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[mperry243]

My doctor put me on 20 mg of Cymbalta around 2 ..maybe 3 years ago. It worked very well for a while, but eventually I was completely depressed again. Sooo.....the doctor increased it .... & once my body became use to that dosage, he increased it again. & again & again. Now I'm taking 120 mg every day. & after 3 months on this dosage, I can tell that my body has become immune to it as well. I want to quit Cymbalta completely but have felt the awful withdrawals after missing only one dose. I feel like stopping the medicine will be living hell, only to end up completely miserable with my life all over again.

[cookie]

I know what you mean. My dosage was also increased again and again. I found that higher doses didn´t bring any additional benefits only more side effects. I also felt my body was inmune to it. I am not a doctor. The only thing I can tell you based on my own experience is to taper very slowly. You have been taking a very high dose, that´s why you feel bad missing doses. But if you decrease little by little you will suffer less intensity of symptoms.

[JAMIE1975]

You should never have been given more than 60mg per day. There is no proof that increasing the dose helps. I know due to the fact that I've been on this crap for 7 yrs.