Hi,

I was on that combination a year ago and it didn't work for me. However, I've heard from several others that it's a beneficial cocktail. It seems like a commonly prescribed mix. Good luck.

I take only them two and i dont feel any better, its been a few months for me and im still waiting for results. Everyone is different. I hope it works for you.

I take Cymbalta, but only 30 mg. I am afraid to take more. The first week on it was really weird. I felt super speedy and almost like I was hallucinating. Now I like the effect that colors are enhanced and my appreciation of beauty seems enhanced too. (I know that sounds weird, but it is how it works for me.) The one bad thing that I think is a side effect is that if it is at all warm and I exert myself I start sweating buckets. Do other people have this side effect?

I actually was thinking of increasing my dosage because I have been feeling down lately, but I don't think I will. I would be interested if the addition of gabapentin really reduces pain. I am just a little leery of anything that messes with your neurotransmitters.

Gabapentin along with robaxin a muscle relaxer took the edge off for a few years. I added cymbalta but it makes me speedy too so I take little bits at a times (5 or 6 grains a day).
I have moved on to bigger (LOL) things...Klonopin.
It seems to help some tho it took a while to get used to.
To answer your question. Yes I have taken the two together with no problem.

Yes, I took Gabapentin first for a nerve problem 2.5 yrs ago at 1600mg, and I take Cymbalta at 60. To tell you the truth, those are the 2 drugs I am planning on getting off of.

My plan is what I take valium, elavil, and a pain medication ( either oxyIR or looking into Fentynl patch) that is just me though.

After taking Gabapentin for a couple days, I decided not to take it anymore. I felt so so tired and fatigued. I am feeling better and able to do more and didn't want this tired feeling to put me back.

I am almost off Gabapentin, about another 2 weeks, it worked when I had nerve pain, but see no real change now.

Next one to try and go off is the Cymbalta, I dont know if it is doing anything for me.

Good luck in getting off the Cymbalta. I have read, and the doctors even admit, that getting off Cymbalta can be awful. I think you have to reduce it little by little. Once you get to the 20 mg, then you can dissolve it in water and take half. I have never done this, but I have heard of people who do.

If you google cymbalta you will read all sorts of horror stories about taking it, withdrawing from it, etc. I read these before I took it, but after the first week my experience was not like the accounts I read.

Maybe though it will be easy for you to stop taking it. There are always horror stories to read on the web. No reason to scare yourself!

Oh I know about the Cymbalta. My dr always titrates too fast off of stuff, so I rely on the pharmacists. I had a heck of a time going on it, lots of s/e, so I dont think it will be pleasant going off it, but yes, slowly...I agree. There is no rush, since nothing about hypermobility syndrome and releiving MPS is quick, I have learned it takes patiece with all of it.