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Hey there, its been about 17 or 18 days I think and starting to feel better. I still have some mild agitation but nothing like the scary "god only knows what I'll do next" kind of agitation I was feeling last time I wrote. My doctor gave me some nuerontin which is also helping quit a bit with the agitation. The doctor told me that withdrawal is common with Cymbalta but the degree of withdrawal varies with the person. She also told me for people that have bad withdrawal its usually about 2 weeks of hell, then subsides. That was fairly accurate because it was about 12 days of absolute on the verge of suicide hell, and it has been up and down the past 5-7 days.

This has been the most horrible experience of my life; I had to send my dogs to a kennel for their own safety and have never been so close to committing suicide in my life. If I didn't have this site to read about others experiences, good and bad, I am not sure I would have made it. It also helped me greatly to be able to share with other people what I was going through and not feel as if I was "crazy". I would like to encourage people to post more if possible because the few responses I received helped keep me going. I am very grateful this site was here because there was no one else that had any idea of how I felt, how scared I was, or even that Cymbalta withdrawal existed.

Ironically my therapist thought I was going off the deep end because she nor the PA she works with knew there was withdrawal with Cymbalta!!! Can you believe that?! How many people in the health care field are dealing with this and simply think people are simply going off the deep end?! Its an absolute shame and I told her so; and also that she as well as the PA she works with really need to educate themselves on this because its not safe. (I realize its not their fault, but now that they are aware of it they need to know as much as possible to effectively prescribe, and treat people with mental health problems.)

Anyway, I am kind of rambling on now, but thanks so much for everyone's help, and even if you didn't post, just hearing your story helped me get through it.