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[GettingGimpy]

So it's been about 4 months since I quit Cymbalta. It's been a hell of a ride. I just wanted to know if anyone still occasionally gets effects similar to the acute withdrawal? I noticed that in various parts of my body (can be my hand, toe, arm, or chest) occasionally zap, or hurt kind of like a "strong tingle." I get them especially after ingesting a substance, like alcohol, MJ (medical), or medication that I take. This could be entirely unrelated to Cymbalta, but as I was going through withdrawal I was getting very similar zaps to what I'm feeling now.

 

Any input? Other than that I'm getting back to my old self. Thanks. 

 

Also: It doesn't make me twitch or anything, so it's not like the "brain zaps" that we all experienced. It's simply a tiny, painful pinching sensation... Kind of hard to explain but I think it may be related to my nerves?

[fishinghat]

Those brief common but can be expected with the exposure to any material or substance that effects the central nervous system. This can include coffee, paint, alcohol, varnish, MJ, certain medications, etc. It can take the nervous system a full 2 years to readjust to life without a psych med. In the meantime one needs to be kind to themselves.

[GettingGimpy]

Those brief common but can be expected with the exposure to any material or substance that effects the central nervous system. This can include coffee, paint, alcohol, varnish, MJ, certain medications, etc. It can take the nervous system a full 2 years to readjust to life without a psych med. In the meantime one needs to be kind to themselves.

 

Have you experienced it?

[fishinghat]

Myself and many others on this site have noted it. I do a lot of work around home including cleaning with solvents and stains and varnishes. They certainly increased my withdrawal symptoms and relapses.

[GettingGimpy]

Me too! I clean a hotel/bar and every time I use Bona for mopping or other cleaners I feel it, unless I cover up my face when I'm close to it. Man, I wonder why this is. I assume it's the opposite of "treating the nerve pain" that Cymbalta is supposed to. So basically, duloxetine causes permanent effects on the nervous system? Oh yeah, you said about 2 years. 

[bluepanda]

I'm really learning a good deal through this process. I've been on psych meds since I was 16 and I'm 40. I truly believe that there are people who are born deficient of the chemicals they need meds to maintain a healthy brain function. BUT I am also wondering what physician can be so irresponsible to just continue to prescribe a med for years and years without even considering the possibility that a persons chemistry can change and they may or may not need a psych med every day for the rest of their lives. 

 

I do anticipate that it will take time to adjust to life without a psych med but as I shared in a different post this evening, along with some of the emotional upheavals, there have also been times of mental clarity and lightheartedness that I never have experienced before. 

[fishinghat]

A very time consuming process coming of all these meds but the moments of 'normality' are worth it.

 

God bless, be patient and endure.