[Andrea]

New to the forum and so thankful for it! I thought I was crazy. The doc thought my complaints of weight gain, tiredness and confusion were all bogus. I realized yesterday am after forgetting to take the pill the night before that I was dizzy and had shooting feelings in my body. I quick ran home and took a pill. It was too late though, withdrawal had set in. So, I checked online and found you guys. I decided this is scary stuff and I am about to embarq on my adventure of withdrawal for good. I am scared, to say the least. I am already a bit dizzy and have a shaky feeling in me. I plan on going today to the doc and telling her this is it, I am done with the cymbalta. I was on prozac before this and plan to get a low dose script for that. I will also be getting some supplements such as Omega3, Vit d & B12 as well as some sleepytime tea and antioxidants. Wish me luck!

Andrea

[milinda]

I feel your pain. I,ve been completly off two weeks today and still having withdrawl. My withdrawls are different every few days. Now Im at These Awful nightmares. I went down on my Cymbalta so slow that i had divided down to 5mg. capsules. This is a terrible drug. I called the cymbalta company and gave them a piece of my mind when i was most sick. Their response " Your not going down slow enough". If that isnt slow I dont know what is. A wonderful website is www.psychdrugtruth.com/cymbalta. It has from a-z what withdrawls you will go through physiacally and mentally. As long as your aware that its the drug making you fill the way you do and its NOT YOU, you can get off. Hang In there it WILL get Better.

[milinda]

Sorry about that, Web Sit is - htt://www.psychdrugtruth.com/cymbalta.htm.
milinda

[Andrea]

Thank you for the words of support. I did go today to the Dr. She is into alternative medicine with herbs and such and was willing to give me the Omega3 and some other vitamins and a supplement to calm myself should I need it. She even gave me the prozac. She didn't however feel that I should have withdrawal on day 1 (which I do) or that the withdrawal should be any worse on cymbalta than any other anti-depressant. I told her that that is what I believe, I'm not nuts, just need something to take the edge off and have had nothing but problems since taking this. You tell me if these symptoms aren't real then why are there nearly 1 million hits on google when I search Cymbalta Withdrawal??? Of course she had no answer and said she wanted to discuss this with the drug rep. Yeah, good luck with that. As long as I have my vitamins and whatnot and some prozac and you leave me be, you talk to that rep until you're good and blue in the face.

Oh, exhaustion and headache have set in. The fun has only just begun. Off to take some motrin and lay back down.

[Andrea]

Well, I do feel worse today for sure. Not sure if it's partly due to being at work and not able to lay down or what. I have a cold to begin with so my nose is stuffy and I am coughing. I did sleep well last night, but am super exhausted and cannot keep my eyes open all the way. When I am up and walking around I get tingly in the hands and not sure if they are brain zaps or not, but I do get sort of an electrical pulse feeling through my body and sometimes seem to lose a bit of sight if I look down. I can't say that I feel like I have the flu exactly, because I'm not miserable. I am just so so tired! I also feel like I can't quite grasp what is going on around me. Sort of like it's just out of reach and I can't quite keep things straight in my head. Not too bothersome, just hope it passes quickly. Occasionally I can feel my heart palpitate-not totally abnormal for me, but it's more frequent than usual. It tends to normally happen to me when I am either super stressed out or tired. Man, can't wait to head home and hit the pillow.

[nossri4me]

Welcome and good luck thru yourwithdrawal. I have posted under Weaning Off Cymbalta 60mg cold turkey if you want my withdrawal details.
Nossri4me

[jennygirl]

Andrea,
I havent been on here in a week but I quit cold turkey also...about 3 weeks ago. The first week was hell...very very dizzy, brain shocks, headache, the works...I am happy to say that I am almost completely symptom free...only a few mild brain Zaps every once in a while, but I know these will pass, I was only on 30 mg for 3 months so maybe that is why I was able to kick it quicker than others..whatever you do DO NOT take any more..I think that is the key!! once you have it out of your body, keep it out of your body! I also started taking a good multi vitamin and mineral supplement plug Omega 3s the very day that I got off and I am certain that helped...I am so overjoyed to be able to function and think again...I have my life back..I have a good friend on Prozac and I do feel that is a safer drug as she has never had any adverse reactions when she has missed a dose or two...Good Luck and hang it there...

[Andrea]

Home from work again. I couldn't stand up without zaps and being dizzy. Slept for an extra 3 hours this morning and have been taking it easy since. I do feel a bit better now as I took a nice shower (not long though as I couldn't stay standing up that long). This is really scary stuff! About to get the kids off the bus and will offer them a few bucks to help me with the house. They like it because they get money and I like it because I don't have to do everything. DS is stopping by to keep me company. Thank God for the support I have in my family and here online. Hope you are all having a good day!

[mnd1276]

Andrea, I also quit cold turkey on Weds. You are not crazy...I had headaches on the FIRST day and three days later, I STILL have them. :oops: I feel like I am going crazy! I just want to bang my head against the wall to make the pain go away. I also keep staring at the damn bottle of Cymbalta wondering if I should just take the damn pill to make the pain go away.

Did or do you feel very emotional? I have been on Cymbalta for over a year and I just had to quit because I had no emotions...I went through every day with a smile on my face but I don't remember what it feels like to be happy or sad or angry or anything.

Wondering if all of the emotions are normal with the withdrawal?

Anyways, I am thankful to have stumbled upon this forum because I think it may be my guardian angel to help me through this withdrawal.

Michelle

[kracicot]

Hello all...
I'm reading this information and bawling my eyes out as i type this. i've tried 3 times to come off of this drug and it's so so difficult and no one knows what it's like, least of all my boyfriend. it's so scary to feel those zaps, like your vision can't keep up...the dizziness, the nausea...the emotional mess that I have become.I have been on every single anti depressant that there is out there and this was th last one i could try...i plateaued on all the others. I was med free for 5 years and went through the hell of an apartment fire in which i lost everything...a marriage and a divorce and had my father die in my arms as well as go back to college and finish my degree. That pretty much runs the gammet of emotions and i was fine...until i started working in a job where the other women in the office were getting sexually harassed and our manager, to whom it was also happening, threw me under the bus after i finally told my boss that her father, yes...the boss, the owner of the company's father, was sexually harassing the women...i was barely harassed and the rage i felt in that situation made me feel the need to seek therapy and also medication...
and here i am...2 years later, trying to get off this medication...if i had only known that it would be this difficult i never would have taken it!!!! i am so emotional and crying at the drop of a hat and then rip-roaring raging mad...and then dizzy and getting the brain zaps and just so out of sorts...i keep dropping things...running into things...i'm covered in bruises and just came on the internet to find out if this is happening to other people.
i can't believe how this drug affects people and that we're never warned of this when we're given it by our doctors. this is misery...i don't know where to put myself or where to begin to heal from this...
i started weaning myself off 4 months ago...down to every other day taking 20 mg. i didn't have any side effects then...but now i'm on day 4 of not taking this drug and i'm a disaster.
who has advice? who can help me?
who can relate?
please tell me this gets better, i can't be on this stupid drug anymore...i've gained so much weight i can't stand my body...i have no energy to exercise...no drive for sex...can't cry when i 'm sad...barely laugh when i'm happy...there's something not right about being given something that destroys you on its way out of your system....
help, please. please email me so i can find a withdrawal buddy...kracicot@gmail.com