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Before I started weaning off cymbalta I was on it for a year. I didn't make me feel amazing but it made me kind of cares less about things that normally would really bother me and I would constantly worry about over and over in my head. I thought it was good until I started to profusely sweat from my face/head. I would literally just be at work with the air conditioning blasting and my face would start sweating buckets. That was the only part of my body experiencing this extreme sweat too. It was making me horribly uncomfortable. I would avoid going out and hanging out with friends because I would just sit there and my face would be pouring buckets for no reason and I was just horribly embarassed. I also started eating at night when I wasn't even hungry. I wouldn't be hungry at all but had this intense urge to eat. I gained about 30 lbs since being on cymbalta which has depressed me even more. I just wanted off this drug that was starting to affect my life worse then just my normal depression.
I decided to wean off it myself because my doctor is medicine crazy and she thinks if I'm not on a pill I'm going to go crazy. Besides the crazy side effects my life was finally in order and I could manage things and I really wanted off depression meds.
I started just emptying a little bit out of my pill everyday and I would do the same amount for three days. I am now down to about 20 balls in my pill and the side effects are killing me. Things I didn't even realize were side effects from getting off cymbalta until I read many posts on here.
-horrible headaches
-lightheaded
-no energy
-diarrhea
-unable to correctly pronounce words, literally I mess up when I'm talking all the time now, my friends usually laugh and I just usually say something like I'll stop talking now. (I was suprised how many people wrote this, I just thought I was getting stupid or something)
-sore/itchy throat
-constant coughing
-sneezing
-plugged nose
-night sweats
-very vivid dreams (some are so stressful I wake up stressed out still just from my dream)
most of my dreams end up being stressful/scary/bad
-constant fatigue
I'm still decideding if I'm just going to stick it out till I'm over it or if I should just go back on cymbalta and try to work something out with my psychiatrist.. I just really want to be off meds. I'm 22 and I take 7 pills every night, I feel like an old person already and I don't think it's healthy..
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- Been on Cymbalta about 5 yrs, total of 10yrs on antidepressants. Currently working with doc to wean and looking for advice to deal with withdrawals. Also willing to share my experience with others.
Posted 29 July 2010 - 08:25 PM
I'm weaning from 30mg right now and find I'm experiencing a lot of the same side effects. Hang in there! 7 pills at 22yrs old does seem like a lot --given your age, unless you have some serious health problems.
I've been on anti depressants for 10 yrs (since I was 20). All my friends and family have always joked about my pill use too. I was on vacation earlier this year and was riding a shuttle bus to the hotel. 2 doc's were sitting behind me...they said "anyone who's on a series of long term meds obviously isn't an emotionally stable individual." This really bothered me, so I'm working my way off of them.
I've been on anti depressants for 10 yrs (since I was 20). All my friends and family have always joked about my pill use too. I was on vacation earlier this year and was riding a shuttle bus to the hotel. 2 doc's were sitting behind me...they said "anyone who's on a series of long term meds obviously isn't an emotionally stable individual." This really bothered me, so I'm working my way off of them.
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 01:10 AM
fatandtired, on 29 July 2010 - 08:25 PM, said:
I'm weaning from 30mg right now and find I'm experiencing a lot of the same side effects. Hang in there! 7 pills at 22yrs old does seem like a lot --given your age, unless you have some serious health problems.
I've been on anti depressants for 10 yrs (since I was 20). All my friends and family have always joked about my pill use too. I was on vacation earlier this year and was riding a shuttle bus to the hotel. 2 doc's were sitting behind me...they said "anyone who's on a series of long term meds obviously isn't an emotionally stable individual." This really bothered me, so I'm working my way off of them.
I've been on anti depressants for 10 yrs (since I was 20). All my friends and family have always joked about my pill use too. I was on vacation earlier this year and was riding a shuttle bus to the hotel. 2 doc's were sitting behind me...they said "anyone who's on a series of long term meds obviously isn't an emotionally stable individual." This really bothered me, so I'm working my way off of them.
Yeah I'm on
-Spironalactone (for acne)
-Minocycline (for acne)
-Yasmin (regulation & acne)
-Iron supplement (low iron)
-Zyrtec (allergies)
-Cymbalta (depression)
-Hytrin (to stop sweating from cymbalta)
So I atleast want to cut a few down. If I stop the cymbalta I can also stop the Hytrin (which doesn't really help anyways). I can't really stop the other ones. I even have a day of the week pill holder which really makes me feel old but it makes it a lot easier.
I don't think you should listen to those doctors though. A lot of times we build up doctors as almost all knowing and full of wisdom in our minds because doctor is such a prestigious position but honestly some doctors are morons and don't exactly know what they're doing or talking about. I started getting chronic headaches 10 years ago and went to a doctor. He said that I was just tired and needed to nap more. 8 years later I went to another doctor who said I had chronic pressure headaches but because I had them for so long there was nothing I can do about it now. So because of the first idiot I pretty much have a headache all the time. I mean would they rather someone not take long term drugs just so they don't seem "emotionally unstable".
The other night I was so sick I decided to go back on the cymbalta and talk to my doctor about how to more effectively ween off cymbalta. I think I went too fast for my body. Literally though I was coughing so hard it made me throw up and get a migraine and I didn't finish my homework. I have too much summer schoolwork to deal with to constantly be sick. At first I felt like I gave up but seriously I was so sick all I wanted to do was constantly sleep and eat salty snacks for my sore throat.. So I'm back on 60mg and I still feel sick, so I wonder if I'll need to take if for a few more days to feel better again.
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