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@crbarefoot I am on 20mg of Cymbalta (duloxetine) for anxiety and depression. This is a low dose that I have stayed on for a few years. I don’t take it for neuropathic pain so I cannot comment on that. It works for me for anxiety and depression. If I increased the dosage (at one time I was on 30mg) I get more relief from anxiety symptoms but I decided that I wanted to use my mindfulness practice and coping skills along with this lower dose. So I do get anxiety symptoms that are triggered for a situation or event and I use my skills. I can function and live a good life even when anxiety symptoms do occur because I know now how to manage. The Cymbalta helps to make anxiety and depression manageable. By the way, I haven’t had any side effects even when I started Cymbalta.

Are you taking something else for anxiety, depression and neuropathic pain and you are switching to Cymbalta?

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I am taking clonazepam which I would like to taper off and low dose gabapentin. I hoped Cymbalta could enable me to stop gabapentin and clonazepam.

Can you please explain your mindfulness practices and coping skills? How and where did you learn them ? My primary care wanted me to take Cymbalta but I always check any new medications interactions with present medications and I take Eliquis so Cymbalta is not for me. I do suffer with terrible anxiety. I take Xanax as needed presently. Thank you!