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Cymbalta 60Mg For 1.5 Months And Still Getting Nasty Withdrawal


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#1 coastgirl

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Posted 26 May 2017 - 01:40 AM

I was on Cymbalta for 1.5 months at 60 mg.  I was fine on the drug and it seemed to help my depressive symptoms, but I recently got into a relationship and the sexual side effects for me (aka no sex drive and my clitoris felt like it was dead) were just not something I wanted to live with.

 

Additional annoying side effects were forgetfulness and a general feeling of numbness/haziness.  I also found that my response to favorite songs that would usually get my blood pumping had ZERO effect on me.  Like, they sounded boring.

 

So I took two weeks to do a self taper by opening up the capsules and dumping about half out the first week (30mg) and then about 75% out for the second week (20mg).  Then I stopped.

 

So far I am having headache and nausea (kind of like a carsick feeling) and major vertigo/brain zaps (I mentioned in another post the Sudafed helps with the brain zaps....unfortunately it doesn't help too much with the mild nausea feeling).

 

I've also had an increase in appetite, incredibly LONG and vivid dreams, and general malaise.  I just feel like I'm hung over all the time.

 

No depressive symptoms aside from the general depression one gets from feeling like shit physically.

 

The good news is I can orgasm again (ha) and music once again sounds good and gives me that little "high".  Seems my memory seems a bit better and I have more mental clarity (aka, I feel like myself again, warts and all).

 

My question is, after only 1.5 months on the drug, can I just wait out these withdrawal symptoms or should I bead count a bit more down from that 20mg?

 

I'm 3 days off the drug completely.


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Posted 26 May 2017 - 05:52 AM

Hello Coastgirl,

Welcome, I would leave it like that. No bead count, nothing. I see no utility in putting back beads in your body.

A bit of side effects for a short while, you can do this. Benadryl for anxiety should it show up. Tylenol Cold and flue for brain zaps.

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Posted 26 May 2017 - 08:21 AM

I agree with Gail. The next 2 weeks will tell if the symptoms are going to get worse. Hopefully your short time on the drug will be an asset. even if the symptoms get worse you could always go back up to 5 mg and see if that is enough to stabilize. That's where I would start.


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Posted 26 May 2017 - 09:17 PM

Thanks guys.  I'm honestly surprised the withdrawal is this bad given that I was only on it for a short time.  I just feel constantly car sickness with vertigo


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Posted 27 May 2017 - 05:01 AM

Coastgirl,

Remember that this will pass.

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Posted 27 May 2017 - 08:20 AM

It is easy to underestimate. For many it is one of the worse withdrawals. Thank you Eli Lilley and Cymbalta.


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Posted 24 June 2017 - 11:50 AM

I just saw your post. Same thing going on with me but not counting,what are you taking for the nausea and wozzy head feeling?



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