Comments on: Cymbalta Suicide Data Withheld by FDA

By: ellen

ellen — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:14:10 +0000

I recommend SAM-e for pain and/or depression. I have taken it for severe depression and it works well and fast. My father (80 yrs old) used to take Tylenol all day for pain. I got him to try SAM-e and he no longer has pain.

good luck,
ellen

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:23:25 +0000

I was prescribed Cymbalta for treatment of neuropathic pain caused by Fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis. Soon thereafter I began waking up in the morning with a horrible feeling of wishing I was dead. After two weeks of feeling this way every morning, I realized that nothing else in my life had changed to cause me to feel this way and that the only thing different was that I had started taking this medication. I stopped taking the Cymbalta and, within three days, the suicidal feelings ceased.

By: moriah lenart

moriah lenart — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:12:46 +0000

I have been on Cymbalta since it first came out. I am now trying to get off it, and experiencing horrible side effects. I tapered off over a period of months, and still can’t shake the side effects. People can look down on me for being depressed, but these side effects are so bad they make me want to die. I wish I wouldn’t wake up. I really hope I don’t get to the point where I take my own life.

By: KM

KM — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:23:50 +0000

My ex-wife sought help for strange thoughts after stopping Welbutrin. Her physician decided to give her cymbalta. 4 days later she ended her life. She had never attempted suicide prior to this, and would never leave the kids that she loved SO much.

This is a nasty medicine that needs to be pulled from the shelves. My kids don’t have a mother thanks to cymbalta. How many more people will this happen to before the FDA decides to take an objective (key word) look at this med?

By: Bee

Bee — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:27:06 +0000

I am so sorry for what you have gone through and wish you well. I have a sister who has just started taking this med and I am very worried about her. God Bless and keep you!

By: David Lipman

David Lipman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:22:36 +0000

I was on Cymbalta at high a high dose for several years for PTSD. I feel it made my depression worse but the withdrawl was so bad I did not want to stop. The last combination of drugs I was on was celexa and cymbalta. After several suicide attempts in 2008 I finally lost my job. Now that I am off the medication, but I fear I might now be diabetic. I have no health insurance and I am unable find a job.