Can These Symptoms Still Be From Withdrawl?
#1
Posted 28 July 2010 - 05:51 PM
I was on it for only a couple months, then went off fairly quickly (I was told to taper off but only 60, 30,then 0-- over 2 weeks)... within days i thought i was dying. Figured out it was the withdrawl (i didn't know about the possibility) but didn't restart the meds. I thought I was nearly through the worst of it... WRONG! I had major zaps, fatigue (in bed/sleeping 20 hrs/day), very bad pins/needles&pain in limbs(hands,arms, legs - too the point where i could bearly feed myself/ walk etc), memory loss, dizziness, visual pain/light sensitivies... so many things...
Things have improved over the months - but not by much -- I still sleep a ton, am super fatigued by the slightest effort (unload the dishwasher), dizzy, unsteady, and still have the peripheral neuropathy (pins/needles/pain in limbs)...My symptoms get worse if I am stressed, or if i exert myself much. I 'pay for it' if I do 'too much' --example: if I go somewhere with my kids --like take them to a movie/dinner.
I can't do housework, shop, or look after my kids on my own (on a whole day/daily basis )
I feel like i have MS or something (my doctor is having me tested for that)
I am NOT depressed...
CAn these symptoms STILL be from the withdrawl? any ideas for me? thanks !
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#2
Posted 31 July 2010 - 01:11 AM
Maybe I am not the right person to give you an answer, because I am still on cymbalta. I started weaning 11 weeks ago.
Thank you for posting after 10 months of quitting and giving us this feedback (although not a good one).
Why would the doctor prescribe cymbalta for tiredness? if it is used for fibromyalgia or depression?
Concerning your question, asking if what you are feeling right now are still withdrawal symptoms, these are my comments. I am not a doctor, but what I do to know if a symptom is withdrawal or not, I try to think about how I felt in the past, before cymbalta was prescribed. If I had a certain symptom before cymbalta, then is the initial illness coming back. If it is a new symptom, then I think it is withdrawal.
From what you mention, I think the fatigue you are having is the returning of your initial illness, the one for which cymbalta was prescribe. The rest: dizziness, pins & needles sounds like withdrawals. However it is so weird that you still have these symptoms after 10 months.
What does your doctor say???? besides getting you checked for MS?
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#3
Posted 06 May 2013 - 08:43 PM
Merrymusie:
2+ year off after only 35 20 mg doses (3 wks on, 5 wks weaning) still have what seem to be residual symptoms: fatigue, anxiety, hostility, some suicidal thoughts, peripheral neuropathies, acute back and leg pain, unsteadiness, chills and sweats, etc. Must pace myself to get anything done, generally there's backlash pain and exhaustion. So little gets done. Thank God I'm retired, single, don't have a family, relationship, or job to worry about.
How are things for you now? What have your doctors had to say about these long-term debilities? Please let me know how you're doing now and what you have learned.
Thanks, and all the best.
#4
Posted 07 May 2013 - 06:20 PM
MerryMusie: There are a couple of YouTube videos I was watching today...people basically just vloging about their symptoms. However, if you search "cymbalta withdrawl" on YouTube there are a couple of videos of people still having long-term effects, one woman is two years off the Cymbalta and is still having symptoms. Best to you and you are not alone in your struggles.
#6
Posted 07 May 2013 - 09:47 PM
Yes this can be withdrawals and it can also be from taking cymbalta. There are others like Heartfeathers, tomitsu and gargan who are still dealing with issues created from taking it. I was reading not too long ago about possibly permanent changes in brain caused by antidepressants. If you google it there is a surprising number of articles concerning it (or maybe not so surprising after experiencing Crapalta).
Another avenue that should be investigated. Now if only someone with some influence would get interested in what this drug does to people.
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#7
Posted 11 October 2013 - 03:58 AM
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#8
Posted 12 October 2013 - 03:29 PM
Merrymumsie,
I can absolutely relate - I'm having many similar symptoms. I'm in the process of getting a thorough workup (rheumatologist, allergist, etc) to rule out anything organic. I'm fairly sure it's due to the Cymbalta, but doctors have assured me that's impossible. It sucks to feel so sick with no real relief. I highly recommend supplements (see my supplements list on the nutrition board), Sea Bands for the vertigo, and lots and lots of rest. Hang in there, I'll be thinking about you.
#10
Posted 16 October 2013 - 04:06 PM
Hi Heartfeathers
So that is what I did wrong and yet I went much slower than what the doctor figured it whould take (but then he is a Moron anyway). I would love him to have to take this garbage but then with his luck he would probably be in the 80% of those who have few side effects when stopping. Maybe if we put them on a dose of 90 or 120mg a day and then had them go every second day and then every third day or cold turkey it would have the desired effect.
I would like him to have to deal with a totally messed up thought process like me all because he didn't bother to take the time to do the evaluation he was supposed to do before starting me on that crap.
I am having a very angry day today because I am so sick and tired of feeling either sad, angry, depressed and/or ill. I didn't have to deal with these kinds of things much before I took Crapalta. That freakin Moron had the nerve to say to me that maybe I was like this before as he couldn't know for sure as he hadn't been my doctor for that long. (4 freakin years the Moron has been my doctor).
I wonder if this ever will end. I wonder if I can sue my doctor.
#12
Posted 25 October 2013 - 05:40 AM
yes, you read that right: I am still experiencing debilitating symptoms 10 months after going off cymbalta. Last Sept. (mid month) I took my last pill. I was originally taking it for tiredness/weakness... not depression.
I was on it for only a couple months, then went off fairly quickly (I was told to taper off but only 60, 30,then 0-- over 2 weeks)... within days i thought i was dying. Figured out it was the withdrawl (i didn't know about the possibility) but didn't restart the meds. I thought I was nearly through the worst of it... WRONG! I had major zaps, fatigue (in bed/sleeping 20 hrs/day), very bad pins/needles&pain in limbs(hands,arms, legs - too the point where i could bearly feed myself/ walk etc), memory loss, dizziness, visual pain/light sensitivies... so many things...
Things have improved over the months - but not by much -- I still sleep a ton, am super fatigued by the slightest effort (unload the dishwasher), dizzy, unsteady, and still have the peripheral neuropathy (pins/needles/pain in limbs)...My symptoms get worse if I am stressed, or if i exert myself much. I 'pay for it' if I do 'too much' --example: if I go somewhere with my kids --like take them to a movie/dinner.
I can't do housework, shop, or look after my kids on my own (on a whole day/daily basis )
I feel like i have MS or something (my doctor is having me tested for that)
I am NOT depressed...
CAn these symptoms STILL be from the withdrawl? any ideas for me? thanks !
Omg! I thought I was almost through this! 6 moths to date and all of the symptoms like zapps, dizziness,etc. have stopped but the fog still lingers. Organising my house is impossible I'm so glad my youngest child is almost 15 as I could not cope with a small child. I was once house proud and a clean freak and now I can barely motivate myself to shower on alternate days. I don't even talk about it to my family anymore or my doctor as I know they're sick of hearing it and I truly doubt they believe what I say... I've truly reached the end and find myself desperately exhausted by this poison, out is looking like a good option because I can't deal with this nightmare any longer, the thought of exceeding a year is unbearable...
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#13
Posted 07 February 2014 - 09:36 PM
#14
Posted 07 February 2014 - 11:39 PM
Are you taking nutritional supplements and eating the foods that help?
You'r Vic's rub idea is one I haven't heard ... ! Would Epsom salt baths or soaks be helpful? The magnesium, in Epsom baths and as a supplement, help my muscle pain a lot ....
Hang in there!
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