But my drug plan would not cover it. So, I was changed over to Lexepro and doing fine with it. Was taking Zoloft which did me no help whatsoever. But, everyone is different.

Carrie

I love Cymbalta because my appetite has been little to none and I have lost weight without trying and I have a lot more energy and feel sooo much better! I also have less pains and I take it with Lyrica which aslo helps for pain but Cymbalta works well for depression too.. I felt immediately better when taking it but now I feel even better, I would not go without it.. Espeicially for aches and paines, fatigue and depresion.. This is gr8 stuff!

Hi again.

Let me first say that I am on 30 mg in the morning. My doctor said DO NOT take it at night because it gives you energy and you may get insomnia so it is best to take it in the morning. I take BOTH Cymbalta and Lyrica for pain and nerve pain, etc and they both work well.. I take one 30mg dose of Cymbalta every morning and I take 2 75 mg Lyrica in the morning and again at night. You should try Lyrica it works better than Cymbalta for pain but they both work great for me! I have heard that some people say that the 30 mg dose works better than the 60 mg dose and I don't know why but maybe you should try lowering your doce. I have one of the very best doctors in Georgia, he is like 65-70 years old and from India but he is a genious let me tell you because I asked him that I want to raise the doce on the Cymbalta and he said that just because it is a bigger doce does not neccesarily mean that it will work better. I have a friend who goes to him for 20 years and she has major deppresive order, Scitzoprenia, etc and she is really doing great because of him! He said that over a large study of people they said that the 30mg worked better then the 60 mg but you need to talk to your dr about possibly weaning you down. I am however on the highest doce of Lyrica but not with the Cymbalta.

Hi Carrie.

I was on Zoloft for a short period of time several years ago. I hated that medication because it made me soooo tired during the day and I took it at night. I could not stay awake for anything and was allready having trouble concentrating in school at the time. This just made me worse because I could not even make it to school somedays but I was so glad to get off of it. I also gained a lot of weight, I was 110 and went up to 140 in high school and so I got off of it. Now that was years ago but I would not go on it again for anything and so I am weary now of medications because of that. I was the same with Cymbalta and Lyrica and told my doctor that I allready stay tired a lot so to please not give me anything that would make me tired and he told me that he hasd the perfect pill for me. I thought yea right but I knew that he was one of the best so I took it and omg I loooove it..

I am no longer on Zoloft. Did not work for me after several months. My Neurologist put me on Lexepro and I love it. Then something in my life cause my deppression to worsen some and now I take 10mg of Lexepro in the AM and one at bedtime. I also switched from Xanax after 4 years to Klonopin which is a longer lasting anxiety drug. The duo that I am on now works wonderful for me and I am a different person.
As you know, every drug has a different affect on people. Now, take my son. He not that fond of the Paxil his physicatrist put him one. So, I told him next week when he goes in to ask about Lexepro.
So be happy that you did not start on the Zoloft. I'm like you, Lexepro works just great!

Carrie

I'm 29 yrs old and I have rheumatoid arthritis, which has left me crippled to the point that I am very limited in the activities I can do, including driving and work. As a result I became very depressed and had high anxiety. At first I tried Wellbutrin with no success, then my doctor put me on Cymbalta, b/c it was supposed to be the this fantastic new wonder drug. My doctor slowly stepped up my dosage to 120 mg, and one month later I STARTED HAVING SEIZURES. I have no history of epilepsy, nor does my family. Yet my first seizure occurred almost exactly one month after I started 120 mg of Cymbalta. I have 3 more grand mal seizures since and numerous mild seizures. Cymbalta also put me in a terrible "brain fog," where I would zone out all the time, and sometimes I felt almost like I was floating outside of my body. I would talk jibberish to my husband, although in my head I thought I was talking clearly. Then my insurance wouldn't fill it the way my doctor had written it, so I went 2 days without. I thought I was having a meltdown! I cried uncontrollably all day long. When my husband asked what was wrong, I couldn't answer him. But now let me answer how it actually helped as far as my depression went: AWFUL. It made me even more depressed than I was before, but I thought, given my medical condition, that I was asking too much to expect a wonder pill to make me feel better. So I stuck with it. I couldn't sleep most nights, usually slept until 2:00 in the afternoon, would shower, and then go back to bed. I prayed to sleep my life away. I stopped going out, stopped talking to my family and friends, just cut myself off from everyone. I even tried to leave my husband b/c I told him he deserved better then me. So after all of these seizures, I figure it may be the Cymbalta causing it and ask my doctor to take me off of it. He agrees and puts me on Prozac. And I feel a gazillion times better!!!!! I feel like I have my life back!!!! You couldn't pay me to ever try Cymbalta again!!!! I've talked to quite a few doctors. Half of them love it, half of them think it's junk! Of course everyone's situation is different, but here's my experience.

hello
i just stated taking 30 mg of cymbalta for depression that has lasted approximately 2 years and a little more. i don't feel much of anything yet, except it makes me more energetic...which is a good thing for me compared to what i am used to.

hopefully within the next couple of weeks i will start to feel more of it start to kick in.

I was just prescribed Cymbalta about three weeks ago, 30mg for a week and 60mg for the past two weeks. I haven't felt any positive effects from the medication yet. Although, I have had some slight insomnia and fatigue.

I'm not quite some how long this stuff takes to kick in, I'm sure it varies by person

I hope it doesn't wear off but....Cymbalta has been my best so far. My Dad died of cancer in 1996 and I had my first attack in 97. The doctor put me on Zoloft, which I took until around 2000. I wasn't on anything until my doctor put me on Effexor in around 2003, which I was on until I lost my job, last year in May (0 and could not afford it anymore. My doctor put me on Lexapro/Celexa after that because it was cheaper, but it threw me for a loop! I couldn't think straight and my mind was either blank or very depressed. 2 weeks ago my doctor put me on Cymbalta and I have been more alive than I have been in over 12 years! I pray that this keeps up!!!

I've been on Cymbalta for over 8 months now and it has greatly reduced the aching in my joints from arthritis. However, for me, its performance for depression is mediocre at best. I was on Zoloft previously - so I am not willing to give up the benefit Cymbalta has been for the pain, but I am at a point where I need to notify the doctor something needs to be done about the depression.

Regarding a previous poster who stopped taking Cymbalta and scared herself because of the depression bottoming out... I understand completely. Quickly I discovered that I couldn't dawdle getting the prescription refilled, even only for 36 hours. For me, although it did not appear to be helping that much, when the chemical level begins to drop, even ever so slightly, the depression magnifies 10 fold. It's almost as if you need a supplement if you ever want to go off the stuff. I find that very concerning. It makes me wonder if they have done any withdrawal/suicide studies. No, I do not believe I, nor the previous poster, are exaggerating - I suppose you would have to experience it to understand. Why the depression would get worse than it was originally, upon withdrawal, is a mystery.

I was on lexapro for about 4 years on and off...up to 2o then tapered off and then 10, back up to 20, then down to 10. I didn't want to be on anything but recently things really started crashing. My doc recommended Cymbalta because I also have lots of headaches and psb. fibromyalgia. I was exhausted the first day and slept the whole day. Now since then (almost 1 week) I am awakened at night!!! I never had any trouble sleeping on Lexapro. I don't think I like this. I don't know if taking it in the am will help, but some people seem to say it will. Any more ideas about insomnia?

I took it for nearly two yrs. It helped my nerve pain for a few months but not worth the side effects. After the first year my doc upped the dosage and I became terribly depressed and incontinent. I quit, cutting the dosage down as other patients had rec'd, not as the doc said, and withdrew slowly. Now it's been a week since I stopped altogether and the withdraw is still terrible. Shaking, can't think straight, can't write correctly, it takes forever to get a thought out or type or talk. I keep losing balance and short term memory is gone. This drug was not thoroughly tested and I don't think should be on the market. It's much too awful withdrawal and nobody warned me it would be like this. I can't drive or go to work. This is hell.

I have been on Cymbalta for 3 weeks for nerve pain. It has helped with the pain but is making me very dizzy. Is anyone having this problem and does anyone know if it will go away the longer I take it?

Never went away. Or the nausea. Or the bouts of stomach pain.

Besides getting rid of my GAD I get hard ons like a diamond, I blow like an elephant and now have the energy and stamina of a porn star. Thanks Cymbalta! I also lift more lbs in free weights than ever before and recover quicker for improved muscular gains.

Only negatives are the predisposition to sweating and the associated bad smell which a good deoderant controls!

thats right it sucks including every other anti-depresant medication....deal with depression yourself dont relie on these drugs that alter and change your thought process and who you are as a human being. That get you all doped up so reality just is not caring not feeling whats really there. not only is it unhealthy but not normal have you ever asked your doctor if they have tryed it ...no.... that have nothing going for them in life and need drugs to alter how they think and feel....you might as well go pop an e pill or do a line of coc-aine ....some might say that is a bit drastic but think about it. it grosses me right out an anyone who is on it i look down upon you're weak and are ignorant to think that its a normal way of dealing with lifes problems.

I have just started taking Cymbalta for anxiety and depression. I feel fine except no appetite and for me this is not good casue I already have to put rocks in my pocket to keep from blowing away. Any how I would like to get my appetite back and sugestions?

Hello, I have been on this medication(Cymbalta)for over a week now and unfortunately have been unable to sleep for over a week. I am exhausted. I won't be taking this medication any longer.

I was prescribed Cymbalta last year when I was in the midst of a mental breakdown. Everyone deals with different medications differently. I had horrible side effects on this medication. I started sleepwalking and hallucinating. My husband had similar side effects from it. He even drove off very early in the morning in a state of not being fully awake and knowing what he was doing and got into a car accident. It's not for everyone but some people do well on it. I would recommend that if you are going to take this drug to have someone keep an eye on you to make sure your not doing anything dangerous.

iam going to start cymbalta 30 mg tommorow and i was wondering if users can tell me is it a good med for them,i have treid lusteral i put on weight and got severe heartburn.2 years ago i was on lexapro and just didnt care about anything which i did not like.im hoping this will make me feel better.i suffer from anxity and a bit of paronioa.which of course makes me feal depresed.can users tell me if they recemend talking it.id be very greetfull thanks.or if anyone can point me to a really good antidepressant?