[ruffedges]

Thanks for writing. I thought I was nuts. My fingers lock closed as well. Now I know it is from the drug.

[ruffedges]

I too am suffering from the headaches so it is not just you. I am also wondering if it is worth it to stay on the Cymbalta. Things are better, but the depression from the constant headache is getting worse. Sure would be nice to know if it eventually goes away.

[hopefulgirl]

I have been on Cymbalta for about 2 months now, i seem way more depressed than when i wasnt on it, how should i get oof of it without having wd/s??

[CeltHeart]

If you are having an ongoing headache and especially if you are more depressed, place an urgent call/message to your doctor immediately! Some people get worse on a particular psych med, and for you this may be one. Don't wind up being a suicide caused by a psych med. Plus I don't want to think about what the headache could reflect, because I'm not a doctor, but it can't be good. Your headache is your body saying something is out of whack.

Medications can all have life threatening side effects for a very few people... anything from blood disorders to total organ failure (yeah, just looking up what I'm taking). Your headache could mean something is going wrong as a result of your medicine.

As for coming off of it (in case your doctor doesn't call today) look it up on drugs.com; look up Cymbalta and find the section on Dosing and Administration (which means to doctors: how to give the drug). It will tell you how to come off it. Some drugs must be titrated (come off of little by little) to prevent seizures or other nasty surprises. Others you can stop suddenly, but you must be sure this is one - don't just suddenly stop any psych med without doctor input. Most often for those of us with mood disorders, your doctor will give you a different antidepressant to try while gradually taking you off of the drug that isn't working, to prevent a mood swing into vicious depression, which can often happen when you stop a psych medication unless you have another one kicking in to prevent the depressive episode.

[meeeeeelee]

I successfully got off the Cymbalta. It took 7 weeks. Those 7 weeks were rough, too. As for doing it cold turkey, I tried that beforehand and the withdrawal was just the same as doing it cold turkey. Not a pretty picture at all. NEVER...will I take any kind of anti-depressant again, and I mean NEVER! Thanks for your responses.

[MizBarbie]

I've been taking Cymbalta since last October. The first two days I took it at bedtime and was miserably nauseous and unable to sleep. On day 3 I switched to taking it after lunch. After that the nausea abated and I was able to sleep. I fell "hyper" for the first several weeks, but that also went away.

Cymbalta at 60 mg effectively controls my neuropathic pain and keeps me from feeling unhappy and angry all the time. I basically feel normal now. This is my first antidepressant, and I consider it a success.

[piglett722]

so i know some one who weights about 150 and they got hold of cymbalta and takes about 6 pills a time and it 30mg per pill. i have know cule if that to much. they stole it from there mom and when i was reading about the druge it seems like your doctor watches you so someone help me please. should i be worried

[sammyb88]

I've been on Cymbalta for at least a year. I do pretty good on it, can't really complain.

[pbs8218]

It was he** on earth, I felt like someone had a vise on my head that would not go away NO MATTER what. The day my doctor took me off, the headache disappeared. would never touch again.

[Phoebe_Twayblade]

I had similar problems with Cymbalta too. I just discontinued it three weeks ago.

It works well for a lot of people, but I'm not one of them.

[no_more_tram]

I just started the Cymbalta today(approx 4 hours ago) and the past 2 hours I have felt really anxious and jittery, I did however take the Cymbalta with coffee so perhaps that's why, but I do feel a bit better already. I have nerve pain from a back injury and is praying to God that this helps with it, can't take narcotics anymore, so hoping this does wonders. The past few weeks since I have been off of Tramadol my nerve pain has increased severly. Anyone else taking Cymbalta for nerve pain?? I am also taking it for depression as well, use to take Zoloft for a year and a half but figured I would try out the Cymbalta since I do have severe nerve pain.

[dawn519]

i have been on cymbalta for 2 weeks now....i had switched in a day from taking pristiq(a brand new med that totally reminded me of serequel and i just wanted to sleep all day.......so i stopped by weaning and told my dr 2 wks ago). he then switched me to cymbalta 30mg for 2 weeks and then in 3 days im being increased to 60 mg. Mornings have always been VERY hard for me. I usually dnt want to get out and could sleep all day if i could. The pristiq was awful. anyway,i have an 8 mo and if i get at least 6 to7 hrs sleep, once i get up, im ok! Im up,alert and i dont feel or think about when i can lay down all day. Thats all i wanted to do. i know i suffered post partum dep, but im 35 and have suffered from depression my whole life and been on just about everything. Some have thrown me into serotonin syndrome-one step under a nervous breakdown and zoloft actually made me commit myself b/c of that. its crazy how one drug can relly help some1 and others it just does total opposite.Back to Cymbalta, I still feel a little sad, but nothing like before(suicidal). I dont have an appetite which i like b/c i gained weight w/the baby and its been really hard to lose. The only thing is i think from lack of food, i get mild dizzy spells and every day around 4pm i feel kinda like im crashing....like i cld sleep for like 4 or so hrs, but i dnt and i just wait and goto bed when baby does around 830ish b/c she wakes so early. So far i really like cym- i noticed changes and so have those around me in the first week and im just praying that when i go up top 60 mg in 2 more days that it will give me the motivatuion im still kinda lacking....its def gotten better. u have to understand, before this, i was about to commit myself. So no motibvation to doing at least my responsibilities and taking care of my baby- its awesome. Ill let u guys know at 60mg if it helps a little more w/the motivation. Remember, like i was told, theres no majic pill- and u have to work w/it. a pill is not going to completly change yr life or you- it takes the pill and the willingness of yrself. How bad do u really want to get better!!!!! Because all i want in life is for all those around me, including me, to be happy- thats all!!!! xoxoxoxoxo dawn:

[luvv2004]

I switched from zoloft to cymbalta about 7 days ago. My doctor asked me to taper off of zoloft 200mgs and build up cymbalta 30mgs at the same time. I did that for about 4 days and was a horrible mess. I decided to stop the zoloft all together and the withdraw from that went away (thank god). I still had the building up jitters, racing heart, and sweats etc. from the cymbalta. BUT I found that taking one tylenol PM with my cymbalta in the morning substantially decreased my side effects! I've been taking it successfully for 7 days now and I'm almost back to normal. I don't cry over everything and want to crawl in a hole anymore. I'm smiling and my mind isn't going 100 miles an hour with every waking moment. My appetite is supressed but not to the point of illness. So far cymbalta has given me the desire to live and live well. I'll keep ya posted!

[Sleeper3]

Wow - I'm glad I found this forum. It is extremely informative. There isn't much discussion, but it's very interesting to hear people's experiences with drugs. I tried Cymbalta about a year ago. Was on it for a few months at a low dosage (20 mg), which I never increased. It was prescribed to me by my general physician because I was exhibiting physical symtoms of anxiety and depression. I was pretty disappointed in the info he gave me. He said to take it at night and that it would improve my mood, but that it would take 2 weeks to kick in. He was wrong on all counts. Like many people in this forum have mentioned, I noticed the positive effects of Cymbalta the very first night I took it. It lowered my anxiety level which improved the quality of my sleep. As I continued to take it, this never changed. The positive effects of the drug didn't get better or worse, so I never changed the dosage. However, it took me about 3 weeks to get over all the negative side effects. I had the jitters and watery eyes for about a week, and mild nausea for 3 weeks. Was going to give up on it after 2 weeks when another doctor recommended I take it in the morning. She said it takes some people 3 weeks to get over the nausea. She was right. So I reached a steady state where my anxiety was lowered. There was never any improvement in the area of depression. My sex drive was severely reduced and so was my desire to eat. In 2 months I slowly, but surely lost about 15 lbs without trying. Nice! One weekend I ran out of pills and got lazy about refilling the prescription. Bad idea! The nausea set in again and hung with me for 2 weeks, simply because I hadn't taken a pill for 3 days. So for me, the negative side effects, plus the expense of the drug, was more than I was willing to put up with and I stopped taking it (which resulted in another 2 weeks of nausea).

[LucyGoose]

Hey, just started it actually today, Dr. recommended I go it for 2months, to get a handle on my chronic pain,..... before I begin going on Suboxone for Oxycontin addiction. Will let u know , but he says I won't feel the full effects for 2 wks, wish me luck

[LucyGoose]

OMG... Well so much for Cymbalta.That was the worst 2 days I have ever had ! Within 3 hrs of taking 2- 30mg trhe nausea began, along with IBM. I had the sweats, then chills , a major headache. I thought, well maybe it was a combo taking my Oxycontin and of quiting Welbutrin(because it's another anti depressant) and Lyrica (it was making me too sleepy)on the same day, and I would give it one more day. The second day was worse ! It began again about 3-4hrs after taking it . Unfortunately I have never been able to throw up when nausous , instead I just get major diaherra .
After 7hrs of misery at 4pm, I took my pm dose of Oxycontin 60mg, 1hr earlier than norm, and when it kicked in , 45 min later . GONE ! it was like someone just turned of the sick switch... I felt like a wrung out dishrag and finally able to get sleep.
I am NEVER going to take that dam stuff ever again !!
So back to square 1. in finding something that is going to work with my pain after I w\d from Oxy and then w\d from Suboxone. I was so pumped about this, and now it means longer on the Oxy, before Dr. wants to let me go on Suboxone. bummer.