Hi all - I have had a bit of success with cymbalta but have had to up it twice to get the same amount of pain relief so I guess there will come a time when it stops working - anyone else had this problem? Also anyone gained weight on this drug? Thanks and love to you all Pauline
Hi, Yes I have had weight gain and it is very upsetting. Also I had to go back on Vicodin instead of ultram-getting more pain. Am ready to go off of cymbalta but not sure how to do that. Heard that people get brain zaps- not sure what that is. Hope you start feeling better, are you still on the cymbalta?
plus it never worked for my pain or depression...sweating all over my body 24/7...i hated it..i had myclonic jerkings... not on it and happy about it. jodie
I took it for four months and gained weight too. It did nothing for my pain so I quit taking it. Good luck, Tona
I have been on it a little over a month and I find that it actually suppresses my appetite so I eat less. The doctor told me to take it at dinner but it wrecked my sleep so I switched to the AM. I have not lost weight though. I am curious if you gained weight without eating more, or did it make you crave something like sweets, or whatever? It has all but knocked out my fatigue, but I can't say that it does anything for the pain, but who knows what kind of pain I would have without it. Sonya
i've gained about 10 lbs....i've barely been eating because it supresses my appetite. i've been on it for about 4 months. it hasnt helped my pain, my sweating is gross and i just don't feel like myself. i am on 60mg a day. when i see my doc next wed, i am definately going to start weaning off it.
About 65 lbs. I have been on it for over a year now. I take 120 mg at noon. It works for my pain with the aide of nueontrin 1800 mg a day. I have started to loose weight now I dropped 12 lbs in the last 2 months.My doctor told me to eat 6 small meals a day to increase my metabolism .So far its working. I would never go off it. I have gone from bed ridden for 2 yrs to up and about .I no longer spend my days in bed.I have gotten a bit of my life back. For Every Day A New Dawn Will Come.......Sue