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 | M | 12 days | 10/31/2008 | 2 | ocd anxiety | vivid dreams | didn't do anything for my anxiety | M | 21 | 40 days | 10/31/2008 | 1 | depression | poor sleep | FOr the 1st 3 months, I thought this was a miracle drug. I felt better than I ever had in my life. However, it gradually suppresses the 3rd, 4th, and 5th levels of sleep. That's the deep, good kind. You will wake up feeling for sleepy than when you went to bed, and all you'll think about all day is sleeping. I slept through the last 3 months. Wake up (3 alarm clocks) go to work, come home go to sleep. But the sleep you get is not good, and your body will DEMAND that you go back to sleep. But the drug won't let you get GOOD sleep (you'll sleep 18 hours at a time though). | M | 40 | 6 months | 10/28/2008 | 2 | Depression | Constipation, get some strange feeling in the head at times like nothing ever experienced, fatigue, weight gain. | I have given this drug an adequate trial time and I feel that it has not helped my depression. It has mellowed me but this is not what I want. | M | 55 | 6 months | 10/27/2008 | 4 | major depression | Jaw clenching, insomnia, excessive yawning, tiredness & nausea if not taken with food. Most of these side effects diminished markedly after 2 weeks. | I wanted to make a positive comment about Cymbalta as there is a lot of negative out there on the internet. I noticed a major improvement in my depression after 2 weeks. The side effects that I experienced were not debilitating, the only one that bothers me is the waking through the night but I think that's improving now. I do not get any negative effects if I take my dose a couple of hours late. This is the 4th antidepressant I've tried in the past 6 months & the first to give me any relief from my depression. I was put off by all the negative comments, but am glad I went ahead. I think people are more inclined to post on these sites when they've had a bad time with a drug than when things are going well. I gave it a 4 out of 5 as it's still early days, but I'm very hopeful; I was in a bad, bad way before Cymbalta... | F | 38 | 3 weeks | 10/26/2008 | 2 | borderlin/bpd, severe depression | heartburn, bad, took 2 prilosec to get it under control. Terrible joint pain that I have never had before, in my ankles, knees, feet, sometimes I get up to walk and feel like i'm gonna fall down. Terrible constipation. Has been so-so for helping my migranes, but I see a chiropractor for that and if i go regularly my migranes are greatly decreased. At least 30 lb. weight gain. All I wanna do is sleep. | Maybe right for some, cause everyone is different, but I want off this ride. | F | 38 | 5 months | 10/22/2008 | 2 | depression. anxiety, panic attacks. | loss of appetite. shortened attention span. | since i started taking cymbalta i've found that no food sounds desirable and i keep waking up in the middle of the night. i have no sex drive. i've even heard voices, though, i'm not really sure if that's something that goes along with taking this medication. | F | 18 | 1 weeks | 10/21/2008 | 2 | depression/ocd | EXTREME sweating, flat feeling, anger, halo around head feeling. | I thought this was supposed to help depression, I think it made it worse! After reading the other posts here, I can now see what I thought was signs of depression is actually side effects of the drug. I think Cymbalta has made me extremely angry at everyone and has made my obsessive thoughts worse! | F | 6 months | 10/21/2008 | 2 | Anxiety, depression | First day: tingling feeling in my head, almost like shivers down my spine, but in my head. Second day: total insomnia. | I thought since this was a newer drug, there might be fewer side effects. But the total insomnia I experienced was the worst of all meds I have taken. Even after taking it in the morning I could not sleep at night. It was horrible. I will not be taking it anymore. | F | 30 | 2 days | 10/19/2008 | 2 | Osteo-Arthritis Pain Relief | Headaches, Extreme tireness during the day, Vision changed -fuzziness/halos around lights, joint pain, sharp/jabbing stabs of pain | Initially, I started Cymbalta at 60 mg/1 week then progressed to 120 mg. I was told this might help with my osteoarthritis pain. I did feel emotionally better initially but if I missed one morning's dose, I was extremely emotionally and down by the end of the day. I took Prozac 20 mg. prior to this for about 5 years and had no side effects. Cymbalta didn't help with the pain and I am experiencing more pain as I am weaning myself off 120=>60=>30mg. I am experiencing other side effects such as roaming joint aches, headaches, sharp stabbing/jabbing pain in hands/feet. I am menopausal and having more migraines. I have also been taking HRT for about 8 months with the cybalta. My doctor thought this drug might help with the pain and headaches but it definitely did not. If fact, I feel new symptoms such as being chronically tired each morning about 7:30-8:30 while at work and there is no reduction of incidence of headaches. I have also tried Rozerem for last two days with Cymbalt | F | 50 | 1.5 months | 10/17/2008 | 5 | depression fibromialgia hot flashes | Wonderful less pain less flashes less depression. Not all medcine works for everyone don't give up try something else. I also use suplements. Balance is the key. | F | 56 | 3 months | 10/15/2008 | 2 | depression/anger | can't stop yawning, wake up in the middle of the night, am so tired during the day... like a zombie | i've not even been taking it for a week but i dont know if i can deal with the side effects. im exausted during the day, waking up in the night... i've tried taking it in the am and pm and its all the same. totally constipated, i mean big time... anyone else had these issues? have they gotten better? im worried, i can't go on like this for long | F | 24 | 5 days | 10/15/2008 | 1 | CHRONIC PAIN AND DEPRESSION | Insomnia and AWFUL sleep interruption with LOTS of vivid dreams every night and remembered all the dreams, couldn't get out of bed until noon, APATHY (worsened my depression!), social withdrawal, no sex drive, sweating, loss of interest in life, loss of appetite. No improvement of depression, it WORSENED with new symptoms. I HATE that I did no research before starting drug! My bad. Never again! | NOBODY TOLD ME WITHDRAWALS WOULD BE AN ISSUE! I started at 30 mg, then increased to 60 a month later. Side effects got A LOT worse. I finally realized it was the cymbalta side effects that were my problem! So I cut dose back to 30 mg. No relief from side effects. So I quit taking the 30 mg. cold turkey after reading about how lowering dose slowly didn't help others. Withdrawals were WORSE than side effects! Insomnia worse, sleep interruption and sleeping in worse. Edginess, irritable, social withdrawal. Just NOT MYSELF. I'm glad I figured out it was Cymbalta causing problems. I thought it was due to switching pain meds! Dr. JUST gave me Prozac (after a week of suffering) and I hope that helps. Benadryl helped a little, but not enough. Doc promises Prozac will help...I pray he's right. WITHDRAWAL IS HORRIBLE. | F | 40 | 3 months | 10/15/2008 | 3 | Depression - Migraines | Upset Stomach, Hair Loss, Returning Headaches, Fatigue, Dry mouth. | I've only been on this for about 3 weeks now, and I am stopping today. While it did relieve the migraines for a while, the Zoloft was just as effective for the depression (at 1/10th of the price). Additionally, I am afraid of the withdrawal effects after long term use. I will wean down now and pray that I don't end up with the electrical brain zaps I am reading about. | F | 47 | 21 days | 10/13/2008 | 5 | Anxiety | Always sick to my stomach. Very tired. That could be from working third shift to. | I started feeling better with in a couple days except for the side effect. I have to take my medicine in the pm or I cant sleep good. I feel like I have more energy to do thing with my family. I am really happy to be feeling like my old self . | F | 29 | 2.5 weeks | 10/7/2008 | 4 | Migraine, Anxiety | In the first few days experienced nausea, loss of appetite and lethargy. | I have lost over 15 pounds because of the decrease in appetite and have only had a couple of migraines in 2 months. Before I was experiencing at least 2 or 3 a week! I would have given it a 5 but do seem to still experience a lot of tiredness. I was taking Wellbutrin before for over 5 years and had weight gain and no change in headaches as well as increased anxiety. I now wish my doctor had given me the Cymbalta sooner! | F | 43 | 2 months | 10/7/2008 | 2 | anxiety and chronic back pain | sleeplessness, shaking | I began taking this drug for treatment of anxiety and chronic back pain. Before treatment I was finding myself having anxiety attacks and mood swings that were not healthy for myself or my 4 year old toddler. I had moments of rage when I thought I could just explode...I would become angry and it would grow intensely and quickly. So, after getting on Cymbalta I truly did notice it was helping and other than the shaking and insomnia it was worth it to me...but then!!!! I had to stop taking it abruptly when I couldn't afford it and HELL SET IN!!! I began to have "electric impulses" mainly in my hands and fingertips and they were the worst in the morning. It happened when I'd get up...I'd feel strange, almost unbalanced, then the electrical shock feeling would kick in. It was really scary and there was nothing that could be done about it. It lasted for weeks. It wasn't until later and after I'd stopped taking it that my migraines returned in such frequency that it scared me...in | F | 28 | 6 months | 10/7/2008 | 1 | mild depression & anxiety | Dizzy, nauseous, sweating, anxiety, uneasiness, restlessness, shivers, | Over the last 14 years I have taken many antidepressants and have never experienced anything like this. I was give a doctors sample for 60mg which was probably too high to start out as most seem to start with 30mg. I took it this morning at 8am and by 10 I was feeling off, by 1pm I had to go home. I could not explain the experience I was having to my wife. Finally at 3pm I realized that this was the closest I've felt to doing LSD (yes I do know). Unfortunately, all the similar symptoms were the bad ones. It is now 12 hours later and it still feels like LSD but I'm getting more flu like symptoms now. Seriously, I was hesitant to take this drug when I was reading some articles last night but I decided to do it anyways. I found this page just now and after reading many comments I had to post my own. Nothing that makes me feel like this could end up doing me any good.I do not envy those who want to come off this drug but are afraid to. | M | 35 | 1 times | 10/7/2008 | 3 | anxiety, PTSD, and depression | I also have experienced nightmares honey, horrible vivid, violent dreams-death etc. i hate it....i also have no appetite (nothing appeals to me-nothing)& now what makes me nervous is that i feel (won't let it out-afraid)very hostile...angry annoyed...everything frustrates me, and that really isn't like me at least to that extreme.....anyone else??? | I'm on 120mg. of cybalta which makes me feel slightly inferior-i feel like thats a high dose for someone who's only 30-no? anyway xanax-between .50mg. & 1.75mg almost daily, some extra curriculiar activities to calm my ass down and now they want to put me on some kind of blood pressure med. GUYS I JUST WANT TO RUN AGAIN, AND LAUGH-WITHOUT SYNTHETIC EMOTIONS | F | 30 | 6 months | 10/6/2008 | 2 | mainly antideprecion | swithced from effexor due to the major benefits that cymbalta claims helps with neuropathic pain. i have just been diagnosed with chronic pain syndrome that was diagnoed as fibromyalgia for a year. i told thie dr that the cymbalta was too much effects or safe neuronic the average side efects of any major drug stopped suddenly. bad moods relapced to | can be used as a pain management drug but doesnt work that wll. my stepson commited suicide from this drug. it needs to be monitored for the first week or so. | F | 31 | 9 months | 10/6/2008 |