"changed my life. i had been experiencing slight bouts of anxiety starting at around age 19. hitting me hard, randomly of course, only a few times a year. then when i was 24 something changed with my anxiety and i became completely crippled by it. i was being consumed by constant anxiety, worry, fear, etc every single minute of everyday including when i slept. i was out of control emotionally and mentally. i had to take a box of tissues with me everywhere because the anxiety was so severe i would burst out into tears even during the &quot;happiest&quot; of times. finally after suffering for months i decided to give  cymbalta a try, reluctantly though. after a week of relatively mild side effects it had changed my life and saved my life."