In Agony! Please Help

Typically if it gets worse when you drop a bead or two it is withdrawal. If it is a side effect of the Cymbalta then the symptoms will get worse about an hour or two after taking it. That is when the Cymbalta hits maximum blood levels.

A lot of people take a month or so to stabilize after a drop and you are very sensitive to these drops on top of that. I wish I could give you a clear cut answer about it and what to do but I can only relay what I have seen before. Sorry.

I am going to check something out, be back in a minute.

The fda website only says that about 1% report these types of symptoms as a side effect.  My logic says that is highly doubtful as Cymbalta effects serotonin concentrations and serotonin is most common in the digestive tract.

The way you describe it , it does sound like an affect of Cymbalta. Has this been occurring ever since you started on Cymbalta?

That has got to be side effects. Any brain zaps or dizziness?

I checked my notes on what I have told others with similar symptoms. One thing that may help, nut not cure, is to divide the dose up and take it twice a day. For example you are taking 29 beads. Take 15 in the morning and 14 at night. This will help even out the blood levels and reduce the severity a little. I would say drop no more than 2 beads and see what happens. I wouldn't want you to drop too fast and get into a horrible withdrawal either. What do you think about this.

Hi Polly... Hat has given some sage advice here, and like he says, whilst we cannot be sure of the upshot following this, it is the better way forward given the higher levels are not reacting very well with you. It will maintain the correct level without having this peak which is causing the majority of the issues. In theory, the symptoms should reduce, although I would expect them to still be there to some degree during the remainder of the withdrawal.

You need to take the doses 12 hours apart. Ideally stick to one at the time you have taken it before, so if you took your dose at 8am, take first half then, and the second half at 8pm. Any closer together and you risk getting closer to this spike in the level again. 

Let us know how it goes!! We're rooting for you!

My goodness. This is quite a reaction. I do think the split is a good way to go. It should balance you out a bit and reduce the severity.

Day this end has been tough following a run-in with the Mental Health team, so I am burying myself in my research this evening before celebrating with a wee bit of Kratom to calm my nerves.

Bless you poppet - I hope we hear some god news from you in due course.

Glad the anxiety has abated for now - a sure positive.

Fatigue and the aches suck for sure! This is what massive sofas were made for. Let me know how you are tomorrow, and I will nip up with my therapeutic oils and give you a massage

Interesting. How far apart did you take the CBD from the Dulox? And how long after taking the CBD did you notice these symptoms?

Unfortunately this is sometimes the way with these things. We need to experiment on ourselves to find the solution!!

I've just got back from something of a challenge for me. It was a big surprise birthday for my mother - loads of people. A real test to see how far my anxiety has progressed. I lasted 2 and a half hours - goodness knows how. So I have just got home and trying out the valerian powder that arrived yesterday. I thought now would be a good time to see how it works as I sure need calming down a bit. 

Think I could do with that massage as well now, Polly!!

Thank you. You should find that the ashwagandha doesn't need much in the way of a build up in your system, although some people say wait for 2 weeks, I don't think this is necessarily true. 

Half hour since taking 1.25gm of valerian root and starting to feel a little tired but not much else, but I think it needs an hour or two for full effects to establish.