Hi mouse,
Glad cymbalta worked for you.

This is an old thread, from almost a year ago. I did not have any success with cymbalta and did not stick with it for very long. I had side effects that were intolerable and stopped using it very quickly.

I also went ahead with the cortisone shot for occipital neuralgia and it had no effect for me, so I didn't get any subsequent shots.

I've had very little success with the various medications and treatments thus far... I'm now 1.5 years after my injury. Just one of the unlucky ones, I suppose... plus extremely sensitive to medications and their side effects even at very low doses.

I've managed to tolerate topamax and now we are attempting to add in nadolol (beta blocker), so we'll see what happens.

Still doing physio to try to fix my gait issues and eventually graduate to not using a cane.

Long slow process.
Starr