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#1 Michele29

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Posted 19 February 2008 - 07:01 PM

I have been on Cymbalta for two years. In that time I've had more problems in my life than I've had not being on anything. Right now as I write this I am on my fourth day off and having a horrible time. I never thought it would be this bad. I have never been so emotional in my life. The headaches are awful and the body and brain surges are constant. I am a 29 year old stay at home mom who called her mom to come over and take care of her. There is no way anyone can describe this feeling. I just hope it doesn't last much longer. Thank you- Michele

#2 Sarah J

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Posted 20 February 2008 - 08:28 AM

Michelle, hang in there. I have somehow made it to day 38 after taking it for 3.5 years. I wish you the best in tipping the scales back to yourself. Tell everyone who cares about you that you feel safe with what you are going through. They probably won't understand, but the first two weeks are the hardest. They Cymbalta is out of your system and the residual is your brain readjusting. I think that I finally hit the bottom of this pit and see the way up, now I am just trying to figure out how to get there. Be strong.

#3 dancercm1

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Posted 23 February 2008 - 04:39 PM

I have been on Cymbalta for only 4 months... I am trying to wean off of it, since I had gone away for a weekend and forgot to bring my Cymbalta and I had the most horrific nightmares of my life.... the dreams were so real I felt my self reaching out to try and touch the person in my dream. My boyfriend of 6 years could not get over what was happening, I havent had a nightmare in 45 years.... to think just being on a medication for 4 months could cause horrific nightmares... I also have extreme fatigue driving to work especially long distances. I am dosing off at the wheel... thank goodness I have 3 locations to work out of and the one of them is only 6 miles away. I as a nurse do not understand the tremedous withdrawl symptons one has to experience to get off of this medication..

I have been on Cymbalta for two years. In that time I've had more problems in my life than I've had not being on anything. Right now as I write this I am on my fourth day off and having a horrible time. I never thought it would be this bad. I have never been so emotional in my life. The headaches are awful and the body and brain surges are constant. I am a 29 year old stay at home mom who called her mom to come over and take care of her. There is no way anyone can describe this feeling. I just hope it doesn't last much longer. Thank you- Michele


#4 melissa

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Posted 25 February 2008 - 08:06 PM

Michele, Make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids, especially water.

I have always taken 1300mg of Evening Primrose Oil 2x daily for PMS. When I started withdrawal form cymbalta I added an omega 3, a multi vitamin for women, a vitamin D and calcium supplement, and zinc magnesium. I swear the supplements are really helping me. I also drink a bottle of Vitamin Water Triple XXX and at least 132oz of water. So far my symptoms have been minimal and very mangeable.

Today I started 15mg from 30. I decreased to 30 from 60 after about 3 years, and stayed at 30 for about 3 weeks. I'll see how it goes now on the 15.

Good luck and I wish you peace.

#5 jerseygrrl4life

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 02:59 PM

hi everybody. im new to this, i found this site while researching cymbalta withdrawal symptoms and side effects. i wanted to make sure i wasn't the only one who is feeling this way, and it turns out that im not!! right now i can't get past 2.5 days without cymbalta. i have been on 60mg for two years then felt i could start weening off of it because my life was starting to get back in order and i didnt want to be on this drug forever. i talked to my doctor and we agreed on taking the dose down to 30 mg and that was a few months ago. i only felt the side effects for a day on the 30mg until my body got used to it. after 2 weeks he wanted me to do 30mg every other day, once again i got used to it, then after 2 weeks i was supposed to stop cold turkey. well i tried to just stop after the 2 weeks and i couldnt get past 2 days without giving in and taking it because i knew that when i took it i wouldnt feel this way. i have the "brain buzzing" or whatever else others call it and that is my main problem. it is so bad i can't drive or concentrate very well. im so emotional and irritable, its like jekle and hyde! my boyfriend doesn't understand and thinks i should just go to the doctor to see what is wrong with me, too bad i already know what is the problem. well now im at 30 mg every 2 days, and once in a while i try to go that 3rd day without it and i give in half way through because i can't function properly. i mean i have to work full time and go to school full time (studying to be a teacher) at night and i can't even do it sometimes. all i want to do is sleep or just lay in bed with my eyes shut cuz then im at ease. i dont get how some of you have gone so many days without it. i dont know what to do. im desparate right now, which is why im staying at 30mg every two days because that's what my body can handle. i get so dizzy sometimes and feel like im gonna fall over. im angry, upset, confused, irritable, everything i was feeling BEFORE i started this med and didn't think i would have to feel it again. i mean the crying for no reason is getting ridiculous. someone please have some words of encouragement or help for me. i can't go on like this much longer but i can't be on cymbalta for the rest of my life, it's too expensive and too dramatizing and detrimental to my health. please someone help me.

oh yeah i forgot one other symptom, the horrific nightmares. they are the worst i've ever experienced and only on the nights i dont take cymbalta. i take it at night because thats how i started, it made me sleepy during the day when i first started it so i took it at night instead. if i dont take it, man that night i have the WORST nightmares ever, ugh!

#6 melissa

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 03:53 PM

Jersygrrl,

See my post above. Try some supplements and drink plenty of fluids.

Also, By taking it every 2-3 days you are essentially just putting yourself through withdrawal over and ver again. Cymbalta has about a 12 hour half life. Take the 30 everyday for a few weeks or so and then start to taper by opening the capsules and takng out micro balls week by week.

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 04:44 PM

I found this site while googling side effects of withdrawl from Cymbalta. I am so relieved I am not the only one. I can't even begin to convey how alone I was feeling in this. If ANYONE would have told me that this is how I would feel coming off of the drug I would NEVER have taken it. I have taken 60mg for 3 years and am currently completely off of Cymbalta...day 6 actually. I was hoping that things would be getting better, but in all honesty I feel like I am getting to the end of my ropes here. The "brain shivers" as I heard them refered to, the nightmares, the lack of concentration and focus are killing me. And my poor kids are dealing with some serious mood swings. I never would have imagined that I would feel worse coming off of this drug then I did when I went to get the medication to begin with.
~Barely hanging on in PA

#8 coco12

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 06:44 PM

Today is my 25th day off Cymbalta. I'm still quite moody at times but things are getting easier. I am not so anxious and shaky. My eyes are focusing better than they were. Please tough it out and deal with the withdrawl symptoms. THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER!!!! I'm taking Omega 3 and B-Complex for energy. This advice is coming from a person who was a nervous wreck with anxiety and panic attacks. WE CAN DO IT! :P



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