Cymbalta for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy User Reviews (Page 2)
Cymbalta has an average rating of 6.2 out of 10 from a total of 39 reviews for the treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. 56% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 36% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Cymbalta
- No Arm
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 11, 2016
"I have a amputated left arm I have horrible nerve pain ,the doctor I just saw started me on cymbalta I have only been on it a week and have not noticed any different yet how long does it take for it to work?"
- kathy...
- August 6, 2010
"I was very unsteady on my feet, at first some of the pain was resolved, but it didn't work. Even though my feet were NOT swollen they felt that way, very tight feeling. It felt like I was walking on balloons, terrible feeling and I was afraid to walk with that unsteadiness. Didn't work for me, since then, I have been on many different medications. Neurontin, didn't help, amitriptiline, didn't help, Lyrica, didn't help. I am on nortriptyline now with a pain patch. The fentanyl patch really helps, but I don't want to stay on this forever, so trying different medications. I am only supposed to leave the pain patch on 3 days, and found with the new medication, nortriptyline, I can go 5 days. So I am hopeful here. "
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- Mdog
- Taken for less than 1 month
- March 5, 2022
"My issues are Severe anxiety, severe depression, neuropathy. I had suicidal thoughts with Lexapro so I decided to try Cymbalta. Gave me jaw pain, weird taste and smell when starting it but not bad effects. It helped my crying spells to stop and seemed to slightly increase depression. I was on 30 mg. However it made my panic disorder and anxiety skyrocket. It really helped neuropathy and phantom pains I’ve been having. But the heightened anxiety I couldn’t stand so I had to go off of it. It gave me a weird hypersensitivity feeling."
- Anonymous
- September 6, 2010
"Cymbalta lessens the burning pain in my feet that used to wake me up and keep me awake at night. It often relieves burning pain almost completely."
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- Dunn
- January 23, 2017
"I"ve been taking cymbalta for 10 years for neuropathy. I didn't know how effective it was until I decided to stop taking it. My foot felt as if it were in hot coals. I love it."
- Momma...
- July 7, 2014
"Can't live without it"
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- Alfie
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- July 25, 2019
"I had frequent 'attacks' of neuropathy pains and after a few months of using Cymbalta, the cycle of attacks drastically reduced."
- Anne
- Taken for less than 1 month
- September 1, 2019
"Within one week I suffered a reaction to the drug with hives progressing quickly."
- RobinSS
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- January 2, 2014
"Increases blood sugars. x 2 higher than when not taking it."
- Anonymous
- August 12, 2012
"Did not work for me. I had nausea, abdominal & stomach pain, loss of appetite. I lost 5 lbs. in less than a week."
- HAPPY...
- June 26, 2009
"Works great on my nerve pains, due to diabetes."
- No Ni...
- May 28, 2016
"Sort of worked but I was sleeping all the time. 12 - 14 hours per day and then could not move the rest of the day. Had to stop after 10 days of being a zombie."
- Lisa
- March 7, 2016
"Made me sick first day nausea , dizzy, vomit, sweating, high blood pressure"
- Anonymous
- February 25, 2009
"Caused me to have serotonin syndrome."
- Sparky
- August 8, 2022
"Cymbalta works for neuropathy"
- Rose
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- January 27, 2022
"Didn't do anything for pain for me, I might as well have taken an aspirin. It doesn't seem to work for pain for everyone."
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"Cymbalta worked for my neuropathy for about 6 weeks then suddenly stopped working. I was very sad that is stopped. I did experience very bad insomnia but other than that I didn't have any major side effects."