Cymbalta for Generalized Anxiety Disorder User Reviews (Page 5)
Cymbalta has an average rating of 6.6 out of 10 from a total of 119 reviews for the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. 59% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 29% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Cymbalta
- South...
- August 16, 2016
"First dose made me sick feeling, nauseous, stomach issues. Created too many problems, I rather live with anxiety. Wish the drug people would come out with something new, w/o so many bad side effects. I will not take this drug ever. My anxiety is mild compared to many. I can function pretty good most of the time. Things are very stressful for me now with a sick husband. Don't take this drug."
- Jackie
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 8, 2021
"I am starting to feel better everyday and I’m not having as many anxious thoughts. I’m noticing that I am starting to not care what other people think and just doing what makes me happy. It’s only been a week but I already can tell that it’s helping. My anxiety has always been my biggest downfall. This medicine gives me hope. I hope that it keeps getting better from here."
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- Candy
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- December 10, 2021
"It's awful and Doctors are too fast to put patients on it for different things! Go read first hand what it does to us patients. Drs have no clue how to tell patients to get off of this medicine!! You have to taper, counting the little beads in capsules. Do NOT go cold turkey!! Go read Groups *CYMBALTA HURTS""
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- February 19, 2022
"I’ve been on cymbalta twice in my life for anxiety, depression, neuropathy, and chronic pain. The first time my dosage was too high, and I was put into a serotonin overdose basically which was absolutely awful, I looked stoned, pupils huge, felt like a completely different person. But this second time I’m in a lower dose. 40mg once a day and it have been a life saver. It’s helped all of the issues stated above. I have lupus and fibromyalgia, so my whole body aches most of the time and this has helped tremendously."
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- Farmboy
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- December 24, 2021
"So I was on Zoloft for 10 years and it stopped working. Panic attacks, anxiety, derealisation. I can barely function some days. After months of increasing dosages and trying to get in to see a psychiatrist (3 month wait) I was switched to Lexapro which didn’t help me, then we switched to cymbalta. I haven’t been able to come down less than 50mg of zoloft the whole time. Now two months after being on cymbalta I never saw much change. One day I missed a dose at night and the next day I thought I was dying. Didn’t realize I missed the dose but it was bad. So I’m trying to go down from 60mg to 30mg and the first few days have been very rough. Old symptoms of anxiety and panic that never left have gotten worse. Either the Cymbalta was helping some but not enough or these are symptoms of withdrawal. For me this medication wasted another 2.5 months in my search for a med that can give me my life back."
- Zpf
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 21, 2022
"I’m 30 years old I started this drug about 5 days ago Day 1-3 was horrible I had side effects of fatigue, nausea, mild And panic attacks and muscular skeletal pain and spasms on my eye lid and dry mouth with some dizziness that faded, I still experiencing muscle spasms and a little nausea and loss of appetite and some depersonalization here and there. I noticed the positives I felt some euphoria and less depression and felt less fatigue, but overall I’m trying to do my best to just rough it out and see in the next 3 days if things get better. It is different for everyone. I’m only on 30mg dose but little by little have breakthroughs that are positive my thoughts did race a little but just gotta pray and have hope it works but overall some of the negatives disappear. I will keep people updated!, I have autism, ADHD, GAD and PTSD so just keep praying"
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- Smiley...
- December 9, 2015
"I've anxiety had a minimal level 4 about 6 months now and it has been getting worse and worse now my doctor tells me to up my cymbalta 290 milligrams, it's been about the month that I have done that along with taking my anxiety medicine both together really isn't doing much good. Will it help me?"
- Bannie
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- August 28, 2021
"Made me really tired at 60mg so went down to 30. I was on that for a year, I was very stable and everything seemed very blah. I gained 10 lbs because I couldn't taste anything and nothing sounded good so I would get really hungry and just eat whatever crap I could stomach. Getting off seemed insurmountable because if I missed a dose it was like dizziness, migraine, brain zaps, full body aches, nausea. I switched to Prozac and then went off Prozac after a month with no withdrawal from either. I still have anxiety though, so I am back on Cymbalta 20 mg. I get brain fog and can't focus on it but at least I'm not anxious, right???"
- Jk7711
- Taken for less than 1 month
- February 3, 2022
"Only took one capsule and had the worst reaction of my life. After half an hour started to hallucinate and couldn't feel my arms or legs. Felt like I was glued to the bed while seeing things that weren't there. Was in and out of consciousness and woke up in the middle of the night being violently sick. Had to go to A&E where they gave me an injection to stop me throwing up. For the next three days I had no appetite and slept almost constantly. I took the pill on Saturday and didn't feel normal again until Tuesday. I still don't remember how I got back from hospital. Phoned the doctor on the Wednesday and he said it was something to do with too much Serotonin. It seems like people either respond well to it or become very sick. But overall it didn't suit me so wouldn't recommend."
- DGL
- Taken for 5 to 10 years
- May 3, 2023
"I was prescribed Cymbalta 60 mg for fibromyalgia. For the first year, it was wonderful! I was willing to sing its praise to everyone. Between years 1 and 2, it stopped working. I continued to take it since the withdrawal symptoms I read about were so scary. I finally stopped cold turkey after about 6 years. No withdrawal symptoms. Too bad it wasn't the wonder drug I had hoped for."
- Lorra...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 13, 2016
"Been on cymbalta 30 mg for days now. Controls my anxiety and my hunger. I hv lost about 8lbs and feel good. Also helps with my sleep at night. I am happy"
- Anonymous
- March 9, 2010
"I constantly worry about everything, causing me lots of anxiety. Cymbalta has helped me so much!!"
- Mike8...
- August 3, 2016
"It changed my life. Had anxiety every day for 4 years. My anxiety is like blowned away and I can start working with my self. Now 1 year on Cymbalta and still feeling fine."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- April 27, 2023
"Did not help me - it significantly increased my anxiety symptoms."
- Yarn...
- June 26, 2013
"I have found that Cymbalta really helps my depression. If I don't take it I really notice the difference. I am sure that it helps me. The only downside is its expensive"
- Lisap...
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- November 2, 2017
"I been on Cymbalta for almost a year and I have no anxiety or depression I really didn’t have any side effects except nausea but other then that the meds work great I’m happy with it "
- Rober...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- March 2, 2015
"Didn't help with anxiety at all but did help some with depression. Take 60mg"
- Loz
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- March 10, 2018
"I've been taking cymbalta 60mg for nearly 10 months now for anxiety and depression. Im feeling so much better and wanting to get off them completely. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks"
- Vcccc
- May 25, 2017
"So far, life changing"
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- July 23, 2015
"I have a lot of stress, and I find its not working for me. Made me dizzy at first. I honestly don't like cymbalta"
- Chris...
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- November 28, 2021
"Works really well for severe generalized anxiety, and has done for over a year now. Way better than sertraline"
- Zele
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 30, 2022
"No thanks Only 3 days on Cymbalta And I feel disconnected, drowsy, weird breathing, can not have an orgasm, feel weird as anything I'm not taking this any longer. I prefer abilify + attarax."
- DeadP...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 4, 2022
"Was given cymbalta for anxiety/ depression. It made me severely suicidal. One month on klonopin and the anxiety attacks stopped. No more med needed."
- Bamab...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- December 7, 2021
"It has had no effect at all for me. It's not worth taking"
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"Almost 2 months in, for Personality Disorder /Erratic Thoughts. Initially it was overwhelming Not too much but just the feeling overall Once it regulated in my body though I felt so much better. I'm no longer anxious or feeling bout's of existential dread thinking about my Past:Future ; I'm confident and content everyday I have the energy to move around and motivate myself I'm actively planning and acting to better myself I felt like I was in a hole too deep to climb out of before - now it's nothing to me My sleep is better too which wasn't expected ; eating is still working to a stable footing as I'm so full of energy sometimes hunger doesn't touch me"