Goosebumps And Tears

Goosebumps And Tears feeling real again

#1 Bon Bon 54

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I am on day 4 of weaning off cymbalta.

Posted 25 May 2010 - 09:19 PM

Hi all..Day 9 off of cymbalta..was on it a year, have been on different anti depressants for almost 20 years..Today I heard a song and got goosebumps, I got angry when a car cut me off, I cried when I watched a movie..wow, to feel again is so amazing. I forgot what it was like to really be me, with all the feelings that go along with it. I could sit down and cry with regret, but I choose to look ahead, with anticipation to experience the 'goosebumps and tears of life'. I wish for you all the same. No matter what else i go through in this life, i choose to feel it...good or bad.
Thank you all for the help you have given me in the past rough few weeks. I will check in here often and will hopefully encourage others. But for me, i think i have turned a corner. I am still having zaps, especially at night when i am tired, and my body temp, seems at bit messed up...can't seem to cool down in the evenings...But people, there is hope... and life unmedicated is so much better for me. I wish you all the best. There are goosebumps at the end of the cymbalta tunnel my friends.
God Bless,
Bon Bon

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In the future I would like to stop cymbalta

Posted 25 May 2010 - 11:23 PM

Dear Bon Bon:
Beautiful words!!!!!!!!!
I am so glad you are feeling life again. Antidepressants, hide our emotions. (I havenÂ´t cried in 5 years!!).
Love your quote: "No matter what else i go through in this life, i choose to feel it...good or bad".
Remember always to listen to what your body is telling you. When one has the flu, maybe the body is telling us how tired we are because too much work or how weak we are because of the food we eat.

I am so glad you are looking ahead to a better future without medication. To make things even better I encourage you to try other therapies like acupuncture. Lots of sunshine, exercise, yoga, healthy food.

And please, come to the site once in a while to check how we are and gives us support and what you learned in this journey.

Hugs
Cookie

#3 SundayGirl

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Coming off cymbalta after 3 years

Posted 26 May 2010 - 09:23 AM

THIS is my FAVORITE PART!

I find myself in between tearing up over stuff again, to giggling with GLEE that I am FEELING again! I LOVE IT!

Cymbalta dropped an anvil on all of my emotions, but just like a cartoon character, they are filling back up again, and I don't feel flat anymore and it's GREAT!

#4 TimC97124

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Taking Cymbalta for 4 years has taken it's toll and now I need to get off of it.

Posted 27 September 2010 - 12:15 PM

Bon Bon 54, on 25 May 2010 - 09:19 PM, said:

Dear Bon Bon:
Thank you for your elegant description of the difference between life on drugs and life after drugs. I read this several weeks ago, just as I was beginning the weaning process. I didn't fully comprehend what you were saying but you had painted a picture for me that gave me hope. I remembered your words frequently but I had forgotten who wrote them and where I had seen them. Now that I too am done with Cymbalta I went searching to find your post. Right now I am crying tears of joy over being able to thank you for the encouragement you gave me. And I am quite sure that others will be encouraged by your thoughts as well.

My prayer for you is that God will bless your heart bountifully,
TimC