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[frankthecrazykitten]

Hi,

I am so glad to find this site and it is very comforting to know that others have had problems when weaning off Cymbalta and whilst it's great to be able to give a cause to the head shocks I was having (they were horrible and at first I thought I had developed vertigo or something) I have been able to find a lot of info about the physical withdrawal symptoms but not a lot about the psychological.

I started taking Cymbalta about 6-8 months ago (cant remember exactly) after my doctor recommended it because I had been on Citalopram for ages (5 years) and it had stopped working and my moods were fragile again. I stopped taking Cymbalta about 2 weeks ago. I went from 60 mgs a day to 40mgs to 20 and then 20 every other day until I ran out. I thought I was coping ok and didn't really have any major withdrawals until yesterday and today when I actually can't stop crying. I feel so miserable and despondent. I am questioning everything in my life including my relationship, which I have never done before. I feel like quitting everything, taking out a loan and buggering off to Thailand or India for 6 months and not speaking to anyone I know. I am, for the first time, questioning my sanity and it's horrible. I won't actually do anything that reckless but I just feel as though something drastic needs to happen. I feel like screaming and beating the floor, or my own head except that I dont have the energy. Any act of kindness makes me cry and any slight criticism makes me sob also.

I am thinking of talking to my boss tomorrow and telling him what Im going through because I think maybe I should take some time off. I'm a support worker and work with vulnerable people and probably shouldnt be working with them when Im so vulnerable myself. I am just slightly ashamed of feeling like this and it's not the first time I have gone crying to my boss and needing to leave work.

I just wanted to know if anyone else has or is having these psychological withdrawals and how long they are likely to go on for? Is there anything I can do? I am gonna force myself to go to a yoga class this evening when what I really want to do is hide under the duvet with a bottle of wine.

[Debbie M.]

I feel so bad for you. Especially because I have been through the exact same thing. Please don't do anything at all. Just wait and know that it is the effects of the drug. You are so vulnerable to your wrong thinking. Its only temporary. Please try to think reasonably over your negative self. I don't know how long this will last but don't expect it to be over for a while. At least 3 to 4 weeks. Then at that time a few more weeks to even out.
I am living proof that you will feel better eventually.

I feel for you. Please stand strong. Try to tell yourself its only temporary and don't make any permanent descisions right now.

God Bless and remember time is your friend,
Debbie M.