Just had a doctor appointment and he would like me to try Cymbalta at a 30 mg starter dosage to see if it helps with my CRPS symptoms. Neurontin is my primary CRPS drug and the Cymbalta would be in addition to that, not in place of it.

I know there are some previous threads on this, but as Cymbalta is really being marketed for chronic pain as of late, I thought I would take the pulse of the CRPS community and see if it has helped any of you!

Or if you have taken it and have side effects you'd like to mention too, that would be nice to know as well. Boy that stuff is expensive; not really sure if I'd be able to afford it long term, but if I don't at least give it a shot, I would probably always wonder if it would have helped!!

Always an adventure trying to figure out what to try next with this darn condition, isn't it??!!!

I was on Cymbalta when my crps first started. I didn't notice a difference in my pain level so they took me off.

I sent you a private message about my experience.

I was going to.But heads up, if you dont have insurance the cost is outragous, no generic :/

I've been on Cymbalta 60mg twice a day (so the max dosage) and for me I've had a good run with it helping to eliviate some of my pain. I think the main benefits I received from it were that it helped me to relax and sleep a little easier. Now as I say this, I realize it's nearly 4AM but after 2 years and new symptoms not much helps anymore. I found when I first started taking it that if I didn't have at least 2 hours after taking a pill to "process" I didn't function well. It can also be hard to wake up and shake the cloudiness until you get used to it. For the first few weeks I also had terrible nasuea the first few weeks.

I don't like listing a bunch of bad things, because I think it's a great option to help treat your pain but nothing is perfect and I you should know about the ick that can come with it! I hope some of this helps!

Thanks for the replies everyone!

I found out while I was researching the drug that the mfg. of Cymbalta (Lilly) is offering a voucher for a 30 day trial of any dosage of Cymbalta for free (with dr. prescription)

So I printed it out and brought it with my doctor's script and got 30 days worth. I'm going to give it a shot for a month, then will evaluate if I want to keep taking it. I will keep you posted on efficacy and any side effects.

Keep the comments coming though on Cymbalta folks......sure is getting a lot of press lately.

I tried this med. for about a year. I got no significant relief from pain. Had to have spine surgery. The risk of the med. was not worth the little benefit. ginnie