I Was On Cymbalta And I Did Not Like It At All I Had Like Major Side Effects From It I Always Felt Out Of It.

And Plus It Made Me Gain Like 30 Pounds In One Month Which Obviously Didnt Help With My Depression, And Once I Quit Taking It
I Got Back To My Nomal Weight


But Thats Just How It Was With Me

Some People
Thought It Helped Them

I was put on cymbalta after being on celexa for years. Doc thought it would serve both the lasting depression from a bout of major clinical depression and the fibro pain. It has really accomplished both goals.

The side effect that you are speaking of seem to be expected if you are new to antidepressants.

I was put on immuran after a bout of autoimmune hepatitis and I really do believe that it has helped my pain tremendously. It's just not a drug the Doc is going to prescribe readily.

I just started the cymbalta too and had the same questions, thanks!!! hang in there with ME!

i took ONE pill...20 minutes later I hit the floor...managed to call my husband home from work...I have NEVER had to do that before...but since my Rhuemy LIED to our faces and said there were Virtually NO side effects i ASSumed I was haveing a reaction...then when I was at my dizziest the nausea HIT...omg.....nope...nope..nope.....cannot live like that....can deal with the pain MUCH easier...

No side effects my butt!
I can't take Cymbalta or any other antidepressant because they all cause very painful, prolonged muscle contracture & seizure-like episodes in which my legs and arms start kicking/ twitching/jerking for up to 2 hrs at a time.
And to increase the insanity... the docs keep trying to put me on the damned things.

The pills never made me sick, tho. And they did help w/ the depression...but the trade-off's just not worth it.

Have heard good reports on cymbalta also. I guess we can all react differently to meds

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it maDE ME FEEL HIGH AND DIZZY
bERNADETTE

Catfisher,
1- yes I had these side effects
2- they DID lessen very quickly for me.
3- yes, the Cymbalta has helped for the depression adn pain and it took a couple of weeks....
3) I don't remember a headache, but it is one of the side effects I'm pretty sure.

I am still on it. I actually take 120 mgs a day. I'm doing pretty well with it. It's not the wonder drug, but it DOES work a bit better than other antidepressants that I've been on.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

love! Morus

I was taking cymbalta for about 4 months. I experienced just about every side effect you described. I actually was throwing up, all the time and when I wasn't I had dry heaves, I had HORRIBLE migraines, was dizzy...just felt like I had the worst case of the flu 24/7. It never did help the FM symptoms at all. I weaned off of them with absolutely no plans to EVER try them again. Good luck.

i take them with no side effects, but other antidepresents gave me horrable side effects. so everyone is different. what works for some dosent for others. if after a week the side effects dont get better ask your dr to try something else. hope you find something that works well for you

Yeah, I was dizzy a lot and even got a racing heart. My doc lowered my dosage and things calmed down. Go see your doc soon to get it checked out

if you ever want to message me I am a nurse who has this sucky disease and I've done alot of research and tried alot of drugs. Cymbalta is one that i am on now and I think it has helped with my neuropathy pains and my energy level and my can do attitude. I have however gained 15 pounds that I hate but you have to decide whats more improtant. It does take these kinds of drugs 3-4 weeks before your body gets used to them and the side effects calm down. I do get very dizzy, sick and mean if I don't take it at the exact same time every day.I'm thinking about asking my doctor if maybe taking 1 30mg tab every 12 hours would help that instead of the 1 60mg I take now at night. anything is worth a shot to feel better if you ask me. ttys. amy.feel better soon.

I am on Cymbalta 120 mgs at nite. I had to switch my times cuz it made me to sleepy but it works reat for my insomnia. the only bad things is I have a shakey left hand, I HOPE it is due to taking Cymbalta and not something else.I have been taking it for 3 yrs but just started to take 120 mgs the last 6 months. Take Care.

Bot do I have something to say on this...but please remember this are MY experiences and everyone is different.

I started on Cymbalta about 3 months ago. The first 2 weeks I thought I had found the magic pill sort ta speak. Anyway about 2 months into it I started getting tired and feeling sick. I didn't think it could be the Cymbalta so I kept taking it. I got really bad to the point I couldn't get out of bed.

One day about a week ago someone posted a web site where you can look up side effects from people like you and me. I went on put in Cymbalta and OMG their it was. I stopped the Cymbalta with my doc's approval and I feel like myself again. Not to say thats a great thing but at least I can get up everyday.

The website has been a life saver and I going to give it to you. I hope you can get to it tthis way if not message me and will figure it out.

There are so so many bad things and scary things about Cymbalta you really need to be careful...please.
No joke that stuff should be taken off the market.
The web site is:

http://www.askapatient.com.

I really hope you can get there it is very important for you to understand what this drug does to you.
Best of luck,
V