After my doctor and I realized that the side affects I were experiencing FAR outweighed any benefit I was recieving from Cymbalta, we decided to wean me from the drug. The doctor gave me a gradual weaning schedule, of which I strictly abided by.

Even so the withdrawals I went thru were just plain hell. dizziness, vertigo, brain zaps, extreme anxiety, mood swings, extreme headaches, panic attacks. I couldn't drive, I couldn't go to work, I could barely walk across the room.

4 days after my last pill of Cymbalta I couldn't take it any longer. It was just too much, and I attempted suicide, drug overdose with the very drug(xanax) that my doctor prescribed me and told me to use to get me thru the withdrawal process.

I spent 11 days in the hospital, 9 of which were in a mental health unit.

It's been over two weeks since I attempted suicide, and I am doing better. But I still don't drive much, and I still haven't returned to work.

Cymbalta attempted to take my life, and is now in the process of attempting to ruin it. I am now working with a therapist and a psychiatrist trying to pull things back together.

But Thank the Lord I am off that evil drug, Cymbalta.

I never ever in my life had suicidal idealations. EVER! I believe that my suicide attempt stemmed from the Cymbalta withdrawals, and I will always hold Eli Lilly partially responsible for what I and my family went thru.