Hi, have been reading here for about 5 years, fm about 30yrs but, just now joined here....not much of a poster. lol

anyway, your cymbalta discussion caught my eye.

i've been taking cymbalta for 3-4 years and it did help save my life.
deeply depressed, my pdoc suggested it....i had tried everything else.
she also added, it could help with fm. she was right, it did.

however, in hindsight, i wish i had ALL the facts prior to taking it. perhaps a brief hospital stay would have been better, whose to know.

this is what i KNOW now.
cymbalta has overwhelming horrific withdraw symptoms!!!!

i've tried several times to stop, did the tapering off method....still couldn't/can't handle the over the top pain increase and brain zaps.

be sure to RESEARCH its withdraw reactions.
google & utube will provide actual people discussing this.

thanks for being here