My son had a lot of problems with Cymbalta.  He started needing a night light (he was 26 at the time) and being afraid of going to the bathroom in the night.  The psychiatrist who prescribed the Cymbalta had the brilliant idea of putting him on an anti-psychotic to deal with the side effects.  Luckily, a nutritionist told us that his symptoms were a side effect of the Cymbalta and that we should stop the Cymbalta NOT add another drug.  I looked on the web and found a site where people wrote about their problems with terminating Cymbalta - SCARY.  (I googled: cymbalta side effects).  You are never told this when they first put you on it.  When my son was off cymbalta he no loinger needed the seroquel and he was put on a different anti-depressant.  Thank God for nutitionists!  So, if your daughter does not want to take her Cymbalta, it may be bc she is having a bad reaction to it.  There are plenty of other medications to try in its place.

ALSO, I would be VERY suspicious of anyone who says: "he has successfully treated ~200 kids with RSD, and if she would just do what he says, he could treat her."  One thing about this disease is that each patient is COMPLETELY different.   And what works for one person does NOT work for the next.  If he thinks he knows the solution to RSD then he knows NOTHING and he is arrogant (in my opinion).  If he really has helped/cured 200 RSD patients, please give us all his name and number - he could help us all!  AND he should be getting a nobel prize soon!  Please listen to your daughter - if the Cymbalta makes her feel sick then try another medication.  I can assure you that she knows more about RSD than the doctor.  She needs to be supported in finding what treatment works for her not to be told that she must do what some doctor (who has never had RSD) thinks should be good for her.

Sorry to get so worked up.  I have been to many doctors with my son and most know very little about RSD and the best admit it and they are the ones who achieve the most.  Linda