Cherio

Hi everyone! I have now been on the Cymbalta for 3 weeks and a few days, 60 mg for 2 weeks and a few days. I definitely felt some improvement this past week, especially the past 2-3 days. I can now sit on the floor cross-legged and get up without any problem, whereas I could not before. My right upper arm (at the deltoid muscle) is much better. I could not raise it outward and up at all or over my head and can now do so with only minimal pain. My right wrist is becoming much more mobile. I can flex and extend with hardly no pain at all. I still can't lift or push anything heavy yet with it. My hips are slowly improving when sitting. I find I can sit longer when typing and when I get up they are still sore (especially the right), but not nearly as bad where I am almost crippled when I first walk like before. My right knee pain is all but gone. My left ankle is still bothersome when I walk after sitting for a bit, but it comes and goes now instead of staying all the time.

As far as my sleep, I still wake up periodically through the night, but go back into a deep sleep in between and feel a bit more rested in the mornings. The irritable bowel is completely gone!

I am still trying to get up and move during the day for the hips and legs. Still trying to make it to the gym 2-3 times a week and walk and do light weight machines. This seems to really help.

As far as side effects of the Cymbalta, they are almost all gone now. Maybe a little bit of tiredness and weakness in the muscles, especially the legs, but not nearly like the first couple weeks. I guess this is the drug for me, at least so far. I just am so afraid it is going to stop doing its thing and the severe pain will return. But,so far, so good!! Anyone else having good results with this medicine?

Cherio