Thank you so much for this site. I am on day 14 of going off cold turkey from cymbalta. I had been on 90 mg for 3 years. Before that I had been on all kinds of anti depressants for 8 yrs. This year I finally decided enough is enough. The drugs are and have been doing more harm than good. I made the choice to ween off cymbalta and two weeks into found out I was pregnant. I then made the choice to go cold turkey. The first week and a half were the physical symptoms. Brain zaps, shakiness, feeling like I was suffocating, night mares. In the last couple days I have started feeling all kinds of emotions I dont know how to deal with. I have been so angry, panicked, scared, cant stop crying. I was trying to figure out the feelings. Try to deal with them and nothing was making sense. I snapped at my husband yesterday. Through reading this site I am seeing that maybe these emotions are still part of the withdrawl. They arent' going away, but I am breathing a little more right now just thinking that maybe I will be able to think clearly soon, be able to process emotions. I have just been doing whatever any doctor suggests, never researching a drug. Since I was first told to go on anti depressants, I thought I was crazy. I thought what I was feeling was wrong that is why I needed drugs, so it scares me to be feeling things so strongly. Now I say these drugs were never what I needed. The rollar coaster I have been on from them makes me so angry. So please posting success stories. I need the reassurance I will make it out of this.
Day 14 emotional wreck
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Posted 20 May 2008 - 02:10 PM
Congratulations on expecting your new baby.
I can only imagine that you have lots changing in your body with the pregnancy and then withdrawal on top of that.
It is a bit daunting when you have about 3 years of emotion all of the sudden flow to the surface. Hope that this is a symptom that goes quickly for you. Make sure your family and friends know what you are going through right now.
Keep really busy, even if you have to cry through your tasks. You will get through this!
I can only imagine that you have lots changing in your body with the pregnancy and then withdrawal on top of that.
It is a bit daunting when you have about 3 years of emotion all of the sudden flow to the surface. Hope that this is a symptom that goes quickly for you. Make sure your family and friends know what you are going through right now.
Keep really busy, even if you have to cry through your tasks. You will get through this!
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