"i am a 52 year old male and have been battling depression for 30 years.  back in 1980 tricyclics and maoi&#039;s were the only treatment of choice.  since 1987 when prozac hit the market i went on that.  my depression episodes are brought on by stressful events. depression also runs in the family.  after 5 or 6 different episodes prozac no longer worked for me.  so i tried other ssri&#039;s such as paxil, zoloft and lastly celexa which made me worse.  my new physician prescribed cymbalta which is an ssnri which i have been on for 4 days at 30 mg and 1 day at 60mg.  prior to starting to take cymbalta i had suicidal thoughts.  in 5 days those thoughts have subsided and have a little more energy.  still have trouble in the morning.  "