"cymbalta saved my sanity. i was under incredible work pressure and stress for three solid months (new job covering for one coworker on maternity leave another coworker having a sudden heart attack and crohn&#039;s flare up. me running the office for three months, even though i&#039;d just been hired). i had a doctor&#039;s appointment and broke down on the table. he prescribed celexa first, which gave me severe panic attacks. then he switched me to cymbalta, and i was back to normal within days. 

the downside: it is extremely hard to stop taking it. i was intended to take it only for the short term, until things calmed down at work. two years later, i&#039;m still on it because going off was weird. numbness, tingling, weird sensory inputs, distraction."