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I was taking Cymbalta 20mg 2x day for about two months but it became to expensive and I was not able to refill my prescription. I stopped cold turkey. That was Monday, July 21st. A day or two later I began having issues with dizziness and nausea. It wasn't to bad at first but Thursday I started to think I was coming down with the flu, then Friday I wanted to die! I was having SEVERE nausea and dizziness and horrible sweating. I thought for sure I was getting the flu. I spent almost all day in bed yesterday and today though I feel a tiny bit better I'm still dealing with the nausea and dizziness. My sister-in-law finally mentioned to me last night that I am having withdrawl symptoms, which I didn't even think of! I had NO IDEA you can have withdrawl from Cymbalta!!! I have taken other "addictive" medications such as Xanax in the past and had severe withdrawl but not the dizziness and nausea like this so I did not think that is what this could be. I'm really trying not to go crazy, but having to go to work again tomorrow feeling like this scares me to no end. I can not handle feeling like this at work and I'm a wreck. Driving like this scares me because I have moments where the "world spins" and I pull over. I can not call in and I can not tell them that I'm coming off medications! I just started this job in March and can not do anything to mess it up. I'm so mad that I was not told this could happen to you! How long is this going to last??? Has anyone else had these withdrawl symptoms and if so, how long did they last. Tomorrow will be 7 days since I stopped taking it and I still feel bad, I can't go much longer without losing my mind! HELP! In the meantime I'm trying natural remedies for nausea and dizziness but they are not helping, and the sweating is getting out of control. I just want to cry....