Taking 30 mg.
side effects wore off after a week or so. An increase made me jittery, irritated, something like that. Felt better after a couple of weeks. Full effect took 3 mos. to kick in. Haven't tried to go off. Hope I won't have to.

Hi doc put me on 30 mgs last week, spent week in bed with severe nausea , boosted up dosage to 60 today. Taking it for fibro no depression outside of not liking life , stomach still not happy, but air makes me nauseas doc said side effects go away shortly, I'm just willing to try anything . Please keep in touch and let me know how your doing.

I was just diagnosed with Fibromyalgia a week and a half ago. My doctor put me on cymbalta. Since I started taking it, I have barely been able to keep my eyes open. I get up, shower and go back to bed until I have to go to work (I work the afternoon shift) Has anyone else had this issue, and did it go away at all? I am willing to keep taking it if this pure exhaustion will go away and my pain will decrease but I can't keep taking it if all I am going to want to do is close my eyes every second of the day. I took 30mg for a week and increased to 60 on thur night. Thanks!

Jess3620, I went thru that I'm on week 3 the start of it anyway. I was like that then last weekend the energy settled in that the doc told me about. I'm sleeping a lot and it's tough getting up , my stomach is almost settled the pains the same my attitude is way better! Good luck !

I am a long term user. I take Cymbalta for my bi-polar disorder & fibro. I take 60mg in the morning & 30 mg @ bedtime. It keeps me functional along with my other meds, but NOTHING alleviates the pain COMPLETELY !!!!

Cymbalta, is great for depression. Didnt help, my fibro pain, Is it working for you? Stay on it.
. Have you tried Savella?? Just a suggestion

I have taken it for years, I started out at 120 mg. then I moved up to 180mg. i couldn't tell much difference, now I'am back to 120 mg., still depressed and I have a lot of pain also. For pain I take 20mg. of Norco every four hours. It takes the edge off.

I have been on Cymbalta for about 1 year. It took two weeks to feel the effects and get over the side effects. I ran out one time and within a week I was so depressed my husband talked about having me admitted. It helps me with the pain and depression.

I've been on cymbals for about a year and I'm supposed to be on 90 mg. I found 90 causes me to irritate easily and I'm doing good on 60. I tried weaning off it and the pain came back just as bad. Side effect wise it was worse conning off the trazadone. I dropped down on a 6 week schedule so I could try something else as its caused my giddi up to play dead. My hubby is going thru andropause and the doc is having issues getting his giddy up to go so at the moment we arent worrying about it as much. So I'm back on the 60 mg.
Doctors will say you can titer down about every two weeks, but if you've been on it for more than a few months it's best to go 4-6 weeks between titering down. Having worked as a nurse I've seen what people can go thru with withdrawals so I'd rather play it safe than sorry comming off it.
It's helped soooo much with the mood swings and pain. I've also been one of those who've lost weight on it. Unfortunately not every med works for every person so it's good to weigh the risks and benefits. For me the benefits outweigh the risk.
The first four weeks were the hardest on it. I had the odd taste in the mouth, dizziness, sweats,and fatigue. My emotions were up and down some too. The first week on it a and the third week when I went up were challenging. After that I evened out.

I happen to be out of Cymbalta right now and the dizzy spells have begun again.

i personally cant get off Cymbalta cause it gives me 'the crazies", but I know it is helping. It helps with pain and with the messed up chemicals in my brain. I figure I am on it for life, but so what. No side affects, so not really an issue.

if you have been in bed does it really matter? You will probably be on it for life too, but if it helps thats all that matters.

I recently started on Lyrica and found it very helpful for pain and fog, but I cant afford it and there are never any samples at my MD's. I am going to ask my new social worker if she will try and get for me.

I also started taking Morphine a couple of months ago. When I was on both it and Lyrica my pain was low, I could almost dance again lol.

I resisted taking narcotics for 3 years, but had NO life due to the pain and exhaustion. Find now that if i reduce the pain and tireness is reduced as well.

Good luck :)

Before gettting Fibro 3 years ago, I never took any meds, now my new MD kids around that he is a pharmacy.

Hi,
I have been on cymbalta for 7 yrs now and I find if I just miss one day I get brain shocks nausea headaches dizziness and I become very irritable, so I would say yes it's vey difficult to come off them

For all my adult life I have had dr's try to put me on anti depressants for anxiety and with in two weeks I would be depressed. Last year I was introduced to buspar and it has been very helpful. About 11 years ago I was diagnosed with fibro and the first thing my PCP wanted me to do is try an antidepressant for 30 days to see if it would help. Within two weeks I could care less if life went on or not. So after a month we started an array of pain meds until we found something that worked. I have been on hydrocodone for about 8 or 9 years and the last 4 I have had a prescription for 3 per day. Normally I only take 2 and some days could get by with less or none, but some days I would have to take 3 or 4. Then I was diagnosed with having a fatty liver so I was desperately seeking a way to get off of them.

I have been super sensitive to meds since I was a baby. My dosage would have to be cut in half so I would not have adverse reactions. That being said.....

My dr thought I had Sjogren's syndrome too and sent me to a rheumatologist. Not finding evidence greater than symptoms of the Sjogren's, he suggested I try Cymbalta or Savella for my fibromyalgia. Then he mentioned they were antidepressants. I told him the story above so he suggested I start with the Cymbalta 30 mg and go up to 60 if I can.

Day 1 and 2 I HATED it!!! I could not wake up. I had to lie down and take a nap at work. So I worked it around to where I take it at night. Day 3 I stayed in bed and slept all day. Day 4 I didn't do too bad. Day 5 until now, day 13, I feel really good. Got me to thinking maybe I was a little depressed but a functional type of depression. I have trouble with waking up about 4-5 hours after I take it, wide awake at 1 or 2 am, but I've learned if I take a buspar I can usually go back to sleep for a couple hours. I have averaged one hydrocodone every other day, if that. My pain level is totally manageable now.

I pray it continues this way on the 30 mg. I worry about it reversing at day 15 and causing me depression or it starting to cause me to be up all night and having to switch back to day time.

I am experiencing bad constipation and extremely deep yawns allllllll day long. But I can take some fiber and keep excusing myself it means a meaningful life that I enjoy living again.

Good luck.

:)

PS
I also had the severe headache like dehydration on day 2 and dry mouth. I started drinking a lot of water and it killed the headache. I had dry mouth and eyes to start with, hence going to rheumatologist for sjogrens, but it is a lot worse now. I take several drinks of water during the night now as well.

Hello, new to the group, newly diagnosed with Fibro , Dr put me on Cymbalta, was on Zoloft for over 5 yrs. , I took the cymbalta for about week and half, I felt like I had the flu! It was the weekend and couldn't get touch with my Dr so I stopped the cymbalta went back on Zoloft and felt better that next day. Not sure at this point if it was the cymbalta systems or stopping the Zoloft. I'm thinking it was the cymbalta. I would love to find something that would help. Have a call into the Dr now.
Thanks for reading and any suggestions are welcome!!!!!!