Weaning Off
#1
Posted 12 August 2012 - 02:03 PM
Last year not knowing about the withdrawal effect at all, I tried cold turkey and got so sick that I got bed ridden.. I came on cymbalta again.. almost 4 months back I tried to increase the gap (as prescribed by my doctor) it was hell.. when the gap reached 5 days... anxiety hit me so hard that I had to go to Cardio ER... stayed there for a day and got prescribed medicines for hypertension..
almost a week back I tried orange bit, just to found out it will overdose you... it is better if you reduce on the number of beads in the capsule and take the capsule...
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#2
Posted 14 August 2012 - 01:19 PM
#3
Posted 15 August 2012 - 12:36 PM
I am feeling worse today, feeling headache and agitated. Feeling like beating the s@#$t out of someone.. fortunately no brain zaps yet.. just dizziness and light headedness.. My daughter is sick and i couldn't sleep yesterday night so probably I am feeling worse due to lack of sleep...
I am gonna continue with 5 mg/day for some more days until I feel comfortable with the dose and then I am going to cut it down more..
#4
Posted 17 August 2012 - 01:45 AM
It turned out that my symptoms on 4th day were mostly due to lack of sleep than weaning off... I am feeling better. Yesterday at around 9 PM it became very hard for me to keep awake so I took 5 mg and slept..
I think I will give 5 mg/day some more time before going to 2.5 mg/day
#6
Posted 20 August 2012 - 03:46 PM
Reducing dose by cutting on the number of beads inside the capsule is working great with me... I have reduced the dosage from 30 to 5 mg (from a 20mg capsule removing all but 32 beads will make it 5mg but it depends upon total number of beads you have in the capsule, mine have 128 beads)... How did it go? Please read my daily update for this...
#9
Posted 23 August 2012 - 11:30 PM
#10
Posted 26 August 2012 - 11:27 AM
things have been better for me.. most of the symptoms are not severe.. there are brain zaps, nausea and most of the time light headedness but I have been trying to keep myself busy.. I am feeling like a different person... I decided to drive to my home town (which is 200 km away) with my whole family.. i stayed there for last 3 days and just now I have come back.. never felt better in a long time.. my wife said I am a better person now.. .Hope this continues.. .
In short, 2.5 mg/day gave me tough time for first 2 days.. but if you wean off properly, it is not difficult to over come the withdrawal symptoms because now your body is addicted of a smaller dosage... Keep yourself busy ...
#11
Posted 27 August 2012 - 10:43 AM
DISASTER... I mistakenly took all of 20 mg capsule... I had it in hand and was about to open and take out beads equivalent to 2.5mg(16 beads) .. my wife handed me water and without thinking I swallowed that capsule and didn't realize until 1 hour later... So today I was zombie like.. lets hope this doesn't ruin my weaning off schedule.
#13
Posted 30 August 2012 - 01:35 PM
Today was a good day.. I was fresh and didn't feel any of the symptoms as such. ... just lost some words.. went a little absent minded during a discussion, but I can feel I am coming back... its like coming out of smoke.. everything is clearer...
Tonight I will reduce my dose to 1 mg/day..
#14
Posted 02 September 2012 - 02:32 AM
First day was bad, I started getting symptoms right after noon and they continued and got worse till I slept... I was too dizzy by the time i drove back from office, I was about to fall 3-4 times from my car to my house door...
Second day was better than that..
#16
Posted 04 September 2012 - 10:56 AM
It is getting horrible.. seems like my body hasn't yet adjusted to this dose or maybe I am feeling like this because I got a sore throat and cough last night..Hope this cough is not one of the side effects... I am planning to go cold turkey any time therefore doing some research on the supplements which can help me get over the withdrawal symptoms..
#17
Posted 04 September 2012 - 02:27 PM
https://www.cymbalta...ng-cold-turkey/
#22
Posted 28 September 2012 - 08:44 PM
This is an example of what can be purchased from ebay if you are unable to find them locally: http://www.ebay.com/...=item1c1ff31c47Thank you! Can I buy extra empty capsules from my pharmacy?
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