[cln1812]

I hope it will get better for me. I've been on Cymbalta since 2008 (was prescribed it both for panic disorder but I've got fibromyalgia too) and recently stopped cold turkey. I was actually on 120 mg. and over the holidays, mispacked my medication and ran low so that by the last week of my 2 week Christmas trip, I'd either have to stop Cymbalta cold turkey or could go 60 mg. Went from 120 mg. to 60 mg. with very little problems (all this time, hubby was very ill but refused to see a doctor in California because of our lowsy health insurance and wanted to wait until we were back in Texas to see a doc. I didn't want to make a big to-do about my Cymbalta with my inlaws (they are the types who'd never take a psych med or think people should need one but I'm beginning to think their distrust of psych. meds is quite legit). Anyway, with a sick husband, having to pack for a return flight out of LAX into Houston and dealing with a 3 yr. old on the plane, I had plenty of stress but managed).

I went cold turkey after 60 mg. and now I'm having all the usual suspects - more panic attacks (even though Cymbalta wasn't really preventing them anyway), nerve & muscle pain (terrible, if I don't take ibuprofen and forget, by 3 PM, the nerve pain/zaps have me so on edge I'm screaming at my 3 yr. old even for things that aren't that big a deal and every little sound, especially annoying sounds like a whiny toddler, but even just minor sounds like hearing hubby type on the computer) will have me on edge and feeling like I'm getting shocks throughout my body and biting down on tinfoil. So far, I guess, I'm fortunate as I am no stranger to coming off psych meds and had a terrible withdrawal from Effexor, I knew I shouldn't have trusted that Cymbalta would be easier) but at least I know what brain zaps, panic attacks, etc. are.

But does anyone get more nervy with withdrawal from auditory stimulation? I've just never had that happen before. It's one thing when it is a stressful sound to begin with like a whining, overtired toddler but another altogether when even the sound of rain or typing has me gritting my teeth and feeling on edge. I never expected there'd be so much physical pain coming off this drug for me - pain in my muscles, joints, etc., or maybe it's underlying fibro., it's hard when everything in the body is so interconnected.

I've had crazy insane mood swings, I'm sure not helped by the fact I've just started my menstrual cycle, but I'll go from hot to cold one second, raging and screaming and then start channelling it into doing things. Hubby seems a bit taken aback by all the things I am accomplishing between my rages and mood swings, I just wish I didn't have the moodiness to deal with.

[pamela]

When I was weaning and having terrible headaches noises would bother me more. My dog barking was like a knife going through my skull....seriously that bad.

It's amazing how many senses, emotions, body parts and functions that that little pill messes up.

I hope that you start feeling better. I weaned really slowly with the help of other meds and still had some really bad days.....

All my best,
Pam