For the past few days I’ve been feeling like total crap. I’ve been experiencing depression, profuse sweating, severe headaches, chills, blurred vision, anxiety, dizziness and nausea. I feel like I’ve relapsed and am going through BW’s again. I researched Cymbalta and I think the afore-mentioned are side-effects of/from it’s use, so I quit taking it (yesterday). As it turns out, many people who are taking it or who have taken it complain of the same thing.
I would strongly recommend that anyone taking it or considering taking it talk to their doctor first. I’ll never take it again.
I haven’t been here in a while since I’ve changed from fibrodenial to dxunknown (got over that FMS slump and back to being undiagnosed) and I hate to hear you had to experience the not-so-wonderful world that is Cymbalta. I pretty much experienced the same thing with it. Anyway, wanted to share a new med my neurologist insists will help with nerve pain.. Lamictal. You may have tried it, but if not, it might be worth looking into. It was originally an anti-seizure medication, then used for bi-polar disorder (we keep getting these psych drugs.. makes me wonder if they think we are just crazy), and now has been found to, like I said, reduce nerve pain. I have much less burning pain in my extremeties so I think it is helping, but it has come and gone before so who knows. Still, might be worth your time!
I felt good when I started Cymbalta but am actually terrified of taking it again. I came across your site while sifting through countless articles describing the horrors of cymbalta. How has ceasing the meds made you feel?
I’ve felt better since stopping…I’ll never take it again