My soon to be exwife has been taking cymbalta for about a year and a half and i noticed a change in her. She started to go out to clubs alot and drinking and even not coming home for a couple of days she is still taking it and still being out in the bars now we are divorcing and the kids are the most effective by this dramatic change, use caustion while taking cymbalta and try not to drink alcohol with it. this drug work good but it has and evil twist to it....FYI if you every get off cymbalta ill pray for you cuz the symptoms are horrific.
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I too experienced this same thing. It has caused me to quit drinking and made me think I was crazy. Glad to see there was some type of connect and thuis an excuse to my behavior. I have never had a drinking problem or a problem drinking in moderation in social setting...until this drug.
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Been off Cymbalta for a year but alcohol intake is still way more than before Cymbalta. Can't get drunk, just mildly tipsy. 3 days ago had mild alcohol poisoning. Not sure how much I drank. Now if alcohol touches my lips I feel instantly ill. Scary, scary scary.
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i've noticed a huge increase in my drinking about 3 weeks after taking cymbalta. the problem i face is that cymbalta helps my RA and pain. It' s also helped with the depression and anxiety which hadn't been that bad, but now is pretty much non existent since my pain level is manageable. but...my drinking is almost out of control. i crave booze. stuff i've never wanted before in huge amounts. i know i should talk to my doctor about this but can't imagine life without cymbalta. definately some struggles right now. you aren't the only one.
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I just read this post and my jaw dropped. my tendency to bing drink while on cymbalta is a bad choice, period. From what i've read is that alcohol tendency is related to depression. You have ask yourself....Does alcohol "temporarily" help? yes, but it's a bad choice for sure. It is stupid to think that alcohol helps while being treated with this drug. They may cancell each other out even.
Set rules for yourself and be moderate if can. If you can't, stop drinkning and stay the course of treatment. I guess all this advice is for me, and you reading this post. I find the drug makes me drunker....no middle gound here. I go from buzzed to hammered and that is not a good thing.
I think I'll go alcohol free the next several weeks and experiment with that course. One drug makes you feel good the other has no benifit.
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I have been taking Cymbalta for a long time and loved to have one or two glasses of wine a night. Now i drink like a fish and can't stop. Up to a bottle and a half a night. Each night i say I won't drink but I can't do it. FOR SURE!!!! It is the Cymbalta
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How did going alcohol free work for you ? I've been experiencing all the same binge drinking symptoms since starting this drug and thanks to this forum just figured out that cymbalta may be the cause.
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Cymbalta works through the Nero-pathways of our minds. It can also help people with nerve damage. The chemicals in Cymbalta are slightly changing the balance of the brain that is why it says do not drink with this medication or in some places drinking may cause the effects of this medication to intensify. I have been taking it for 2 years now and try my best to stay away from alcohol. when I do drink I also over indulge to the point of black out. (everything I posted is only what I have been told)
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