Hi all! I am just wondering if anyone takes duloxetine to help with fibromyalgia?
I was taking citalopram for 3 years, for depression and anxiety, but recently managed to come off it. It seemed to be going well, but all of a sudden my fibromyalgia is a whole lot worse and I have realised how beneficial the citalopram was for pain. However, I have done some research and found out that duloxetine is most commonly prescribed for fibromyalgia. Has anyone got experience of this?
duloxetine is one of the FDA approved treatments for fibro. SSNRI's are one of the meds that have shown promise in some people. Our original artile on it is here: fmauk.org/general-articles-...
I've had duloxitine for two months now. Still looking at it in the cubboard. Haven't decided to try it yet.
Tried it but unfortunately had bad side effects so had to give it up. I haven't had any luck with any antidepressant to be honest as I have had to give them all upp because of various side effects. Many however have found it beneficial so hope it works for you.x
What a pity I believe those can be some of the common side effects.x
Morning! After 2 days my face turned bright red and felt as if it was on fire...duluxetine is however one of the drugs listed for fibro so it may well work for you. I seem to be intolerant to SSRIs...neither sertraline nor amitryptiline were any good either. Sorry, not much help is it!
It's all trial and error I'm afraid.
Hope you managed to get some sleep eventually, I've now managed 3 hours after the oat milk! Hope the IBS has eased....horrible isn't it.
DD
Hi I have been on duloxatine for some time 60mg every day. I decided i wanted to start coming off my meds (I take 3 different ones all for fibromyalgia) so I started with duloxatine, 4 weeks later I had to go back on them as I was in so much pain, i couldn't do one step without being in severe pain, also crying for no reason which is definitely not me. I'm only on 30mg but it has made a big difference.
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