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[bowlinglizard]

I was looking around online for information on Cymbalta and manic symptoms. I have been on Cymbalta for 3 years. I was originally (and told) that I was prescribed Cymbalta counter my fybromalgia symptoms (all over body pain) but turns out that my doctor and mom (I was only 17 when I started taking it) because they were worried about me being depressed due to some other serious health problems. So, now I have been on this drug (and many others: elavil, lyrica, micro-gestin, florinef, flexeril) for 2 years and never had too much of a problem. I decided that I was on way too many medications to even know if, or which, medications were helping and that I was ready to try and start weening myself off of them. I took back the Lyrica first by 25mg (I was taking 3 25mg a day and dropped to 2 25mg a day) and completely came off of the flexeril too. I have been sitting at that point for 2 1/2 weeks now.
The problem is that I have suddenly began having manic symptoms. I cannot sit still! It hasnt affected my sleep too badly yet but it is a little bit. I have also had one bad "low" also. But the "high" symptoms have been getting worse which causes me, and my mom, to worry about the "lows" getting worse too. My question is, is it normal to be on this drug for so long and just start having these symptoms? The Lyrica and Flexeril that I was on do not have "manic" as a side-effect or withdraw symptom. Any feed back would be fantastic! I'm just feeling a little lost...
My mom and Neurologist that prescribed it are... well... a bit of drug pushers and I DO NOT want to be on more and more meds to cover little-nothing symptoms.
thanks!
Elizabeth

[tinker1]

hello, i am sorry your in the club of havign sucky reactions to drugs that r supposed to help us. I too worry about whether it is the drug or maybe im just nuts. i advise you to listen to those around you who love you. and with that said, i too am not wanting to be on drugs and weaned myself off cymbalta 1 1/2 months ago, the withdrawals suck big time. and no one seems to know if it is the drug or something else. sorry i dont have the answer for you. i too am searching. it does make me feel a lttle better to hear othe similar stories and know that there is a chance that i am not crazy. lol
i am not able to deal with this list of symptoms (anxiety attacks, wound up, crying, laughing, mostly crying, pain in joints, horribly depressed, cant tolerate anyone for more than a few mins, really vivid, weird dreams, the worst is my memory and not remembering a conversation ijust had yesterday)
any longer and have an apt with a new dr this week i hope she may give me somthing to aleiviate the symptoms so i can feel like living again after reading mmany posts i now there are less invasive drugs to use short term an i am caving in and going to try something
good luck an dont give up