Cymbalta

[moe1959]

Reluctantly I tried Cymbalta (again). I'm waking up with stomach pain, heart palpatations. I know he's trying to put me on antidepressants because he doesn't want me on opiates, I'm only on 10 mg. 2 times a day. I'm not sure what to do, nothing else helps and I so don't want to be couch bound. I'm having new fibro pains now that affect my feet, nerve pain, it's not diebeties, I've been checked. I'm sad because I'm in Pain . Not in pain because I'm sad. Give me a break.

 

[Ruralchick]

I know how that goes! I had a hard time some years ago getting anyone to help me with the migraines. "Is your husband supportive?" " Are you happy in your work?" and so on. Geesh! You may need to see someone else, someone who will believe you.

 

[DK_engineer]

Well said, Moe.

I cannot understand why so many doctors have difficulty grasping the concept that pain causes "negative emotions".

 

[diamond]

No me neither....the whole pain that also changes and you have no idea how bad or where its going to be in the next hour...and continually trying to live some sort of a life on a roller coaster in a kind of torture chamber called My Body. It's unbelievably stressful without another single challenge in life it's enough to bring your knees emotionally.

That's without all the guilt and relationship problems and financial problems having a chronic pain condition can cause. Grr the frustration.

Give us all a month off from fibro and see how we dance, sing, and celebrate every day like lunatics!

 

[harpert]

I hear ya moe1959, I had to stop Cymbalta and now take Savella and Gabapentin. Neither take all my pain away and I still have a lot of hip, leg, and ankle pain as well as edema. I also have neuropathy in both feet. I was unable to take Lyrica which is supposed to be good for that pins and needles feeling in your feet. I too can honestly say I am sad and upset because of the pain I am in. I hurt all the time. I do try to exercise, I can walk a mile on the treadmill but I am bedbound for the rest of the day and usually the next. But I do manage to do this three times a week for all the good it does me. My doctor tells me I might as well work because what else am I going to do????? Really! I have filed for SSDI but have been turned down twice and am now waiting for a hearing date. I would not wish this on my worst enemy! I hope you find a balance and if you find something that works on your feet, please share.

 

[Nireno]

Chronic pain specialist was going to put me on Cymbalta again. I tried it it made me feel sad...I'm not normally a sad person so I stopped taking it they've prescribed something else but haven't received it yet. I don't understand doctors when you tell them you're in pain they prescribe the newest antidepressant...I'm not depressed, I'm pissed that I hurt so much. When the hurt goes away I'm in good spirits. When the pain goes on and on for days I'm not, well let's say I'm not civil. I had an ER nurse tell me that opiates don't work for people with fibromyalgia...what a load of crap. No ones pain is exactly the same. Doctors have to find something, anything that works instead of leaving people to suffer. It's heartless.

 

[moe1959]

Here's my take, Dr.s are scared to death they are going to loose there licence if they perscribe pain meds, particularly opiots. At one time 2011, 12, the Dr. I WAS SEEING TOLD ME I HAD SEVERE ARTHRITIS. 2 BAD DISKS IN MY BACK. HE RETIRED AND I'VE BEEN TO 3 DIFFRENT DRS, WITH MONTHLY PEE TESTS FOR 3 YRS, THAT'S HOW DESPERATE I WAS/AM FOR PAIN MEDICATION. SO POINT BEING OK, FIBRO PAIN MED DON'T WORK, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE ARTHITUS AND BULGING DISKS. I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE JUST WANT TO END IT ALL, I FEEL USELESS, A BURDON, A DEPRESSING BROKEN RECORD 85% OF THE TIME. Sorry, I know that it could be so much worse.
I'm having burning pain in my foot that I can't shake, my house is a mess, I'm so tired of this. I'm sorry fibro friends, I Try to be more upbeat.

 

[Chrispy93]

I have major depressive disorder so cymbalta seemed like a good option for me. It helped me feel less pain for about a month. Increased and kept on but no further help from it. I decided to come off for fear it was causing other issues I was having. Coming off it was hell. I came off as prescribed. I was in bed or days feeling like electrodes were attached to my brain zapping me every time I moved my eyes, moved my head, did anything. Effexor was the same. Bad stuff!!

 

[Eyesup]

Don't be sorry moe. You are just saying what most of us have felt at some time.
I think this disease causes the depression not the other way around. If diagnosed and treated properly it wouldn't be quite so depressing. That's probably why the found depression to be a common factor. No antidepressant has ever taken the pain away for me.
If you can't vent hear with people who understand what your going through then were?
Big gentle hugs

 

[moe1959]

A post I typed in July has been reposted. What's going on?

 

[IsThisForReal]

I was given a script for Cymbalta when I was diagnosed. There was no question about it, I needed it. Untreated=Zero Relief and that was no longer an option. I sought a medical diagnosis for my illness so that we could work towards a solution and despite my gut feeling about medication, I was not going to deny treatment.

It's been a tough adjustment. I was sick and in bed for the fist 4 weeks on 30mg. No desire to open my eyes, super nauseous, etc. Started to feel like I could move again and they increased the dosage to 60mgs which created the same symptoms all over again, but for less time. The way I figured I would deal w/ this was to just get on with it. Though I could not be certain that this would ever go away, I needed to give it time to see. I am glad I did and would definitely do it again, as the earliest benefits have already given me hope that there may be light at the end of this tunnel. If you'd asked me a few mos ago, there is no way I would have thought that. I was in a really dark place.

My personal opinion? Give it some time.