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[bcgirl45]

Hi all. I would like to hear from any of you who were successful weaning off of Cymbalta using Prozac. How much, how long, etc. Thanks.

Hi Teddy, it did work for me, and it doesn't work for everybody. I weaned off of cymbalta over 5 wks. The last week I used prozac 5mg to 10 mg a day for just over a wk.(my cymbalta taper was at 15mg a day at the end.) 20 mg of prozac felt too strong. I had quit klonopin cold turkey(klonopin withdrawals mirrored cymbalta withdrawals in my case, it was rough) abut a month prior, I could finally feel how the cymbalta was really making me sick without another cover up pharmeceutical layered on top of it. Over the end of my cymbalta taper prozac did alleviated SOME of the withdrawals, don't get me wrong, it wasn't a cakewalk, but it did help me. A man named Steve used it for one wk as well, the discussions on this site(somewhat controversial) are under "cymbalta weaning" columns under Prozac bate and switch by bcgirl45 and another success story by bcgirl45 etc. I'd been on the cymbalta for 13 mos. 60 mg per day. I listed links to other sites as well so you can read them regarding prozac being used only for a cymbalta taper, and then discontinued as well. Again, it doesn't work for everybody, but it's worked for a few of us. I've been off of everything for 49 days now. My emotions are starting to level out, there is some physical lingering in sore muscles and joints, but I am getting better, it's just slower than I thought and everyone's different. I hope you find a method that can work for you. God Bless bcgirl45

[Junior]

I switched from Cymbalta to Wellbutrin and Prozac three days ago, and I still have my withdrawal symptoms of nausea, dizziness,and diarhhea that I get every time I don't take Cymbalta for a couple of days. The first day I took Prozac I felt awesome mentally and physically, but now I'm not so great. Bleh.

Hi Alana

If you don't mind me asking, why did you switch? What dose of C were you on beforehand and did you wean slowly? I'm asking because I've come to understand that switching rarely works and can cause more problems than it is designed to fix. Also, it is still possible to feel withdrawal from one drug while going on to others.

Take care
Junior

[nursedeborah]

Hi Teddy, it did work for me, and it doesn't work for everybody. I weaned off of cymbalta over 5 wks. The last week I used prozac 5mg to 10 mg a day for just over a wk.(my cymbalta taper was at 15mg a day at the end.) 20 mg of prozac felt too strong. I had quit klonopin cold turkey(klonopin withdrawals mirrored cymbalta withdrawals in my case, it was rough) abut a month prior, I could finally feel how the cymbalta was really making me sick without another cover up pharmeceutical layered on top of it. Over the end of my cymbalta taper prozac did alleviated SOME of the withdrawals, don't get me wrong, it wasn't a cakewalk, but it did help me. A man named Steve used it for one wk as well, the discussions on this site(somewhat controversial) are under "cymbalta weaning" columns under Prozac bate and switch by bcgirl45 and another success story by bcgirl45 etc. I'd been on the cymbalta for 13 mos. 60 mg per day. I listed links to other sites as well so you can read them regarding prozac being used only for a cymbalta taper, and then discontinued as well. Again, it doesn't work for everybody, but it's worked for a few of us. I've been off of everything for 49 days now. My emotions are starting to level out, there is some physical lingering in sore muscles and joints, but I am getting better, it's just slower than I thought and everyone's different. I hope you find a method that can work for you. God Bless bcgirl45

Teddy,
Please know that the way your trying to get off Cymbalta is not what is
recomended here at all. There have been a very few who have passed through
here that have been lucky to take a few doses of Prozac 20 mg, or even one
dose, and just get off this crap, and be fine.

I have been here for a very long time, and have seen more of the it does not
work that way at all! That the very slow weaning weaning prcess is the best,
safest, also your in control at all times, and if your still having too many
withdrawls symptoms all you have to do is add a few beads, or maybe not decrease
as often. Adding Prozac 20 mg daily does help with the withdrawls, as it is a
longer acting drug than the Cymbalta, also not as hard to get off of once we are
done getting of this one. Heck anything would be a cake walk compared to this!!

I don't know what dose or how long you have been on the Cymbalta, but what I have
also seen is that people who have been on it longer do have a harder time coming
off of it.

I won't go into all the medical/physical stuff about it, but our brains are addicted
to this drug, and the withdrawl process is compared to that as coming off a narcotic
such as Oxycontin or heroin. So one see's why this is so very hard to stop. just having
them give us a bunch of differnt antidepressants will not make it go away any faster, or
even stop them.

That is why this place was such a God send for me, the system that they came up with worked!
That's all I cared about, not a bunch of hoakie ideads.

All one has to do is to remove 10 beads from their dose every 2 weeks until your done, drink
lot's of water, eat, rest, sit in the sun 15 min a day, or tanning salon, check out the vitamins,
and minerals they have on here for some of your symptoms. They didn't work for me, but I still
made it from 60 mg x's 3 1/2 years, and started weaning Aug 31,09, and I am down to 35 beads now!

If you have any questions please let me know.

Debbie

[nursedeborah]

Teddy,
This site is not a really good place to find people who have found
the easy way out. The majority of us have had to either battle while
on this drug, and also finding the right amount for the slow weaning
process that is taught here.

The 3-4 out of over 8,000 plus did not get that lucky to just take a
Prozac, and be done with the withdrawls of Cymbalta.

We have suffered severly both mentally and physically. Some have lost
jobs, could not balance their check books, get off the couch, take a
bath, feel anything just numb, oh the list just goes on and on.

Here is the withdrawl site so you can look up what your going through
and see it is not you, but what the drug is doing to you,

http://prozactruth.com/cymbalta.htm















If you want all the pain, and terror to stop just let me know, and I
will give you the weaning process that I was taught here, and that has
helped thousands get off this, and not have to suffer. Also your in
control of you withdrawl process! So if your having a harder time than
most you can do something about it like we all did.

Take Care, you can do this!!!!

I think I already told you, but here it is again. I did used Prozac 20 mg
still am everyday during the withdrawl process, and yes it has helped, but
was not a cure all for me. I was on 60 mg for 3 1/2 years.

How long were you on Cymbalta?

[nursedeborah]

I switched from Cymbalta to Wellbutrin and Prozac three days ago, and I still have my withdrawal symptoms of nausea, dizziness,and diarhhea that I get every time I don't take Cymbalta for a couple of days. The first day I took Prozac I felt awesome mentally and physically, but now I'm not so great. Bleh.

Alana,

I just wrote something on this subject as I feel so sorry for people that come here
thinking the Prozac is their way out, and off this drug. For most here it is not!
We have had about 3-4 people who it did help, but that leaves over 8,000 of us who
just had to use the slow wean, so that tells me something, or two.

Number one a antidepressant has to get into your blood stream, and this takes time
to do so, around 6-8 8 weeks. yes it can work faster on some, but just one I would
think it's more along the lines of of just wanting it to work, or that one just got
real blessed.

I know when I got here i was willing to try anything as I had been a nothing for so
long already due to this noxious drug. If they would have told me to eat Monkey's
arm pit's I would have as I just could go on living like I was. All the side effects
I was having I later found on the withdrawl site, so it did help, but my body had not
been mine in so long that I had no control over it anyway, I could only sleep by then
and be full of worry, fean, and anxiety.

I jumped on the slow wean, told my doc what I was doing, he didn't think it was the med
I took him the withdraw site, but it's just off the internet, so it was really not
trusted.

It took me a while to get the hang of all of this when I started my withdrawl back on Aug 31
2009, but I finally got it as good as I could, and as of today I am finally down to under 5mg!

You can do this, keep your mind, and function like a normal person, plus always be in control
of you own weaning process. There is no danger in doing what we are doing, and finally doc are
learning from us to decrease it the way we have taught them how we learned!

If you want the slow wean just let me know as I am more tah willing to help you get you life
back again, and to live during the withdrawls to the fullest that you can:)


Don't ever give up, it's jus the meds talking to you!! Your also not crazy!

Here is that site
http://www.prozactru...om/cymbalta.htm

Debbie

[Junior]

Deb

I took two Prozac pills during my withdrawal - and they helped enormously. Be careful not to confuse fact with opinion.

Cheers
Junior