Thank you do much for the facts to back me up? Today I am in a place where people are questioning my reality all the time. It's really nice to feel validated thank you. 👍🏼

I find it so sad that the medical community is aware of these side effects and the withdrawal problem but to support the drug companies still promote these kind of drugs. I was prescribed Cymbalta and absolutely could not take it. My doctors continued to prescribe anti-depressants for my FM, I always had terrible side effects including vision loss. I am not a depressed person nor have I ever been so my reactions are extreme. I continue to live with terrible pain because fear of addiction stops me from taking the opioids I would need.

I was a member of that class action lawsuit with symptoms documented 2 years prior to ads on TV for the lawsuit. I was having hallucinations during the night, sounds like metal pipes banging together and often I would tell my pcp that it felt like my brain was being electrocuted. It was so hard to explain. For 2 years I tried to tell them. One day I saw the ad for the lawsuit and it said "if you've experienced shock like symptoms in the head" and I thought "that's it, that's what I've been trying to tell them". I had MRI's and CT scans. You name it, I had it. I can NOT take Cymbalta. My doctor touted it as a miracle drug: a pain med, anxiety med, a drug for whatever ails you. I'll stick with my meds from my pain doctor.