Antonina~ The nausea and dizziness did go away after about a week or 2. My prob with cymbalta is that I have massive amounts of hair loss in the shower everyday. I feel like I am going bald. I have a lot of hair but when you rinse and get about 5 each time you wash your hair you tend to either want to stop taking it or not wash your hair. Now I will tell you the combination of the neurotin and my pain meds is wonderful. With the neurotin, instead of taking 4 to 6 pills 30mg of Roxicodone a day, I ususally only have to take 2 to 4. Pills are pills no matter how you slice it and I hate taking them. Good luck to you and we are always here to talk and listen when you need. Gentle hugs to you and everyone else.

OMG! My hair has gone from bushy to seriously thinning ever since menopause (many moons ago) so the last thing I would want to take is something which worsens it. Thanks for the info. I'll bet the rx insert would omit that particular unpleasant side effect. Yikes!!

I took neurontin for about a year and as I mentioned, it did little for me. Does the Roxicodone have any brain fog connected with it?

Antonina~no I don't notice a brain fog. It does make me sleepy. It does come in 15mgs and I've been on it for a while, so they upped it cause I was having to take to many of the 15s. When I first started several years ago, I would take 1/2 of the 15 and it would knock the pain out or at least make it annoying and bearable. It never goes away. I haven't found that miracle pain pill yet...but I'm hoping.

No brain fog is good. When I took elavil, it was fine for staying asleep but the hangover/zombie effect was not worth it. I guess we are all awaiting magic pills.

Hey, Warbelsnap. Neurontin I believe has a side effect of hair loss? With Cymbalta it is more of a rare occurrence. I didn't experience hair loss or weight gain with Cymbalta. I didn't realize how much it was helping with the Fibro until I quit taking it. But, I felt it wasn't helping with my depression at all.

I have to have help for the depression and so far the Prozac seems to be going fine. I've also lost all the weight I had gained from years on that awful Paxil But the Prozac definitely doesn't do a thing for pain.

I'm flared right now with both the fibro and arthritis. Such fun...not!

I always highly recommend Nioxin hair products for anyone! It's great at preventing and stopping hair loss.

Doody,
You are right...the hair loss is a rare side affect. Not sure if it is one of the neurotin, but I wouldn't put it passed it. I've been on the cymbalta longer than the neurotin and the hair loss just seems to be getting worse. I will have to my Dr either way. I this rate I will be bald and suffering. . Also sorry to hear about your flare up. The last couple of weeks have been worse than normal for me also. The weather changed down here from cold to not bad (low 70s) and just changed again to the mid to low 50s.
Have you tried zoloft? I've been taking it for at least 3 yrs and I love it. I had to have a full hysterectomy at the age of 29 because of endometriosis and they couldn't save anything. I still say zoloft saved my marriage. We were all leaving in heck because of the moodiness not just from day to day but from moment to moment.

Hugssss
I am undx, with many MS like sxs...my mom has fibro though. I was told once it was that from a neuro, but then he didnt put that in his report. Then my pcp, said no all this cant be fibro. So still getting figured out some day.

I have lots of stiffness in morning, and I walk like age 99 first thing, and have to be careful. I am mom of five kids, work a hard fast on the feet type of job.. Once up out of bed and around a bit, I loosen up enough to do my work.

I am on neurontin, for tingling pain I get with numbness, it helps that a LOT!

Just curious if anyone knows what is best for the stiffness stuff, is that what you are trying Cymbalta for?? Hoping neurontin isnt the hair loss culprit..I havent noticed much. But with each child after giving birth I was losing so much hair.

anyhow, wanted to say sorry about your pain and ailments..good luck on the meds. and was curious about the stiffness stuff hugssssssss,sarah

Sabimax,

My short lived stint on Cymbalta seemed to help enormously w/ stiffness.

I always highly recommend Nioxin hair products for anyone! It's great at preventing and stopping hair loss.[/QUOTE]

I'd love to hear which Nioxin products you use for preventing/stopping hair loss.