[neveragin]

I am wondering if anyone else has experienced - either while on it, or after stopping cymbalta - changes in their vision? Or, just general eye discomfort? While on the drug my vision would frequently go blurry, mostly after spending too long reading, or on computer. My night vision is seriously decreased, and the blurry issue is now worse than before...I am clean off 60mg/day cold turkey now for about 50 days, give or take...so a lot of the more debilitating and crippling effects are subsided, and less in the fore of my perspective... Now, my eyes are consistently dry, itchy, feeling gritty, and the blurring seems to come sooner, and more frequently than before...I avoid driving at night if at all possible now

Seems probable it is due to the cymbalta, but I am of course, not sure...anybody else have any changes or problems with their vision?

Please advise your experiences. I appreciate the input.

Thanx,
Neveragin

[pitalee]

I found your post very interesting. I have had the same eye issues that seemed to start about the time I started the Cymbalta now that I think back on it. My eye issues have been treated separately and I never made a connection. I have blurry vision, itchiness, dryness, grittiness and headaches. I have been diagnosed with dry-eye syndrome and ocular rosacea. While I was on Cymbalta one of the side effects I had was dry mouth. Maybe there is a connection.

I will definitely keep an "eye" on the outcome of this suspected side effect. I have been totally off the Cymbalta for a week now and my eyes are as bad as ever.I would advise you to see your eye doctor for relief or just to make sure it's not something else. Good luck!

[neveragin]

what you describe sounds like sjogrens syndrome...dry eyes, mouth, etc... there is a blood test to confirm or rule out this condition...it is an antibody test which will tell you if your immune system is out of whack, causing the symptoms/condition... I will see an eye doctor as soon as my new job grants me benefits, 90 days from now... I would consider the blood test for Sjogrens if I were in your place.

Best to you!
Neveragin

[Blackapple]

I definitely have dry eyes and blurry vision that comes in waves. It started when I stopped the cymbalta. My eyes are watering constantly and I am very sensitive to light. I too am avoiding driving at night, I tried the other night and could hardly see the road, and when other cars cam towards me I couldnt see at all. I think I am defiantly going to make an eye appointment when I am feeling good enough to go.

[OMGthisiscrap]

I had an eye exam in Sept 2011 and my script did not change much but the dry eyes increased. No biggie until I went off the cymbalta. I went off Feb 24,2012 and started feeling last week like my eyes were getting worse so I decided to get new glasses ( I didn't get t hem in Sept). They made my glasses based on Sept script but I could see out of those glasses. They thought they wrote it down wrong so the sales lady said let's have you see the dr just to make sure. Well low and behold my eyes got worse after going off the cymbalta and need a totally new script. I told the dr and she said this type of thing is pretty common with this drug. Is there anything this drug doesn't mess with?! Its so frustrating.

[Uriel]

Not to discount anyone's thinking it oculd be cymbalta but dry eye condition is a condition on it's own . I have had it most of my life and it's also part of fibro which i have.
Also age is another factor my script changed 2 times the yr i turned 50 and i was not on any medications then. Just sayin...

[deepbreath]

Vision is one of the side effects that have driven me to stop cymbalta, too! My vision changes an unbelievable amount throughout the day. Sometimes when I wake up I cannot read anything at all for quite a while. This variability in my vision, and the severity of it, definitely came from the Cymbalta. I am hopeful it will leave with it as well!

[Lisaw]

Wow the more I read on here the more pissed I am about this so called medicine..before taking this I only used my glasses for computer at work and reading..now I have to wear them all the time or I feel blind..btw ..only on this crap for a month..and getting off it now

[Uriel]

Hi
I have severely dry eyes and my vision has also changed alot.