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[iamawinner]

I am new to this forum, and as others have posted i am so sorry for what everyone is going through , but happy to hear i am not alone. Kind of an oximoron i think. This is my second attempt to go off cymbalta at 60 mgs for 3 years now . The first time i was building a fitness center that would be free to all cancer survivors and thought the pain in my body was due to the work i was doing , in the mean time i was having the dizzy spells and head swooshes and every day got worse till i was afraid the cancer had come back cause i had never felt pain like that before no matter what i was doing with my body. Fortunately after every test imaginable i was simply diagnosed with degenerative arthritis, carpal tunnel , and of course anemia. Wow what a relief . I at that point asked my oncologist if i was going to have to be on cymbalta and lyica for the rest of my life and she said , YES.
Well now that made me angry as i do not like it when something is in control of me . I went back on the cymbalta at what was supposed to be 30mg and the doctor made a mistake and filled my 60mg again , i took them cause i didn't want to feel that way any longer. Now it has been since october and I did finally take the time to go to the doc and get the 30 mg prescription filled I took them for 2 days and then had 2 family members die a day apart so i rushed to my home town to be with the rest of my family and GUESS WHAT ---- FORGOT MY CYMBALTA...REMEMBERED MY TAMOXAPHEN BUT FORGOT MY CYMBALTA .
So by the time i got back home 3 days later i was in full blown withdrawal mode. But instead of immediately taking my dose i decided to try going off cold turkey but with a plan I quit taking the Lyica 3 weeks ago and actually feel less pain now than i did while on it didn't seem to have any side effects from that. So now the Cymbalta MY PLAN is to drink a lot of green tea with lemongrass to help cleanse my liver faster and use an infrared sauna every day for 30 min , after which i will drink mineral water to replace the good minerals i lose.. I plan to use a detoxifying foot bath once per week to also help rid my body of this toxic crap....
You see I think this will work because it will get the product out of my system faster , the sauna will stop most of the pain in my body, and the tea with lemongrass will help my liver to handle the withdrawal , and the detox foot bath will pull the toxins out as well. I am loading up on Magnesium which will help stop the cramps and charlie horses and relieve some of the stress. and finally loading up on kreel oil because it is double the goodness that OMega 3s are.. and drink a lot of milk and water . cuz milk rehydrates you faster.
Well this is my plan and i will keep everyone posted on how it is working or better yet feel free to ask me cause i am afraid i will forget lol you know with the brainwaves and all.
If this works we need to tell the world because we all know how horrible the withdrawals are. I totally feel like i am staring into the twilight zone and hearing every star zoom past my ears , magnified sounds , people seem to move to fast around me , makes me dizzy. I like everyone else feel like i have been throne into full blown menapause. internal infernos, hot flashes , night sweats .. freezing, covers on covers off, walking sidways and into walls or doorways , gagging when i brush my teeth, and the crying , talking fast , repeating myself , headaches,suicidal thought, telling people off almost like it has built up in me for all these years..
But all that said , I AM LOOKING SO FORWARD TO FEELING AGAIN, I WANT TO HAVE ORGAZISMS AGIAN, AT LEAST I HOPE THEY COME BACK, I WANT TO FEEL EMOTIONAL WHEN I WANT, NOT THAT NUMB ON THE OUTSIDE AND CAGED UP EMOTION ON THE INSIDE, AND NOT FEEL DEPRESSED WHILE ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS, I WANT TO HAVE A HEALTHY LIVER , KIDNEYS, AND THOUGHT PROCESS.

[Lazydaizy]

I really hope all goes well with you. You've already come through a huge amount of challenges, but you have the will to not be beaten.
I'm on day 10 now cymbalta free. All my physical symptoms have gone, but it is the crushing anxiety that may undo me.
The mornings are worst, but I've had relief a for a few hours on a a couple of evenings, which reminds me of how great it is just to feel normal again.
My doc gave me Xanax to help me through the really rough times, but today I'm coping (so far) with meditation (difficult with my autistic son jumping on me lol)and drinking lots of water and cammomile tea.
Please keep posting XXX