Comments on: Here is My Cymbalta, Where is My Libido?

By: Ethan Jones

Ethan Jones — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:51:28 +0000

anxiety and depression are hard to treat if the patient has not been checked for years.*~`

By: Robert Collins

Robert Collins — Sat, 01 May 2010 14:19:41 +0000

Anxiety and depression is one hell of a nasty disease. even if you have everything but if you have clinical depression, you are still nothing.;:`

By: Skye

Skye — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:20:23 +0000

Well I was on 60 mg for a few months. I didnt feel any different than When I was taking 30mg. So I went back. After a few more months I decided to get off them. I too am having what I call nausea in my head, dizziness, I feel off balance and tired. I quit taking it 3 weeks ago and been feeling like this for the past week now! I want it to stop! So I started takin them again. I want the sadness and nausea to stop! I hate this drug!

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:44:53 +0000

I have only been on cymbalta for 3 months but I am tired by the afternoon and absolutely no sex drive. It really sucks since I have to keep up with my one year old daughter. My husband thinks the cymbalta is working except for the no sex drive, but I still get annoyed a lot and feel like I don’t want to do anything. Just blah. And since I have no sex drive my husband and I fight about it. I don’t know what to do

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:42:30 +0000

Like Stefan, my doctor also put me on Cipralex, and just like Stephan said, Cipralex IS garbage. My depression was temporarily subsiding after a few months of use. But it only took about 5 months altogether until anxiety and depression began to overwhelm me again.

Now, I am also on Cymbalta (60mg daily). It’s been about 7 months on Cymbalta. It’s been alright… but like everyone else here, I too have lost my sex drive, feel incredibly tired by the afternoon, and I get anxiety attacks at unpredictable times weekly. This is a problem for me also since I am in a long-term relationship. Also, I can’t find myself settling at any job long-term because of my exhaustion and anxiety.

And the WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS? They’re HORRIBLE. I don’t even know how I am supposed to switch to a new pill knowing what those are like.

I’m not even a fan of antidepressants, but I know they’re doing something alright. Like everyone else, I ask myself… when do I get the cocktail right? *sigh*

By: stefan

stefan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:12:32 +0000

me too, 34 years old and have been on Cymbalta 60Mg daily for more than 12 months after being on Cipralex (cant remember the dosage) for almost 2 years. Cipralex was absolute rubbish, but at least I had a sex drive. with the cymbalta i have been completely sexless for 13 months. No libido, no interest nothing. Now this does not really bother me, because i dont have to do something that i dont feel like doing, but i know my wife feels neglected. If it wasnt for her, i would gladly stay on cymbalta for the rest of my life and be happy (it has done some good things for me)and never shag, but i have a responsibility towards my marriage and dont know what to do.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:06:19 +0000

i had this same problem… it was so bad it helped me make the decision to get off anti depressants all together… not only did my sex drive completely disappear (im a 25 year old male, not the most opportune time for that) every “drive” disappeared. i was “numb” as everyone so often called it and that was making my actual depression worse. i was still depressed but it was like all my feelings went away as well, though that is a contradiction thats the best way i can describe it. i just stopped my cymbalta a week ago, withdrawals suck (check out the other site) but i think its for the best. i too had to try out several medications and finally i started doubling up on medications cuz not any one was cutting it… it is hard to find the right one out there, i honestly believe after all the meds and combos ive tried that there are some people that there havent been the right medications made for yet. everyone’s chemistry is different. i can tell you along with my 2 anti depressants (that i hope to get off in the next month all together) i am taking KLONOPIN. this does seem to stabilize me somewhat. It seems some of the depressive symptoms i was feelings were actually part of mini anxiety attacks… no doctor has told me that but ive been able to come to that conclusion myself. if you havent tried an anti anxiety (ONLY, not an antidepressant that helps anxiety) i suggest researching it.

By: alicia

alicia — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:00:05 +0000

It’s hard to step out of yourself and do a self-assessment but easy to look back and see.

That is an excellent point, and very well-put.

By: Daniele T

Daniele T — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:43:13 +0000

I had a similar problem with a 7 year man in my life. The drinking and partying 3 days per weekend wore us down physically but in the bed he was an animal still. All inhibitions thrown out when we we plastered.

It’s not until I realized that he went outside the relationship to get his “fix” that I realized I wasn’t reciprocating the passion and I failed. It’s hard to step out of yourself and do a self-assessment but easy to look back and see.

Chin up hun. Makes thing better on yourself and we’ll be ok together.