Hi, lesley.

As you have found Cymbalta does help with pain but unfortunately, your pain may not be completely contained. Cymbalta is prescribed for pain as well as depression and anxiety.

Valium is in a category of medications called Benzodiazapine (sp?), Benzo for short. Valium has been used to treat pain as well as other conditions and yes, it will make you sleepy.

Can it be addictive? Yes. Does that mean you and everyone who uses it gets addicted? NO. There are many people who can use Benzos responsibly and without addiction, I am one of them.

Withdrawl from Cymbalta: Some have a difficult time and some do not. Cymbalta as well as many other drugs require you taper (decrease) your dosage. Your prescribing doctor can recommend how to do this correctly.

Many drugs can cause liver damage that's why doctors do bloodwork every so often to check liver function when using meds that might affect the liver.

Personally, I didn't like Lyrica, it never touched my pain.