I took Cymbalta with Depakote (a mood-stabilizing anticonvulsant) for at least a year, but I stopped because I had felt so depressed for such a long time that I didn't believe that the Cymbalta was helping me. Maybe your new psychiatrist had patients who went manic on Cymbalta or is adhering to very conservative prescription guidelines, for example my latest pdoc will only prescribe Seroquel, Latuda or a combination of Zyprexa and Prozac for bipolar depression, as if limited by an official formulary.