. I became paranoid that something would poke me in the eyes. The final straw was the mood swings that made me so irritable that I would yell at my parents for no reason. | F | 25 | 1 years 60 mg 1X day | 8/17/2012 |