"cymbalta was my first attempt at antidepressants. it was prescribed for both anxiety and extreme depression. before cymbalta i was literally non-functioning. after a week of taking it, with zero side effects, i felt like a different person. a better person. i did have my occasional bad day, but nothing like before. i am no longer on cymbalta because my insurance dropped it. i moved from it to pristiq with virtually no withdrawals. i would take it again in a heartbeat."