Going down to 30mg was comparatively easy to what I've been going through these past few days, the 'brain'shivers' (love that term btw, it's pretty accurate to how it feels), sweating, nausea, short-term memory issues, dizziness, and near-passing-out episodes. Finally today I sat down out the computer and googled 'cymbalta withdrawl'. When I found this forum, I laughed and then cried... I feel so much less alone than before. I hate this medication, hate the side-effects, hate what it's doing to my body... initially I loved it, I was in a bad place in life and hadn't felt an even emotional keel in so long. But now I'm in a good place in my life and I want to get rid of this damned addiction and get on with my freaking life!
Anyway, what I've been doing for about 4 days is 30mg every 36 hours, which thanks to this forum, I know why it's not working! I didn't realize this crap had such a short half-life! I thought about opening the capsules to divide out the little balls, but was leary to do so because the package insert warns not to (and why did I believe Mr. Packaging? Who knows...
) but now that's exactly what I'm going to start doing beginning tomorrow.I'm also going to take some of the very good advice that I've found on this forum about what I should be eating right now. Recently, it's been 'not much' due to the nausea, but when I can eat; now I know what to eat.
I will say this, one withdrawl symptom that I've been taking advantage of is with my current sensitivity to stimuli comes a hightened laugh button! Things that would normally amuse me now make me giggle, things that would normally make me giggle now make me lol, things that would normally make me lol put me in stitches, and things that would normally have me in stitches make me fall on the floor crying with laughter. It's been my one bright light through this so far.
Comedy has kept me going through all these other hellish feelings.Another thing, once I get off this crap, I'm getting a new doctor, one who might actually be concerned with my health and not with trying out the latest medication her drug rep gave her samples of. :/
