cold turkey- lilly allen song its not fair to make you smile
#2
Posted 17 June 2009 - 11:11 AM
8 days cold turkey, you are a Cymbalta Withdrawal Warrior! Based on my experience of cold turkey withdrawal, you are in the throes of the WORST of it. I think day 4 is when I found this forum. I thought I was NUTS, how come I was feeling worse and worse each day. I couldn't sleep so I got out of bed at about 1 am and started the infamous 'Google' search on Cymbalta withdrawal. Phew! What a blessing this forum was. Back then, it was a lot more active. A lot of members left 'cuz there was a BIG spam issue. Ops, off track!
You sound like you are doing everything you can to take really great care of yourself. That's good. And a little libido and humor, what else can a person hope for! Enjoy your 'lads' and I hope to hear from you soon. I like that you have started a journal. I look forward to hearing all about snowdrops!
Best of wishes....Houdi
#3
Posted 17 June 2009 - 04:09 PM
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 08:55 PM
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 01:34 AM
#6
Posted 18 June 2009 - 09:40 AM
Great posts by everyone. Forliz brings up a good reminder, when we think we've rounded the corner, beat the beast, and everything is going to be rosy, it seems the old 'yuck' will come back. I was mentally set back by the 'set backs' in my withdrawal process. Especially when I would have a really GREAT day and I thought my withdrawal was OVER, then I'd have a couple or three really BAD days. Oh my! I was not prepared. I feel it was like a pendulum. I would swing way up and then I would swing equally or worse the other way....not the way I wanted to swing for sure. The way up days I had energy and happy emotions and a skip in my step. But the pendulum started to 'settle' the goods were not as Great and the bads were not as long or horrible. Now, I just need to exercise and get my own serotonin working in my head for the GREAT days and energy.
Ok guys, have some sex, drink plenty of fluids, tell a good joke, kiss your kids, pet your pets, watch your kids sleep and give yourself some extra patience. You deserve all the best life has to offer. Oh, you are all winning in my book...but hey, keep up the competition if you wish. Just don't worry about any set backs that may come, you'll get by them... I promise we all will help you through if set backs happen to you. You won't stay in that place for ever.
Best to all.......Houdi
#8
Posted 19 June 2009 - 04:47 AM
Yuck, a day to forget huh? I'm sorry it was a 'set back' day. When I was withdrawing, I'd have a few in a row and I really let it get to me. You seem to have a better attitude about than I. I got a little whiney...ops. This will end forliz...this will end. And you will be blessed with lots of good days. I'm happy to read you can tell the symptoms aren't as severe as the days before. You are in a good place! One foot in front of the other, except for the days when you feel really good, then you must skip and run and be free!
Drink lots of water, take a small walk, get a little sunshine on your face, rest, rest again, and give yourself lots of patience. Oh, a little human touch does great things for Cymbalta withdrawal. So get those hugs from family and friends.
You are a trouper! Houdi
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Posted 20 June 2009 - 07:24 AM
#12
Posted 20 June 2009 - 11:12 AM
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Posted 28 June 2009 - 01:22 AM
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Posted 02 July 2009 - 10:10 AM
#15
Posted 03 July 2009 - 03:41 AM
I read your post yesterday. My mind immediately was flooded with so many thoughts and ideas. Your post took me back a year, about the same time the off Cymbalta you are!
My first thought: I wish you so much LUCK! This withdrawal thing, it is all determination and strength, no luck involved. I so respect your strength!
My rush of other thoughts: Don't take dealing with emotions and issues and life too seriously. Yes, you will have some serious things to face and HAVE to make decisions. Like if someone is sick or hurt, there is one action your gut will say is the right answer and you will act perfectly. Those are the easy ones, right. But some of the day to day issues we face, you can take some time to decide how you feel about things. Give yourself that time and patience to decide just how to take some of these things. Don't let people pull you into their 'drama.' Don't make decisions you don't want to until your ready. Some things just aren't as cut and dry. Sometimes if an answer or decision isn't clear, just leave it a day or two. You'll know what to do then.
If you get a overwhelmed, write a list. Once you get it down on paper, you'll feel better and know exactly what you want to work on. Actions or feelings, the write it down thing works well.
And, keep in mind, you must do things for yourself everyday. You must take the best care of yourself. No one else will, just you. So do something everyday for your happiness, your mental and physical health, and make it a habit. Your health (mental and physical) must come first and be a priority. I'm still working on this. I tend to put everyone else first and if there is any money or energy left, maybe I'll give myself some. Bad for me! So, I trying to walk this talk! :) Today is a new day!
So, we need to enjoy each day. We may not have another...yuck, that sounds so heavy. Oh well, we do have to plan for the future but also we have to live and enjoy each day.
Hey, my soap box is collapsing :) Enjoy today with me snowdrops! Houdi
#16
Posted 07 July 2009 - 12:31 PM
#17
Posted 08 July 2009 - 06:25 AM
It is tough experiencing anxiety and headaches. I live with headaches, hate them! But I have never had anxiety, until I had surgery at Christmas time. The surgeon had to cut into muscles around my belly, side and back. So I was very sore. I had an anxiety attack in the grocery store! Figured out I wasn't breathing correctly. I was breathing very shallow, so not to expand my diaphragm and therefore stretch those sore sore muscles. The feeling of the anxiety attack was so disturbing to me. I explained it to the surgeon during my post surgery exam and he was afraid he had clipped a lung! I REALLY had to work on 'breathing'.
So, my lesson in this experience is...anxiety sucks! And, sometimes we have to just breath. And breath the correct way. Maybe learn the lessons of meditation and cleansing breaths. We hear this practice all the time, but until it applies to us...well, we just hear it.
I hate to hear you have stress in your body. You are working through this though. You know how I know? You have acknowledged the problem. You are so close to a big breakthrough!!! Keep on the way you are dealing with these issues. You are true to yourself, knowing yourself, not a complacent bone in your body! You are doing a great job, come a loooong way! Chant mighty Cymbalta Slayer! Warrior of all things drug induced! Big smiles for all....OK big hugs too!!! Houdi
#18
Posted 21 July 2009 - 07:13 AM
I'm new to this posting site but am in need of some mutal support before I go postal on my fiancee'. I am currently on day 12? 13? of both Cymbalta and Wellbutrin XL withdrawal symtoms. I have finally gotten to a point in my life where I no longer feel I need drugs to keep me going and am tired of my psychatrist always trying to either increase my dosages or add more meds so I went off both cold turkey within days of each other ( I don't recommend this ). The side effects totally suck. The brain zaps and dizziness are still present, I can't keep anything down but liquids and I feel like total crap. The only good news is I am no longer having severe migraines. Will this ever end? My fiancee' is begging me to go back on my meds because he's afraid of all the bad things that MIGHT happen because I've stopped taking my meds or at least go back to the idiot who put me on all of them. What he doesn't understand is that it will be even worse going back on them now ( I think? ) than if I continue down this road of withdrawal that might have a light at the end of it????? Does any one out there have any clue as to how long one suffers from this hell?
#19
Posted 21 July 2009 - 08:10 AM
You have asked the 'million dollar' questions! You aren't going to love the answer, "Everyone is different!" I know, I know, I'm dodging your right hook.
If you believe you want to experience life without anti depressants, who is to say you shouldn't try. You should probably let your doctor know what you are doing, it isn't recommended to go cold turkey from either drug; and you are attempting both. It can be dangerous. Weaning is a better choice, and sometime a doctor will give you a short term prescription for another antidepressant to help stop the Cymbalta without all the lovely side effects some of us experience.
Regarding the fiance's fears, I believe bad things might happen to any of us at any time. I think the two of you will just have to talk rationally about his fears. You probably have them too. You don't want anything bad to happen to you either. So, you both are in the same boat, just don't know it. Admit it, let him know your reasoning to try, make an agreement to continue to talk about it, and figure out what to do about these withdrawals!
Oh, so easy for me to say, huh!? Best to you....Houdi
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