Duloxetine 30 mg just wanting some advice or past experiences?

Hi Roboshark. I was prescribed Cymbalta duloxetine) for nerve pain and I ended up with anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. I also experienced excessive sweating, exhaustion and I had no motivation to do anything, even the things I used to love doing. I never had problems with my weight before, even after having 5 children, but I gained over 80 pounds while I was taking Cymbalta. I believe it messes with our metabolism. I had many other side effects like weakness, dizziness, hair loss, blurry vision, brain fog, confusion, memory loss, muscle and joint pain, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high liver enzymes and more. Cymbalta never did help me with the pain, it actually caused me to be in more pain. One day I was online researching all my symptoms and Cymbalta came up and that’s when I realized that everything that was going on with me was because of Cymbalta. Then I joined a Cymbalta (Duloxetine) support group and I started tapering off it right away. It took me 2 1/2 years to finally taper off it and I took my last bead on December 31st, 2019. Every side effect is gone and I’m doing much better now. I have a life again. Being on Cymbalta was one of the hardest things I’ve ever gone through but tapering off it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. If I had known the years that Cymbalta was going to take from me I would never had taken the first pill. I’m 62 years old and I feel better now than I did when I was 52. I keep getting better and I am almost 100% healed in my brain and my body.
I’m certainly not saying that you will go through everything I did but please beware of all the side effects. Sometimes they creep up on you and you don’t even notice it. That’s what happened to me. Take care.