Cymbalta and numbness

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Avatar f tn I have recently started on cymbalta for PTSD and anxiety. I took two weeks at 30mg and now have been taking 60mg for almost two weeks although it seems to be helping me mentally I now have numbness in each of my fingers on both hands? Initially, my hands hurt bad and my fingers were swollen and felt like both hands had fallen asleep but couldnt wake up for like three days.
Avatar f tn its been seven months and memory loss facial numbness and drooping still with me . Thank you all for responding. It helps to know I'm not the only one out there.
Avatar f tn numbness and tingling of the face, including the mouth, hands, and feet, headache, dizziness, drowsiness, and attention problems. So, the symptoms you are experiencing may be side effects from the amount of Cymbalta you are still taking. I would recommend you talk with your prescribing physician and possibly a pharmacist as well about your symptoms and see if you might be able to cut back even more on the Cymbalta.
Avatar f tn Dr started me on Cymbalta 2 weeks ago. I feel ok and have had some very calm days. Anyone try this b/4? Takes about 4 weeks to get full effect? Any help would be appreciated. Dr put me on for excessive worry. I rarely cry but go in ward and away.
1094370 tn?1317134825 When I was on the cymbalta the symptoms were improved on a day-to-day basis. Some of the numbness and tingling actually went away. When I could feel my feet again and my legs didn't feel like lead weight, I felt more energy and lightness in my walking. One caveat with cymbalta that my neuro nurse told me. I was worried about gaining weight on it like I did with lyrica.
Avatar n tn I have been experiencing over the past several months numbness and tingling in my face. While it started as only occassionally, it is now occuring on a daily basis, although not all day, with increasing duration. It primarily occurs on my left side but does extend across my forehead. I have no pain or headache with symptoms. I am a 38 years female, on no medications whatsover, not under any undue stress, good bp, heart rate, etc., slightly overweight, but otherwise completely healthy.
1028079 tn?1267065621 some of my first documented neuro symptoms were loss of taste, facial numbness and balance issues, sensation feeling like i'm swallowling my tongue. over the years when i have the loss of taste and facial numbness i know i'm going to have a few week of it and then it goes away. no doubt something neuro with me i take cymbalta for pain/irritability. i haven't noticed a correlation with it or the above.
Avatar n tn It started at the base of my spine and spread through my buttocks, it just about never goes away. I take Cymbalta to trat the depression and pain from it, it works!
Avatar f tn Hello, I'm trying to find out more information from others who are going through ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve damage or neuralgia. I've been suffering from groin pain and numbness of my right leg after an ovarian egg retrieval. This was my third egg retrieval as an egg donor. Somehow during this last retrieval nerves were damaged most likely due to scar tissue being built up or the needle damaging the nerves.
Avatar m tn t seem to feel a thing emotionally, not even my kids and other family members and friends. The problem is, I have been on it for a few years now and am wondering is it the pregabalin, or is it a result of actually having an underlying anxiety condition? Anyone out there had any similar experiences?
Avatar n tn I was 90 mg of Cymbalta and 300 mg of Seroquel daily for 5 years and it had gotten to the point where my legs would just give out and I would fall and I was in pain continuously...so I went off all the medications and the falling and weakness in my legs eventually stopped but I am still in terrible pain...
Avatar m tn As for your question about the Depakote and Neurontin I have no clue.... But please do yourself a favour and cut the pills down with medical supervision... Your body and mind will thank you.... P.S. I know all to well what it's like to be numb It sucks man but you will make it man trust me...
Avatar n tn s permanent nerve damage and wanted to put me on Cymbalta....I said no i would find a way to live with the pain. Any sugesstions, Pilates and straching seem to help A lot. It's annoying and i get moody over it. i want. Also are there any longterm side effect to having a derma patch??
Avatar f tn It feels like parts of my body get little twinges of electric shock. The pain in my feet sometimes can be so excrusiating, with numbness and tingling. My doctor put me on Cymbalta ( 60 mg.)for depression. I gotta say, the medicine did help reduce the pain. I 've been weaning myself off the Cymbalta and the pain has returned. I really didn't want to continue with the Cymbalta as it gives me a low sex drive or no sex drive at all.
1094370 tn?1317134825 Yes, I did end up googling Cymbalta and neuropathy and found some good info. So interesting. I have also been offered many antidepressants along this journey and I did start Cymbalta for about a week, but stopped after thinking I was having side effects. In reality what I was experiencing was symptoms of Lyme, but I wasn't aware of it. I haven't started another SSRI since, mostly because I'm afraid of taking more meds on top of what I'm already taking.
5142668 tn?1364230745 So my doc put me on 30mg of Cymbalta 4 months ago and I noticed zero help with the pains. So I stopped taking it about 5 days ago. As of yesterday I felt like I was an absolute mess. I had been having these HORRIBLE headaches, nausea, dizzy spells, confusion, and crying spells out of nowhere. This all brought me to do a little bit of research and I found out it is all withdrawal symptoms.
911669 tn?1294099188 I have this on and off all the time. In my case there is something interupting my electrical signals. There is nothing they do about mine. So far it has no serious problems.
1323747 tn?1364806882 I was started on one Metanx tablet per day for autonomic polyneuropathy at the same time I was started on cymbalta. The 2nd day I noticed a taste in my mouth that was acrid and sickeningly sweet. After the third day and third dose the taste was overwhelming, my skin also emitted the same smell and my urine reeked with it. In addtion I have headache, some nausea and a pain in my right abdomen below my ribs. I know the supplement is supposed to help my neuropathy but I could not take it today.
596143 tn?1226648054 I'm on Cymbalta for moodswings and fibro. Someone posted that they were on Cymbalta and Lamactil and it worked well. Cant find the post. Anyone taking this combination and does it work.
Avatar n tn I was put on cymbalta for depression and nerve pain ( RSD ). I hate taking new medicines I know nothing about. I am young and I am afraid of it. I start off taking 30 mgs for a week than increase to 60 than I will get up to 120 at some point. Could someone please tell me something about this drug? Is it safe? Thanks Susan...
Avatar m tn Finally realized it was the Cymbalta. I went to my doctor and he ended putting me back on Effexor and Gabapentin. So I went through all of that hell and was basically back to where I started. That's about it in a nutshell.
451366 tn?1211304932 THEY ARE GREAT FOR BURNING FEET OR RESTLESS LEGS AND BACK PAIN. I TAKE IT WITH TRAMADOL PAIN MED AND CYMBALTA FOR BURNING FEET... A TOTAL MIRACLE WORKER COMBINED....
Avatar m tn Soon after that soreness started, I began to feel numbness/heavyness down the same (right) arm and gradually started feeling tingling and numbness in my fingers of that arm. The pinkie finger is the one that is really numb and the other fingers are more tingly.
217229 tn?1192762404 OK. I went to this VERY nice Doctor in Anchorage. At first she let me know that she "THOUGHT" I had bad posture, was overweight and had carpal tunnel which was what was causing my pain - but that she was going to run some tests. I went back to the hotel thinking --- woohoooooo! I can lose 25 lbs --- I'll be a slimmer me... I'll sit up straight --- and I'll get those gellie keyboard thingies... Wooohooooo! I CAN FIX THIS....
1258539 tn?1293840202 Overall I think Cymbalta is one of the best medication out there but this have a cost. Cymbalta cost is outrageous and Cymbalta is very hard to stop. I stopped cold-turkey after using it for only 5 months and I had brain zaps for a little more than a month. The withdrawal was quite severe but it is expected with all potent powerful antidepressant.