"many failed attempts on depression meds and lapsed into severe depression, suicidal thoughts, head to toe severe pain psychiatrist put me on 120mg of cymbalta a day. boom the pain and depression were gone. instant relief, it was a godsend but i very quickly realized that the depression was not actually gone. it had shifted it into my anger/frustration emotion controllers, which for the most part i could deal with but after a few years the side effects add up. i have the horrible next few months of coming off this drug but need to as i now have insomnia, chaotic dreams, extreme lethargy and suicidal thoughts which you don&#039;t feel like acting on but still have. it does work but it is not a long term solution and i should have changed yrs ago."