Gloria, I wrote you a long reply about 2:20 am and it is floating around in cyber space.
I have been on both meds, I started cymbalta for nerve pain that nothing had touched and have to say it has helped but for it to really help I have to take more then the required doseage and my ins. won't pay for that and cymbalta is expensive, I have however been on it a for a couple of yrs and am in the process of going off for several reasons and have to say that if you research you will see that WD can be really hard.
I was also on lyrica and it helped the pain but I had to tirate up to get good coverage and the more I triated up the worse the side effects, mine was sleeping all the time, and being in lala land and swelling and the swelling was so bad I had to stop it.
I do have to say that I have heard from a lot that both these meds have really.
I have followed your story for sometime and know how well you research, I recommend you do a lot with both these meds as they both work on the brain and can have serious side effetcs.
I wish you the best of luck with what you choose.
Linda