I started out on amitriptyline 25 yrs ago & after 6 mo of functioning in a drug stupor gave up all drugs & have learned to live w/it

I'm not saying everyone can manage w/o meds, but I couldn't manage w/them

I have been thinking about that lately. It seemed the meds helped for a while, but I wonder if I would be better without them now, ugh!

cymbalta is not meant to be used long term apparently. I was on it for my lupus for like 6 years.

after 4, I complained that it wasn't working right, that Iwas crying all the time

they upped the meds - really they should have taken me off them. now that I am on something else, things are better.

but it was a rough couple years and then finally changing them was very very rough

the dr told me I never should have been on it that long. apparently it can only block so much seratonin and after that it just stops working