r/cymbalta

Ima kinda rant a little bit also So I been dealing with gad and panic everyday for a year but on Thursday something changed and I got even worse went to hospital from Thursday to Monday, although I haven’t gone in 3 days now but I’m having 4+ intense panic attacks a day that I try not to give in a spiral but it hurts so bad I ended up giving in talked to my psychiatrist yesterday she wants me to go up from 60mg to 90mg but idk if I can handle the side effects and increased anxiety during the adjustment phase with how I currently am right now also she told me to take a lorazepam just to help get through the really bad nights and I panicked right through the pill for 5 hours last night and didn’t end up falling asleep till 3am I was suppose to wake up and take a 30mg to try spacing out my increase but I’m so nervous idk if I can start but I need help so bad

Has anyone had to use another drug in addition to Cymbalta to help with anxiety and depression? I currently use lyrica (for nerve pain but helps anxiety...I guess...) and lamictal. I am on 60mg Cymbalta. I would switch to another drug altogether but I also have fibromyalgia and am scared to. So, has anyone had success using an add-on medication with Cymbalta to help get their anxiety and depression symptoms under control

I have a lot of nerve pain in my eyes and head... Ideally I want to be on a lower dose (300mg) of lyrica with like 60mg cymbalta... But how can I titrate towarsd that. I can't lower the dose of lyrica now cuz I'm in s much pain right now.. . but i'm also worried that adding cymbalta on this would cause so many side efects... do you think its ok to add 30mg and see how it goes?
actually i'm already tried my 30mg and its making my muscle twitch and body heat become super super lethargic.... i'm worried now

When I take the generic duloxetine manufactured by Ajanta (2, 20mg pills HCL DR) it gives me very weird dreams that make me feel high. Sometimes the high feeling is still lingering after I wake up. I sometimes find it a bit fun but usually I find it annoying. I also tend to get more sweaty on the nights I have the intense dreams. In general it makes me more drowsy and sedated. Does this happen to anyone else?

I'm trying to switch back to some other generic brand because it doesn't happen to me on certain generics. I think so far the best one for me was the light grey Lupin manufactured one. I've also taken a pea green one but I don't know who makes that and I honestly can't remember if it was good or bad.

My husband will be starting Cymbalta in the next week after he weans off of his current SSRI. He is a truck driver & I have seen a pretty big side effect is drowsiness. He does leave for work at 4 am. Is it better to take the medicine at night or morning to battle the drowsiness?

Hi cymbalta friends. I've been on 30mg for about a year. Surprisingly, I've never missed a dose! Well I missed one and felt fine until the next day. This morning I woke up and felt so weird, like my brain has a wide and weird heart beat. I took my normal dose about 6 hours ago and the weird feeling has not gotten much better! I've searched on this thread for answers, but they are all over the place. How long did it take for this feeling to go away for you if you have ever missed one pill? WOW!

I have done so much research and I have seen so many horror stories about this drug. On the flip side I also have seen a lot of success stories. Unfortunately, the horror is making me extremely nervous to start. Backstory, I have tried so many medications for my GAD and Depression. They all work fine and I switched to Viibryd about a year ago because I wanted less sexual side effects but I honestly haven't noticed much of a difference in that. I am wanting to try Cymbalta out because I also have chronic pain which this medicine would hit 3 big problem areas in my life (anxiety, depression and pain). HOWEVER, I am afraid I am not going to do well on it and then getting off of it sounds like hell.

I need either encouragement and advice or someone to say don't do it lol. Most nervous about the sweating and sexual side effects. My doctor has ultimately left it up to me to decide if I want to start so any input would be so greatly appreciated!

Has anyone else had them? I weened off of it recently, but I was down to 20mg a day for a week before I stopped. My insurance wouldn’t cover it anymore so I took it upon myself to ween off it as best as I could. Mentally I’m feeling great, but these zaps are pretty annoying. From what I’ve read the zaps aren’t physically bad for you, just really annoying. Also wondering how long they will last. Oh and if anyone is wondering what they are like, I have the perfect explanation, and hopefully it makes sense to you. It feels like when you close your eyes really tight and you get a fuzzy feeling behind your eyes, sometimes it lasts like half a second, sometimes a couple seconds. I haven’t gotten any dizziness yet (crossing fingers), but from what I read that’s also common.

I’ve been on 60 mg for at least 15 years, but lately my mental health has been bad, so my GP suggested going up to 90 mg.

Anyone else go from long time use of 60 mg to 90 mg?

I’ve been on cymbalta for about 14 years or so. Currently at 90mg which is above the therapeutic limit but it’s stopped being as effective. My psychiatrist recommended two options, tapering off cymbalta over a month period and switching to zoloft, or increasing dosage to 120mg which has shown no additional benefit. Terrified of tapering off this medicine and need some input.

Hi 30F here,

Its the first day of me taking Duloxetine and my god the nausea is awful, i don't want to eat, i don't want to drink, i feel spaced out. When will this end?

My husband just got prescribed Cymbalta after his Lexapro not doing the job. We are wanting to have kids but seeing all of the horror stories of the orgasms not happening have us worried. Does it the orgasms come back or is it just a struggle?

so i went on vacation and went a week drinking everyday now i started peeing brown what should i do

So nervous. Tell me your success stories. I have spent the past 8 months trying to find the right med after lexapro poop out. Depression/GAD/OCD. This will be my first SNRI. And if anybody else is starting out too, feel free to reach out and we can be buddies ❤️

It's my first time taking an SSRI/SNRI ever. I've only ever been on propranolol for panic attacks. I have had anxiety my whole life, and it's never really ever gotten better, just standard bad or worse. They're starting me at 30mg. I've already planned to start it Wednesday when I have two days off of work.

I'm worried about loss of appetite since I already don't eat well, and very nervous about any nausea and possible vomiting because I have​ pretty severe emetophobia. Please no in depth descriptions about the latter if you can, but mentions are totally fine. The word doesn't scare me lol

Very nervous to start​​ (lol, of course), and I would just like to hear some other experiences! I know everyone's experience with medication will be different, so I'll be taking it all with a grain of salt :) ​​

Thank you all! 💜

Has anyone had experience with adding prozac to help ease the tapering of Cymbalta?

I’m on day 4 of no cymbalta and withdrawal is so intense that my psych said they could prescribe me a super low dose of prozac (10mg), which could help ease some of the symptoms.

Any success from people?

I both don’t want to be on anti depressants and I’m also going to be losing health care in my state soon and didn’t want to have to withdrawal in a new place. The dose I was on was 30mg. I haven’t taken it for like 3 or days now. My psychiatrist knows I’m going off of it and suggested I do it while still in town just incase I need his help. He didn’t believe I’d have withdrawals at this low of a dose. I am familiar with my body and how it over reacts to basically everything which is also why I don’t want to take anti depressants in the first place. Can somebody help me out with a tapering schedule/advice? I have a full bottle of 30mg capsules and 20mg capsules. I am debating taking a 30 today to see if I won’t be dizzy anymore since he was wrong about cold turkey. To be fair, he didn’t prescribe this and I got it in the hospital and he knows my wishes about not being on anti depressants.

Yo! Has anyone used this medication to stop night sweats? Ive been on Cymbalta for a year now but only started getting night sweats when weather got colder!

I also now realise that my profuse sweating the past summer was due to this also instead of just moving to a warmer country.

Hey guys ! I was put on Duloxetine 10 years ago after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It did seem to help with that, but over the past couple of years I've noticed some changes I didn't like.

I just felt irritated all the time. There was also so much sweat. Losing weight was a struggle and food noise was insane. I just didn't feel like me.

I've learned recently I've been undiagnosed Autistic my entire life and it has been eye-opening to go on a journey of discovering who I really am behind all the masking and the meds.

So, 2 weeks ago, I met with my new doctor and mentioned wanting to try and wean off. I've been terrified of doing so after reading everything about how awful the side effects were. I know how sick and dizz, along with the brain zaps, felt the few times I missed a dose.

But I've done really well. I'm officially 8 days into the change. I was fine the first 3 days. About 4 hours before my dose I felt a little off with small Brain zaps for days 4-6. Now I just feel great.

I have more energy, more motivation, and for the first time in years I feel genuinely good and happy again. I didn't even realize how much I was missing that feeling. I'm not as intolerant to the heat. I'm not as sweaty. I can balance work, housework, and my kids without feeling dead by afternoon.

I'm so pleased with this! I think I am going to stick with the 30 until December and then try to take the next step down.

But I just want you to know not everyone feels horrificly terrible when dropping from 60 to 30. It might even make you feel better.

I'll update again for the next drop in December. But man...I've been missing out on what real joy feels like!

Alguém aqui utiliza ou já utilizou a combinação de duloxetina e Venvanse (lisdexanfetamina)?
Minha psiquiatra iniciou o tratamento com 30 mg de Venvanse, e nos primeiros dias tive bastante dificuldade para dormir. Cheguei ao sexto dia praticamente sem conseguir dormir direito. Depois, a dose foi ajustada para 60 mg, mas a insônia continuou.
Mais recentemente, comecei a perceber algo que não acontecia antes: dificuldade de memória e de concentração durante a fala. Às vezes estou formulando uma frase e, de repente, simplesmente me perco no que estava falando ou esqueço a palavra/ideia que queria expressar.
Gostaria de saber se alguém que já usou duloxetina junto com Venvanse passou por algo parecido, principalmente insônia e essa sensação de perda ou bloqueio de memória.
Para quem teve esses efeitos: eles melhoraram depois de algum tempo ou continuaram enquanto usava a combinação? E alguém percebeu melhora após ajustar a dose ou trocar um dos medicamentos?
Não pretendo alterar a medicação por conta própria; quero apenas conhecer experiências de outras pessoas para conversar melhor com minha psiquiatra.