CCHR Florida: Comment on Cymbalta's Suicidal Side Effects
I am 66 years old and I was put on Cymbalta for cervical neck pain and depression due a couple of other health challenges. My emotions became flat and I was completely disinterested in the normal thin
I am 66 years old and I was put on Cymbalta for cervical neck pain and depression due a couple of other health challenges. My emotions became flat and I was completely disinterested in the normal things I take joy in. I wanted to stop taking it, but my husband seemed to think flat and not interested in life was better than the emotional roller coaster that my health issues were causing me. I had been having suicidal thoughts from it. We live on a river and I imagined my self going out into the water (gators and all) and just letting myself sink into the water. I also pondered other ways of ending my life. One night we had an argument and that night I told him if he wanted to be away from me that I would go to a hotel. He wanted me to wait until the next day. I plotted my suicide through the whole night. I packed a few things the next morning and I had every intention of driving off and overdose at the hotel. I sent a suicide message to my husband blocked his number and turned off location services. I forgot about my iPad and the sheriff found me. Honestly, I told them they would have to Baker Act me because I knew I would carry it out. It was a rough time for me. There were so many experiences that I never would have thought I would go through in my life.


