I just started Cymbalta today, and the doc said it would take 6 weeks to get into your system! Geeeeze. What about now!!!! What if 6 weeks is way too long. god.

My experience was that the emotional issues were helped quickly (within a day or two). The physical reasons my doctor put me on Cymbalta for took about 6-8 weeks.
I hope this gives you some hope as I am not sure what kind of help you are needing from the medication.

I think your doctor might should have said, "It takes 4-6 weeks to get to optimal levels"...as that's what pdocs have all told me. ...and it seems right. The Celexa was 4 months before I felt it was too strong. AT 1-2 days, though, I felt calmer.

It's worth waiting for.....
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I have been taking Cymbalta for a month now and it kicked in after a week for me. It was a bit manic/weird at first as it made me feel like I was on a high. After a month now though it has settled down and I feel fantastic. I would go so far as to say I feel like life is great right now!!! Not felt like that in years!!

Can't do it. It disrupts my whole day. I can't handle the "weirdness", headaches and feeling like a zombie. I just can't. Nor can I take Celexa or Zoloft.
As I has posted in Pros&Cons --I take Xanax .5, and for me its godSend that allows a focus enhancing, better version of myself. I'm not crying and shaking when I take it. BUT- My psyc. said he will NOT give me an rx for it. Why? Its addicting-so what????? Let me live out my lifetime with peaceful feelings, which is what it provides. I have a long and winding road of problems, but thats another post. I just want Xanax, it makes me feel better. It's not crack-heroine-cocaine, lol...and the psyc. makes me feel like using it is not good. BS! I deserve to feel good, don't I?
Thats all I want.
And what are the long term affects? Liver issues? Thats it? My liver is fine.
My life is so miserable I can't imagine being without it.

I'm over 50 and having this med makes my life calmer, and thats what I need. I wish I could discuss what is going on, and why I need to continue taking it, but the last time I did, my post was deleted, and I got a warning. Not so nice topic. But it has impacted my life so profoundly, that I need calmness.

If there are no horrible effects, why not prescribe it? I'm NOT going to end up on the street like a crack addict I see my fam. dr. But she only gives me 10 days worth. I don't understand.

Unfortunately, regardless of what you are taking, most meds can take time to work. Yes, it's hard to wait those weeks, but if it's the right med for you, it will be worth the wait. Hang in there...