"i was on cymbalta for two years.  i had no side effects and it worked really well for my anxiety.  i had no sexual side effects which was great.  i decided to go off of it thinking that i didn&#039;t need it anymore.  i thought that i tapered it by taking 20mg for a month.  once i started taking 20mg every other day it was like experiencing the withdrawal symptoms over again each time.  i finally just stopped taking it and had awful withdrawal symptoms.- more monitoring would have helped."