[Standup2me]

My P.doc just took me off Prozac, and is starting me on Cymbalta.
I've researched side effects, but did not get any real answers.

If you are on it, what have you experienced?

[Travelinglady]

I just started a low dose this week (20 mg) and am supposed to move to the therapeutic level (60 mg) next week. I researched it a lot before I told my doctor I would try it, and the reports were good.

Actually, I am trying it for pain, although I am bipolar as well.

[BlackSheep79]

It put me into a manic stage, so be careful!

[~Christina]

I took it in hopes it would help my Fibro pain but I could not tolerate it at all.

Hope it works for you

[Talanic]

I've been on it for a very long time. I thankfully haven't noticed much in the subject of side effects, and the med has helped me a lot. Best AD I've been on. The only thing I would say is to try really hard not to miss a dose.

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[Atypical_Disaster]

I was on it before, it sent me into a bad manic episode so use caution!

[grandmaof3]

I took it for a few weeks several years ago and it made me suicidal and I had uncontrollable muscle movements. It was not the med for me !

[iheartjacques]

I'm on 120mg of cymbalta daily. Is that bad? I'm not bipolar.

[iheartjacques]

I felt great for a for days then it levelled out. I was 60mg, then 90, then 120.
Got a rash on my tummy in the first week.

[ShannonStorm]

I have been on the generic of Cymbalta, Cymgen, for 4 years along with a mood stabilizer to help with my biploar disorder.

Although i was on the generic, the active ingredient is the same, Duloxetine.

I didn't have many noticeable side effects in the 4 year period, but i got sick by lunchtime if i forgot to take my 90mg in the morning. Disorientated, light headed, nauseas. So if you forget to take it, it's not nice at all.

This eventually made me decide to try stop all my medication because the thought of my body being so dependent on it upset me.

If you try to go off duloxetine once your body is used to it, it is AWFUL. Very hard and takes a lot of time and perseverance because the withdrawal symptoms are bad. It took me about 4 months of severe headaches, nausea, and a severe inflation of my disorder before i managed to ween myself to the lowest mg and then to finally nothing.

I've been free from it for 5 weeks now.

Now that i'm off it, i feel great, but at the same time i've gone back to living with my disorder and my episodes get very bad, so also worse. But thinking back, i felt like a zombie all that time.

In short, from my experience, it DOES work but the dependence your body develops on it is severe and you should watch out for that, especially if you decide you ever want to go off it. If this isn.t a problem for you, go ahead and see how it works for you. It has different effects for different people but what will always remain the same after being on it for a stretch of time is the withdrawal when going off.

If you do carry on with it, there are quite a few support forums for people who have been trying to deal with the withdrawal symptoms and side effects of cymbalta and its generic (if you develop any side effects)