Please don't take this in the wrong way Dianne. I was on Cymbalta and it is the only anti-depression like medication I've ever been on that messed with my mind in a bad way. I thought about ways I could die at least 6 times a day. For examples; While driving my car imaging a tire would blow and send it over a cliff and kill me; Standing at the top of the basement stairs thinking I could fall and would then be dead, and so forth. I wasn't suicidal but super scared of dying by many methods. Back then I was hoping it would work as it had a good track record for people that have Fibromyalgia - which I have. A close friend takes it for depression only and it's made a real difference in his depression.
I've had medications that caused me to retain water, blurry vision and to itch. I'm also still on Wellbrutrin with my Amitriptyline. They work differently as each treats different substances in our brains.
The minute I was diagnosed with Fibro I was put on a mild antidepressant and I have tried many since then in 1998. Unfortunately what works for one doesn't for another. I hate taking them too, so I really understand why Mema wanted to quit taking hers. Maybe it's not the right one to be taking as well. They call them Medical "Practices" and I want doctors that don't want to "practice" too much on me and refer me to another doctor when needed. My local GI did that when my j-pouch with cuffitis and c.diff wouldn't go away.