@andiee I have taken a few different antidepressant/antianxiety medications over the past many years and found that duloxetine (Cymbalta) has has worked well for me for both depression and anxiety. I haven't had any side effects. Everyone is different and what works for one person may or may not work for another. Your nurse practitioner may have prescribed Cymbalta for you because they had seen good outcomes with their other patients.

My suggestion is don't read about other people's reactions to Cymbalta. The internet is full of information that is not reliable or valid. Anxiety does all sorts of things to our minds including making us afraid to do the very things that could be helpful for us. This includes medication. I speak from experience about this as I recall being very frightened to take prescribed medication when I first went to my doctor. Fortunately, I worked with a psychiatrist who helped me through this and helped me to see that when the anxiety was the highest, my fears were "the worst" and my mind told me all sorts of things that weren't necessarily true. So, I've learned this...Don't believe everything you think. Work with the experts, and find someone who listens to you and helps you.

When is your next appointment with your psychiatric nurse practitioner?