My 11 Year Journey with Cymbalta for Anxiety

I’ve been on Cymbalta for probably 15 years or more. It works pretty well for me and I have Wellbutrin added to my regimen. It is a powerful serotonin drug because I know I tried to wean myself off it and I didn’t do it slowly enough and I started having psychosomatic hallucinations like my throat was closing off and I was going to suffocate. For me it’s a good drug but it’s something to be careful with

That's a lot of switching up and down in dosages which effects brain chemistry. I was on Cymbalta duloxetine for 8 yrs. Weaned off for 4 wks for allergy testing and when restarting and being back on for almost a yr old and my GAD out of control was told by my psychiatrist that sometimes it becomes ineffective. I'm now in the process of switching to Paxil paroxetine. I'm also in therapy. I'm considering ketamine if this paroxetine switch over doesn't help.