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[DaveG]

I'm weaning off of Cymbalta. I've got the lovely range of symptoms of withdrawal: Nausea, headaches, fatique, cloudy mind, brain jolts, oh, and last night I started with nightmares.
I've been at if for about a month plus some, and am down from 120 mgs daily to 30mgs.

Does it ever end? When do I start to care about anything? I'm begining to feel as if this is worse then the depression, and have had a few suicidal thoughts.

I've changed med's before, over the last 10 years, and have NEVER felt this way.

[Momoftwo]

Dave,
Hang in there. I have only been on 20mg and am having these symptoms with the weaning process. For me, I am going to have to open the capsules and make my own dosages, because the every other day weaning is taking its toll. Hang in there. We can get through this. Let us know how you are doing.

Kathy

[DaveG]

Thanks guy's. It's helpful to know there are others who understand. It saddens me a little there are so many of us. Funny, I stayed away from recreational drugs my entire life. I watched a friend fall into the Crack-cocaine trap. I never thought I'd be going through withdrawals.

I think my relationship is begining to suffer, I kind of got the cold should last night, when I could have used that shoulder to cry on. I keep thinking it's because of the time off from work. Which, granted, I'm obsessed with myself. Maybe it's me be on this constant rollercoaster. First the depression, now this!!

I know at some level it's not "my fault", but I still feel like I'm in a tail-spin, and everything I "need" to do to take care of myself seems to be in conflict with keeping my life together. If I rest at home, I feel lonely and depressed, if I do some work around here, I wonder why I couldn't got to the office. If I can type these words, how come I can't express myself to those around me? Why can't I just snap out of it?

Worst case scenario, well there's two. 1. I get better, but lose my job and my partner or 2. I never get better.

Best Case: I get better,and I'm just not thinking or seeing things clear enough, and at least my partner stays around and maybe my job.

Whatever happens, I have to go through this to get to the other side. I'm so scared of getting lost in all of this. This afternoon I was seriously considering taking all my meds, and just having done with it. It would be so easy.

Wish I could be knocked out with morphine or SOMETHING, and wake up in say 4 weeks, past the worst of it. Oh, just thinking out loud on that one. More addicictive drugs are hardly the answer.

Dave