Cymbalta and Crying Spells

[3wooddriver]

I recently started taking Cymbalta. Started on 20mg for 2 weeks and am currently on my first week of 30mg. I want to take it slowly since I hate the side effects. But something has been happening recently that I never experienced with any of the SSRIs (which never worked for me so I switched to the SNRIs). Crying spells. Again last night I began just crying uncontrollably for no reason at all, and couldn't stop for roughly 2 hours, probably when the Klonopin kicked in. Has anyone else experienced this? Will this go away or should I nip it in the bud and get off it immediately? It almost felt like a panic attack but instead of being nervous and becoming overwhelmed with fear, I was overwhelmed with sadness. Again, out of nowhere.

My doctor said that I'm still on a very low dose and recalls me experiencing crying spells when I wasn't on any meds. She wants me to increase to 40 or 50mg and see how I feel. I also take 20mg of Buspirone and the Klonopin or Ativan as needed, like yesterday.

Can anyone share some thoughts on this? The only other mild side effect I've had is some fatigue mid-day, but it's been manageable. I just don't want to continue to have these depressing breakdowns every so often if that's what Cymbalta will lead do. It's quite disturbing.

[Dorsey]

I tried cymbalta for 5 weeks had constant runs upto 8 times a day doctor told me to keep taking them. Never again all these meds have side effects they just say trial and error. Wont take any anymore. Good luck hope they make you feel better soon.

[peanutbuttercup]

With a lot of meds, symptoms can get worse (much worse in my case) before they get better when you first start out or change the dose. It helps a lot if you remember this is the medicine taking hold.