Comments on: Got Pain? Suicide-Linked Cymbalta May Be Right for You

By: ellen

ellen — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:45:00 +0000

For pain and/or depression I suggest people investigate SAM-e. It is a naturally occurring enzyme, NO side effects, has been used with great success in Europe for over 25 years.
I do not have fibromyalgia, so cannot comment on that, altho if I had it, I would try SAM-e.
I have used it for severe depression and find it works quickly and well.
good luck,
ellen

By: J martinez

J martinez — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:17:14 +0000

I used cymbalta to assist in pain that I had acrued from bruised ribs. Okay, that worked…..I’m 27 and never had any reason to have suicidal ideology, now, I”ve been off of the medication for about 2-3 months….every now and then some crazy suicidal ideology pops up and I’m so frustrated by it just “popping up in my mind”. This is not healthy in any way, I hope that since I have discontinued the use of Cymbalta, that the little pop ups of suicide will go away!!! Very unhealthy, very dangerous, I would have never imagined these thoughts could be so disgusting and gross!!! I wish I never took Cymbalta!!!! Wishing that the suicidal ideology stops and going to the gym and having fun with friends to stay happy!!!
As soon as the thoughts pop up, I tell them to go away!!! Good luck to anyone else trying to get away from them. J.M.

By: Suthiano

Suthiano — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:34:25 +0000

most ‘anti-depressants’ have the same effect.

these drugs are all synthetic… human beings are obssessed with synthesis, in fact I would say we live in the “synthetic age”.

The mineral age gave birth to the vegetable age. The vegetable age gave birth to the animal age… the animal age has allowed us to create the synthetic age. The earth is covered with synthetic materials. Society is made up of synthetic ideals.
The rain, h2o synthesized with all sorts of chemicals, falls, onto the ground. It is not absorbed by the soil, but rather falls onto the oil covered, asphalt road, and then flows over the concrete sidewalk, the artificial stone beach and into the chemical and oil filled lake.
Our cows are fed synthetic, GM corn, grown from synthetic terminating seeds. The cows are pumped with hormones so that they grow bigger faster. We then consume this meat, and drink this milk.
Our drugs are synthetic, with terrible side effects, even though the vegetable and mineral world provide us with all that we need to fight disease, pests, depression, etc…

The synthetic age produces death: it covers over the other worlds.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:57:58 +0000

I have been on Cymbalta for a month and a half. It has caused me to have suicidal thoughts for days now, and I have never had them before. Actually, I was researching this side effect and its frequency and that’s how I found this site. If I don’t get off of this medication soon, I just don’t know what I’ll do to myself.

The warning in the literature about suicidal thoughts leaves out what I believe could be a great majority of people…people over the age of 24. I am 34 myself, and have never been like this before now.

I am calling my Dr. when I am finished writing this. I want off!

By: Michele Angel

Michele Angel — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:39:59 +0000

I also am believing that Fibromyalgia is caused by childhood trauma
and fight flight problem. I have it , it is very painful(muscles that is)
and am currently seeing a therapist for my anxiety. I was prescribed
Cymbalta took it one day and wow no way for me!!! I couldn’t remember
a phone number it was horrible I know 1 day might not be enough but
it sure was for me. I will stick to therapy thank you and maybe get
something for anxiety but that drug they can keep it!! It’s too bad they
can’t find a drug that really helps this disease, not something that just
alters your mind. I pray they do.

By: Linda Roach

Linda Roach — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:07:44 +0000

I can personally attest to the suicide effect that Cymbalta has. I was put on this medication and for quite a long time was VERY suicidal! I blamed it on losing my husband and son within a short amount of time but when I stopped taking Cymbalta(on my own) the black emptyness I felt was gone. I battle sadness at losing people I love dearly but am no longer suicidal now that I am no longer taking Cymbalta!!!

By: Daniel Haszard

Daniel Haszard — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:29:51 +0000

Eli Lilly promotes sales of their #1 drug (Zyprexa $4.8 billion per year) that can *cause* diabetes and then turns around and makes billions selling more drugs to treat the diabetes.
Eli Lilly’s # 1 cash cow Zyprexa has been over-prescribed and linked to a 10-times greater risk of causing type #2 diabetes and increased risk of heart attack
–

Daniel Haszard zyprexa-victims.com

By: Tree

Tree — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:19:06 +0000

I appreciate these articles and find them very helpful. As a DES Daughter and someone who had spent years of my life on dangerous prescription drugs, most of them over prescribed and unnecessary, I can attest first hand to the greed of the doctors as well as their unwillingness to care about their patients.

I’m not a doctor but I believe fibromyalgia is often if not always related to childhood trauma and years of a body trapped in the “fight or flight” syndrome which causes severe muscle tension and pain. Daily exercise can go a long way to relieving this pain.

I hope people wake up and understand these drug companies don’t care about people and they start finding solutions to their problems that don’t involve drugs.