Just Discovered My Symptoms Were From Going Off Of Cymbalta Cold Turkey! Help!
#1
Posted 28 March 2013 - 02:17 AM
After recognizing so many of these symptoms I just went and took the only 60 mg pill I had left. Any suggestions?
#2
Posted 28 March 2013 - 05:22 AM
You might want to get another prescription of maybe 30MG. Do that for a week or so, then start taking out around 10 beads every day, or whatever seems to work best for you. I also was on 60MG and started tapering off from that, and depending on your symptoms, may still want to start with the 60MG and taper down from there. Be forewarned that at least for me, I still am experiencing the crazy withdrawal symptoms after being completely off if for a week, but I think I would have had to check myself into the pscyh ward if I had gone cold turkey. It's hard enough as it is! I have also just started a supplement called Fibro Response in the last couple of days which has a lot of the "ingredients" that have been recommended on this forum to help ease the symptoms. Good luck!
#3
Posted 28 March 2013 - 12:33 PM
JennaYoung
Before you continue cold turkey, read through many of the old posts. If you are symptomatic--read the symptoms post--you would be soooo much better off getting a prescription for 60mg and bead counting. When you get the prescription in the mail, you can either take the entire pill or take some out. I have been saving the beads and putting them in a small glass jar, then when I get down to taking out more than putting in, I use empty capsules I bought. I was on 90mg, down to two 30mg pills and only a week or so left of the filled capsules. There have been days that I get more symptoms than I want so I put 5-10 beads in a capsule and take it. Symptoms usually go away quickly.
Stick with it, read the forums and know that many of us are going through the same thing.
Johanna
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#4
Posted 28 March 2013 - 01:23 PM
#5
Posted 28 March 2013 - 01:41 PM
Jenna,
I made it cold-turkey, and since you just went 5 days without any, my suggestion would have been to power through it...neither way is pleasant and if you just can't handle how you were before you took that one, then go ahead and get another prescription and do the beadcounting method. But really, 5 days in, only a few days left of the worst and it should begin to get better, then by the end of 2 weeks clean from it, it's really manageable. 3 weeks in and it's a cake walk with only a mild flare up of symptoms for a couple hours every couple days, but it seems that's been happening to people whether they beadcount or not...either way, whatever you decide, we're here for you!
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#7
Posted 28 March 2013 - 07:49 PM
#9
Posted 28 March 2013 - 10:57 PM
Jenna -
You can do it. You made it 5 days once already so you can do it again.
Before you get too many symptoms get yourself to a health food store, here's what you need
-some good Omega3 both fish and plant based if you can,
-some L-theanine (be sure its suntheanine) it really helps with the brain buzz and the zaps
-get some Lemon Balm or passionflower tea, it really helps the anxiety
That will help until you can talk to your doctor
If you need to talk send me a message as I'm not moving around much this weekend other than supper tomorrow night at mother-in-laws (woohoo not)
Take care of you
Nancy
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