"after several years of zoloft use for gad, i went off of it, under my dr&#039;s supervision. felt ok, then last year, had a lot of chronic pain, back &amp; arthritis...heard that cymbalta was good for all those--pain, depression and anxiety. psych doc gave me samples, seemed to kick in pretty well &amp; quickly. i have gone through 3 major surgeries in the last 18 months--and went off the cymbalta b/c i thought i could handle it...nope, i&#039;m a mess. needed daily clonazepam to cope. i just went though a 3rd and (hopefully!!) final surgery 5 weeks ago. hadn&#039;t taken any cymbalta for months. i am going back on. just got thru the worst anxiety attacks in my life following the 3rd surgery. i think the dose for me was 60mgs, and i will start it up again."