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I have taken some form of anti-depressent for the past 10 years. After the birth of my daughter 19 months ago I suffered from severe post-pardum and actually considered being hospitalized. After many trials my Dr. and I found the right balance of meds with 100mg of Luvox and 20mg of Cymbalta. It's been over a year, so a couple of weeks ago I felt that I really didn't need the Cymbalta anymore. The Luvox is working great on my obsessive thoughts, I haven't had a panic attack in over a year.

I took 20 mg every other day for a week and then just dropped off. I was great for the first couple of days and then all hell broke loose! Lots of tears, rage, anger, paranoia and then on Saturday I woke up at 5:30 in the morning in a full panic attack. I couldn't breath and my mind was racing. I felt like I was coming out of my skin, I felt like I had my post-pardum back again. As a temporary fix I have gone back to the 20 mg and have decided to get my levels better then tapper off slowly.

I had to come off of Effexor before so I am used to the brain zaps and the stomach upsets. I thought that was the worst thing I had ever gone through but I think Cymbalta has taken the cake. My poor husband, I was taking everything out on him and how am I supposed to take care of my daughter. All I can think about are horrible things, that I know are just figmints of my imagination but I can't get them to stop!!

I'm glad I found this site, it helps confirm that I am not totally going nuts! That these feelings are normal and that I can eventually work through this.

Anyone else had these experiences? (I know this is a dumb question, you wouldn't be here if you havn't)