How am I feeling? Angry as hell!

#1 Cymbalta Survivor

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 06:15 PM

Not a word or warning from my doctor. Not a word of warning from the pharmacy. Not a word of warning from Eli Lilly. But hey, my doctor, the pharmacy, and Eli Lilly are all a little richer. As for me, I just get to live with the scars that still can nearly bring me to tears. And I will not be totally at peace with all of this until the system is fixed and (at a minimum) warnings about the potential effects of Cymbalta are made loud and clear at all levels: manufacturer, doctor and pharmacy. I am not talking about fine-print. I am talking about warnings that are proportional to the danger that this drug presents. Then and only then will I be able to completely come to peace with this.

#2 Lorie

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 11:32 PM

Hi have been taking Cymbalta for about 9 months. I have been problems with anemia. I am tired/weak, not energy. I really want to get off this drug. I know I am going to have bad withdrawal symptoms but am wondering if I should just take it on cold turkey...anyone else done that?

#3 CathyH

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Posted 10 July 2008 - 11:57 AM

I was originally prescribed this awful med about 3 years ago, about a year after it came on the market. I started on 30mg, and soon went up to 60mg daily. I have bipolar 2 and had learned that antideppresants can actually cause bipolar symptoms to become worse, and irreversibly worse. So I went to my doc and asked to be taken off.

I went from 60mg daily, to 30mg daily, to 30mg every other day. This took me months to do, as I suffered withdrawal symptoms every step of the way. Just 14 days ago, I went off completely. I have the usual, most common withdrawals described on this site.

It's a scary thing, but it can be done. I know I'm only 14 days out, but I believe I can do this thing. There are a lot of success stories here to give you hope. And you may be one of the ones that don't have withdrawals, or have them very minimally.

About the anger: Yeah.......I love it when these asses throw meds out on the market, and we get to be the lab rats. Hell, when I've brought these withdrawal issues to my doctor, he won't even talk about it. He listens, nods his head, but won't say a word. THAT pisses me off. He won't even validate what I'm going thru. And I don't believe for one second that he isn't aware. (Yea...I know I need a new doc)

CathyH