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#1 gail

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 02:52 PM

Hello, as I have already mentionned, I took cymbalta 30mg for 4 months.

 

So, for the first 12 days of weaning, I took 15mg. It went fine enough so I thought on day 13, geez, no more side effects, I was beginning to feel good.

 

Day 13, I cut back to 10mg. I have no brain zaps, but nausea is there and yesterday evening, I just wanted to die, suicidal ideation I guess. Happened once when I was on the 30mg dose. Never been suicidal, but, it scared me. I feel like a zombie today. I never thought I could have these thoughts, scary.

 

My question is since i'm on day 9 on 10mg, should I go back to 15 or just ride it through?

 

Please dont scare me more than I am, thank you, Gail

 

 


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Posted 10 February 2014 - 03:09 PM

While suicidal thoughts are rare during cymbalta withdrawal it does occur. If you have had this occur I would recommend, due to the seriousness of this, that you go back up to 15, stabilize and then go back down at a slower rate. Suicide is very rare during withdrawal so don't panic but you do need to be careful. You probably should mention this to your psychiatrist too. Again, it is rare so don't panic, just go slower on the withdrawal.


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Posted 10 February 2014 - 04:34 PM

Hi gail, I agree with fishinghat 100%.  I believe any suicidal thoughts need to be taken seriously, and should be discussed with your therapist. This may not make any sense at all, but my thinking at lots of different times in my life on Cymbalta and off was not suicide, but "Man I would like to just jump off the face of the earth for a while". I didn't want to die, just watch the world go by for a while. Make sense? Maybe you and or others have felt or feel  this way too, so I'm just passing it along in hopes of helping! God bless!  clara


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Posted 10 February 2014 - 04:36 PM

Thanks fishinghat,

 

Just rearranged my capsules to 15mg. Will wait to feel better, then bead counting for me.

 

Can you tell me what is the appropriate time to wait when stabilized to start removing beads?

 

Thanks again for taking the time for a poor soul. Gail


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Posted 10 February 2014 - 05:07 PM

Hi Gail. Just stay on the 15 until you feel stable enough yo start again. Just listen to your body. You will know when it is time.

Good Luck


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Posted 10 February 2014 - 08:42 PM

Ditto to everything Fishinghat said....you'll know when you're stable again...

And Clara, you just described exactly how I've felt for years...better than I've ever been able to....in fact, I've been able to do just that since I quit my job last June...granted, I'm living on savings which I shldnt be doing...but I've been off the merry-go-round and enjoying it...well, except for the awful WD effects....also, I never wld have been able to do this withdrawal process if I was working...it's taking everything I've got to work through it right now, when I have virtually no other responsibilities ....



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