• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for pain)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (insomnia, nausea, brain shocks, sweating increased)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I'm on a tapering schedule because I do not enjoy the constant feeling of hot and sweating. It is too much for me.

Cost: $50-99 monthly

Side effects: sweating increased, brain shocks, insomnia, nausea, insomnia, nausea

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for depressed mood)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fatigue)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Advice & Tips: It helped with my fatigue and depression in the beginning but has stopped helping. (This is a common occurrence for people with cfids).

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for depressed mood)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 60 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I like it over other depression meds. But each person is different.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (nausea, dizziness, sedation, brain fog)
• Adherence

  Never taken as prescribed
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Advice & Tips: Made me HORRIBLY sick. In bed for two days feelling like I had a massive hangover. Only took one dose. All of the antidepressant drugs have done this to me, which is unfortunate because I never get t o take them long enough to see if they may actually work.

Side effects: brain fog, sedation, nausea, dizziness, nausea, dizziness

• Effectiveness

  Major (for anxious mood)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (decreased sex drive (libido), sweating increased)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 60 mg Daily

Cost: $25-49 monthly

Side effects: sweating increased, decreased sex drive (libido)

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (nausea)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: nausea

• Effectiveness

  None (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (migraine headaches, serotonin syndrome)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I would advise anyone who is going to take this medication to check your other medications first. I had been taking Tramadol which increases the serotonin in the brain and my doctor wanted me to try the Cymbalta to help with my pain along with my Tramadol. It also increases serotonin in the brain and he said if it was too much it can cause severe problems even death. He still wanted me to try it so I took it for about 5 days & I was in the most pain ever in my life. It started the first day with a massive migrane which got worse each day so I stopped taking my Tramadol to see if that would help & it didn't so finally I called my Doctor and he said stop the Cymbalta and just keep taking the Tramadol.

Side effects: serotonin syndrome, migraine headaches

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for bipolar disorder)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (insomnia, mania, sedation, feel flat)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 100 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Try to remember to take this medication at the same time everyday, that will help you get use to taking itl

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: sedation, feel flat, mania, decreased sex drive (libido), insomnia

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for depressed mood)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (injection site irritation)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 60 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I use an ice pack ( the cold pack that comes with my Copaxone) before I inject and after till most of the irritation subsides. This irritation is tolerable because of the benefits of Copaxone. Since starting this drug I have gained alot of my mobility back, not so foggy in my brain, and not dropping things as much. Pain level has not changed but I'm waiting for a miracle.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: injection site irritation

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for anxious mood)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 60 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Seems to keep "mood" more stable...less "swing" in mood