It does work!!!!

I am totally blown away! The first day on the Cymbalta and I had relief of nearly all my fibro pain. I had some good results with the gaba but this is amazing. My fibro pain is 95% gone! My pharmacist tried to get me to take this 2-3 years ago and I figured it was just another thing that wouldn't work. She did say it was one of those drugs where if it worked it worked great but if it didn't work at all it wouldn't work later on no matter how long you take it. I feel so blessed to just be able to roll over in the AM and not cringe with pain, I wish I could send all of you this relief! Now as excited as I am I'm not counting my chickens just yet because I've taken similar drugs only to have to keep upping the dose and then max out and have to stop them. At least now I can let the pain specialist know exactly where and how much my back hurts because now I can tell what's going on there without the fibro pain. The jitters are gone and the light headedness is almost gone. Thank you God!!!!

I'm glad to hear you have some relief.  Pain is no fun...

-TS

That's wonderful!  I wi**** would have worked for me... sadly, it didn't.

The patch (75mcg) every 48 hours does the trick though.... THANK GOD!

Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you!! I wish I could find something that would work that good. You deserve it congrats!!

I'm glad for you too!!!  So far it has not really done anything for me, but if it can help someone than it is a great thing!!!!!!

Wow I had not heard about Cymbalta for Fibro. I have been on a number of meds in the past for it and so far Lyrica worked the best for the pain and muscle spasms but the trade off was it turned my brain to something of the same substance as a Pixie fart. lol

Arp

Wow..!! congrats..!!
I Wi**** worked for me ....
It made me tired..
.happy your pain is almost gone!

I hope it works as well for me.  I just called my doc today and told him I wanted to try it.  Lyrica is the devil's spawn as far as I'm concerned.  It made my blood pressure so low I could barely stand up.

I've taken trazadone for years and it doesn't seem to be working now.  I can't sleep because of the pain.  If I take hydrocodone, I have no pain, but also no sleep.  It wires me like an IV hit of caffeine! 

I just want to not hurt and to be able to get a restful night's sleep. 

Lyn

I am so happy for you, and a bit jealous.
I am 60mg Cymbalta per day and it is helping with fatigue but not sleep or pain. In fact, it makes me manic. I'm thinking of splitting the dose to 30/30 twice a day because the first hours after I take it are horrid- my poor boyfriend can't keep me still and I panic and stress and bounce around.

I was diagnosed with Fibro today(kinda knew I had it) but officially diagnosed today and my dr prescribed my Cymbalta.  I hope it will give me some relief, we will see but I am glad to hear that it is working for you, gives me hope!