Cymbalta generic

Hi all

I have been on generic cymbalta now for 3 weeks and have begun to spiral down into a deep depression starting about a week and a half ago. This am I finally realized Hey it might be the generic. Doc doesn't know. Pharmacist says only way to tell is to switch back to brand and see if I get back to where I should be.

Since the generic just came out, and I have never been sensitive to generics before, I am going back to brand name cymbalta next week when my script is renewable and see what happens.

I have fought to hard and too long to find the correct meds to be thrown from the tracks now. So I will pay the extra 40.00 a month if that is what it takes.

Anyone else on the generic yet?

Peace to all, stay strong
Trina

Hi Charlie,

the generic is duloxetine. I have been on Cymbalta for almost 2yrs now and it has worked well for my trigeminal nerve pain and my depression. I take 100mg in am and another 100mg at dinner time.

I hear a lot of people can not tolerate the drug and I am sorry you are one of them, however you will find the right combo I am sure, it took me 6 yrs to find the right combo, but then I have other health problems to contend with and the meds working against each other that prolonged the situation.

I am sure you will find an answer sooner than later.

thanks for your support Charlie I appreciate it!
Peace
Trina

Karen I am glad abilify works so well for you. I worked wonders for me, however it gave me such pain in my legs and weakness the docs that I had MS. Soon as I went off the med pain went away and now my strength is almost back to normal.

I will let you know how I am doing. Should be on the brand name by the end of the week.

Peace and hugs
Trina

Today is my 2nd day back on name brand Cymbalta and I can feel a difference already. Less anxiety and fear. Head pain level is down to a 5 from a 9.

What a lesson in tolerance I have learned. I take generic for most of my meds. Always thought in the back of my mind that it must be physcosamatic for the generic not to work for people. However, I have been proven wrong!

I thank my hard working husband for bring home enough money to cover the cost of the med. What a blessing.

Peace to all
Trina

Oh Charlie you are such a sweetheart! How nice the hear/see such nice words after such a yucky week. Thank you so much!

Peace
Trina

When the generic version of Cymbalta hit the market, I took it and within a week was begging to be put back on the brand name product. I became very weak, depressed, sick to my stomach, pains coming and going throughout my body. Felt as if the force of gravity had grown stronger--at times it was an effort to hold my head up. The doctor gave me a prescription which the pharmacy wouldn't fill since my insurance would not pay for a "refill" for another three weeks. I had some samples and "leftovers" on hand and those got me through the month. Within a day or two of starting the brand name stuff again I felt better, though not as good as I had before trying the generic.

I refilled my prescriptions five days ago. Two days ago, I began feeling almost completely shut down again. Although my doc has been writing "dispense as written" on my Cymbalta prescriptions, I discovered I had been given the generic version again. So, I guess it will be back to the doctor again as soon as possible. But if I can't get a refill, I may have to wait another three weeks to get back on the brand name drug. For the moment, not functioning well at all and that does not seem a pleasant prospect.

Have to say I have had a very mixed experience with Cymbalta. A decrease in dosage just over a year ago led to what I can only describe as a psychotic break, complete with hallucinations, weird ideas, blackouts, and who knows what else. While it worked, it worked. I do not think it works much any more but I am terrified to reduce the dose again or even attempt to stop taking it.

I have found the that doctors have to write NAME BRAND ONLY specifically on the script to get the name brand med.

I am on 120mg 60am 60pm and 50mg lamictal am working wonders. Half of the cymbalta was perscribed for pain long before depression hit.

Hope this helps.
Peace
Trina.