I have taken Cymbalta for years for depression and it works. But the anxiety which has been so bad for 3 years since her death is just too much for me anymore. I can't take it. I stopped my medicines one by one to see if the anxiety got better. And I felt that Id rather feel depressed than like I was about to be killed or jump off a cliff or whatever terrifying thing you can think of, 24-7. I didn't stop my heart meds but i stopped the steroid shots in my back for nerve pain. I'd rather be in a wheel chair than feel that way. Stopping the Cymbalta has made me depressed but the anxiety is gone.