I take one at night and it changed my life. Before I was always on the edge of not coping with life because joint pain kept waking me up and my sleep was awful. Now I sleep better as I can return to sleep if woken by pain more easily and feel better in the morning. Think it just takes the edge off the pain and relaxes you a bit. I cannot recommend more highly as part of your arsenal for RA. Good luck.

Maridee, I have been taking CBD Oil for about 4 months now. It does take a while being on it to see if it works for you. It has helped with my mood (I find I laugh more) and it has relaxed me some. I'm not sure if it will help me with my sleeplessness or pain if I am on it longer. But even just improving my mood makes it worth it. I couple of weeks ago I got thrush. Part of having RA. I was put on meds. so I stopped the CBD Oil. I didn't want anything to interfere with it. After a couple of weeks of being off of it, I started taking it again. My mood changed after the second dose. Even my husband said something about how he likes me like this, lol He didn't know I started taking it again. Give it a try and see how you feel. If I can help in anyway, just let me know.

I gained a lot of weight on cymbalta (or the generic form)- so be really careful- I am still on a small dose of it (would like to take more... as it would help me much more- but, afraid of the weight gain)- I gained around 40 pounds and am unable to lose it (so far)!

Hi @A myRAteam Member, I started taking Cymbalta for my Fibromyalgia years ago. It really helps, but now I take the generic form, Duloxetine, which works just as well. Hugs, Vickie

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I have never tried Cymbalta. I have tried Tramadol. It does nothing for my pain at all. That is all my Rheumy wants to give me. I take Hydrocodone for my very bad pain. Most of the time 1/2 only a whole if going to bed. I only take if nothing else helps. Heat helps the most. Either heating pads or hot water soak. I also use CBD ointment. It helps alot also. I take adavant and trintellix for my depression and mood swings. Sometimes those don't keep me from going into a depression. I had 2 bouts with the thrush in December and January. OMG!!! Those are the terrible. I hope everyone finds what works for them. I really enjoy reading what everyone has tried and what worked and didn't worked. I try a lot of the suggestions to see if any could possibly help me. Thanks to all of you who are willing to share.