[Keirelle]

I had a 5 week trial.

First it made me completely ill, like every time I took it I felt nauseous for hours. So then I started taking it at night.

It did nothing for my depression, though it helped my anxiety slightly. However, during the last week of the 5, I was a complete MESS. I hated, just hated my husband (sort of husband, we have been engaged for a while, have a nearly 5 year old, but have been together for 10 years, so it is just easier to say that) When I say hated, I mean I just did not want to see him, speak to him or have to deal with him at all.

Granted, we haven't had the best relationship in a while, but still...

I decided I was done with the med, I wasn't getting anything good from it and I got a lot more depressed. I will occasionally self injury due to anxiety or anger and though I hadn't done it in over a year, I did by the 3rd week of the med over a fight with my husband.

After the 3rd day off the med, I couldn't fall asleep at all and 2 nights ago at 6am I was sitting on the floor of my son's room sobbing so loud that I nearly woke him up and my husband woke up and had to try and get me to go to sleep.

I had NO IDEA why I was crying or what exactly was wrong, just that *everything* was wrong and there was nothing to be done. No one could help me and I was going to be like this forever.

My next doctor's appointment isn't until the 15th and then I am getting my referral to a pdoc (would have had it earlier but there was a mix up). At this point I really feel like there is nothing to help me and nothing will get better, but I am trying to tell myself it is just the crap med that has made my brain even more screwy.

Anyway, so I didn't get those horrible brain zaps I keep hearing about, but if I had not had both and uncle and a cousin who had committed suicide in my lifetime, I very likely would have done it myself the other night.

Cymbalta is the drug from the pits of Hades I swear...

[Her Tommy]

I love my Cymbalta (it is an essential part of my cocktail), but then again, I didn't get any of the horrible side-effects or I might feel differently.

Tommy

[Jack M. Crazyfish]

i am not sure for women, but for me it has worked really well. especially when combined with amytriptaline at night. if you drink while on this med then you will have side effects like you describe the following day.