I've been reading all your helpful posts for weeks now. I started my taper from 30mg on April 1st. Was on the large beads so decided to try removing one, which brought me to 25. Had a little dizziness/headache the first week and a little crying the 2nd and 3rd...and an on and off upper back ache. Stayed at 25 thru May....BUT mid May my legs became "heavy"...not numb, not asleep, not hurting---they just don't walk right. I feel like I am walking in pool....or walking like Frankenstein...My upper back occasionally is sore but stretching it out helps.
May 31st went to PC doc. Told her it could be Cymbalta Withdrawal and she said she'd run all kinds of tests...I have hyper-reflex and my bloodwork (8 vials!) show slightly high B12 but everything else good.
I had 3 neck vertebra replaced in my neck in 2010 so next she ordered an MRI on lower back (that's where leg nerves are), and x ray on mid back and neck June 7th. Report came back that I have 2 slight disks bulging in low back with no spinal cord compression...There should be no leg numbness from this---but she does want me to follow up with a neurologist. Called for appointment and can't get in till AUGUST 2nd!!! I am on the "waiting" list and marked as urgent....
So--in the meantime--I started back up--first to 27mg 6/13 (because now I switched pharmacy to get the microbeads) and now to 30mg since 6/16. Also started on Omega 3, Magnesium, and the ACV. Tried Jacuzzi and CBD oil and am VERY impatient to have this resolve and start tapering slowly.... Advice? Time frame?
Thanks for all the time you put into answering all these questions---great info site!