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[anothersideofme]

Wow...this is pretty overwhelming! I am very glad to have found this site. I have been on 60 mg cymbalta for about two years and began thinking a few months ago that I would like to wean off. I started looking around online and was amazed at all the horror stories! I knew that going cold turkey was bad, but didn't realize how hard weaning could be!

Anyway, I've read through alot of the posts on here and just wanted to introduce myself. I have a feeling I'm going to be needing you guys alot in the coming month or months. I started out on Zoloft about 12 years ago for panic/anxiety. I think it worked really well. I then went through a really bad anxious period around two years ago and my doctor switched me to cymbalta. I eventually felt some relief with it after getting through the original side effects, but have never felt good. I tend to feel anxious and spacey most of the day. Not horrible, just there if you know what I mean? I've also noticed that I can't focus very well and my feelings or connection to others doesn't seem fully there. I'm sorry, its hard to explain.

I decided that since it's not making me feel good and I'm worried that it might be bad for my body, I should stop taking it. I'm actually very scared to do this. Not just for the withdrawals, but I'm scared that, what if it actually is working and the anxiety I'm feeling now would be uncontrollable without it. So confusing, kind of what came first the chicken or the egg? Is the cymbalta causing the anxious feeling or is it controlling the anxious feeling? Argh!

I've done therapy, Lucinda Basset's attacking anxiety program (really liked that one, think it helped the most). I'm almost sure that I'm going to do a program called point of return to help me nutritionally through the weaning process. I'm sure it's possible that it is a scam, but after researching the supplements it does sound like a good idea.

So...if anyone has made it this far through my post..thank you for reading it and I hope you guys will introduce yourselves to me too. I'm glad that you're here!

[anothersideofme]

Oh, yea. I think I'm going to do the weaning by weighing my pills. I purchased a jewelry scale from ebay. Also, I hate to say this, but my long time family doctor told me to wean by doing the every other day process. After reading this site and other information available online, I'm now seriously concerned about his knowledge level.

O.K., think I'm done now

[maddie]

Wow...this is pretty overwhelming! I am very glad to have found this site. I have been on 60 mg cymbalta for about two years and began thinking a few months ago that I would like to wean off. I started looking around online and was amazed at all the horror stories! I knew that going cold turkey was bad, but didn't realize how hard weaning could be!

Anyway, I've read through alot of the posts on here and just wanted to introduce myself. I have a feeling I'm going to be needing you guys alot in the coming month or months. I started out on Zoloft about 12 years ago for panic/anxiety. I think it worked really well. I then went through a really bad anxious period around two years ago and my doctor switched me to cymbalta. I eventually felt some relief with it after getting through the original side effects, but have never felt good. I tend to feel anxious and spacey most of the day. Not horrible, just there if you know what I mean? I've also noticed that I can't focus very well and my feelings or connection to others doesn't seem fully there. I'm sorry, its hard to explain.

I decided that since it's not making me feel good and I'm worried that it might be bad for my body, I should stop taking it. I'm actually very scared to do this. Not just for the withdrawals, but I'm scared that, what if it actually is working and the anxiety I'm feeling now would be uncontrollable without it. So confusing, kind of what came first the chicken or the egg? Is the cymbalta causing the anxious feeling or is it controlling the anxious feeling? Argh!

I've done therapy, Lucinda Basset's attacking anxiety program (really liked that one, think it helped the most). I'm almost sure that I'm going to do a program called point of return to help me nutritionally through the weaning process. I'm sure it's possible that it is a scam, but after researching the supplements it does sound like a good idea.

So...if anyone has made it this far through my post..thank you for reading it and I hope you guys will introduce yourselves to me too. I'm glad that you're here!

Hi...I don't have the patience to do the weaning thing and am cold turkey. As for your fear of the anxiety getting worse without it....if that happens you and your doctor can always discuss what to do next. But you won't know until you try. It doesn't sound as though the Cymbalta was helping all that much since you had the anxiety while you were on it. I hope you are doing this with the help of a very good psychiatrist. I could not be doing this cold turkey thing I am doing without my amazing psychiatrist. Its 9 days for me. For the first few days she phoned me 3 times a day. She is now down to 1 phone call a day, including weekends, since I guess she figures I am going to survive. lol. But she did give me her email address and said to use it immediately if I need her help. I wish you luck and strength in your journey....make sure you are doing it with a doc's help.

[purplestickynugs]

Wow...this is pretty overwhelming! I am very glad to have found this site. I have been on 60 mg cymbalta for about two years and began thinking a few months ago that I would like to wean off. I started looking around online and was amazed at all the horror stories! I knew that going cold turkey was bad, but didn't realize how hard weaning could be!

Anyway, I've read through alot of the posts on here and just wanted to introduce myself. I have a feeling I'm going to be needing you guys alot in the coming month or months. I started out on Zoloft about 12 years ago for panic/anxiety. I think it worked really well. I then went through a really bad anxious period around two years ago and my doctor switched me to cymbalta. I eventually felt some relief with it after getting through the original side effects, but have never felt good. I tend to feel anxious and spacey most of the day. Not horrible, just there if you know what I mean? I've also noticed that I can't focus very well and my feelings or connection to others doesn't seem fully there. I'm sorry, its hard to explain.

I decided that since it's not making me feel good and I'm worried that it might be bad for my body, I should stop taking it. I'm actually very scared to do this. Not just for the withdrawals, but I'm scared that, what if it actually is working and the anxiety I'm feeling now would be uncontrollable without it. So confusing, kind of what came first the chicken or the egg? Is the cymbalta causing the anxious feeling or is it controlling the anxious feeling? Argh!

I've done therapy, Lucinda Basset's attacking anxiety program (really liked that one, think it helped the most). I'm almost sure that I'm going to do a program called point of return to help me nutritionally through the weaning process. I'm sure it's possible that it is a scam, but after researching the supplements it does sound like a good idea.

So...if anyone has made it this far through my post..thank you for reading it and I hope you guys will introduce yourselves to me too. I'm glad that you're here!

I came across this site googling what I thought was the onset of epilepsy or a brain tumor. I never put 2 and 2 together and thought my cymbalta discontinuation (abruptly) would cause my symptoms. I found out my wifes aunt had/has the same symptoms as me from cymbalta withdrawal, and she told me about "brain zaps", etc.

I was on 60 mg once daily for 3 years. I'm losing my COBRA subsidy, and have to go without insurance until I find a new option. $385.00 out of pocket cost, and I'm not crawling to a corporation for free samples they hooked me on, with undisclosed withdrawal effects. Long story short, I felt great for the first 2-3 days off the stuff, but noticed these "tremors" that didnt make me move...like i was zapped by a battery, or as i caled it, "restless body syndrome".

I get these freaky sensations usually when I'm just waking up, or when I get tired...but theyre frequent none the less. It's akin to a short electrical pulse, and i can sometimes hear it before it comes (as in, hear it...a muffled hum or a sound like my ears popping).

This site is a lifesaver...