So first, thanks to all the other contributors.
I have learned alot!!! You haved stopped me from feeling that i was going mad (paradox there, I suppose. Only a madman doesn't know he's going mad. As far as he is concerned, everything is normal)A brief history.
I have been on Citalopram since 2004.( Suicidal thoughts, depression, etc.) Also Propranolol (beta blocker) as and when needed.
I was ok for a while, and then became worse about 6 months ago. My GP changed me to Cymbalta 60mg as a straight swap for the previous.
I had put on some weight, 238lbs to 266lbs, but that was the only symptom. I also managed to stop smoking last year as well!!
Well, within 6 weeks, I had gained an extra 18lbs. I was sweating and having hot flushes, and my patience had gone to zero. I was a different person, although I couldn't really see it.
It was only the fact that I was getting so fed up with feeling hot, (even when work colleagues had jumpers on, I had a fan going) that I went back to ask to come off the Cymbalta. I was beng a moody idiot, and my long suffering wife was at her wits end with me..........
My GP halved my dose for 1 week, no problems. Cool, this is working...
Then 30mg every other day for a week. Whoa, head 'spins' and brain 'jumps', can't concentrate, and getting more moody.....
He then suggested 30mg every third day for a week, and then stop. I stayed on alternate days for an extra week, to allow the spinning to calm down a bit, then went every third day for another two weeks....and then stopped 4 days ago.
Now - head spinning all the time. I seemed to have little 'jumps' in my head, I am a total b**tard to my wife. I have uncontrollable rages, where I would quite happily kill everyone in a room. I have suicidal thoughts. In fact I went to a local suicide landmark a few weeks ago.
I was giong to jump..absolutely pi**ed off with the whole world, and evrything in it. The thought of leaving my kids stopped me, however.
So, here I am, taking bloody ages to type this, as I can't make my eyes, brain and fingers work together, sweating, while my wife moans about how cold she is, head spinning, and feeling like shit (me, not her). I thought I was nearing the end, and then I saw this forum after a quick search. THANK GOD I DID!!!
But I am glad that I have managed to stop the pills.
But, I can't remember the point of me writing this. I did have a point to make, but it has escaped me for the moment. I'll think about it and get back to you. Sorry. I can't concentrate properly since coming off the crap. Just one thing I have remembered tho , does anyone else have an all over body itch, no internal temperature regulator, and a temper that threatens world peace?
Andy. :?
