Ramble on, my friend! Wow, fishinghat, you have this weaning process figured out!!! My hat's off to you!! Musicnow, I took ibuprofen to help with the aches and pains. Some on the forum have said warm baths with Epsom salts help also. My spine hurt big time early on! My dear husband would put Ben Gay down my spine and it helped greatly!!! As far as anxiety, depression, oh geez, who knows!! I am Cymbalta free since about mid/late Nov. '13 and still deal with anxiety, rambling thoughts all going on at once, crying, negative thinking. Not to be a cynic, but part of this is being without the Crapalta and part is just life and all the family issues and junk that happens in the world! (now I'm ramblin'). I don't think even the doctors know just how much "brain alteration" goes on being on ssris or snris. So that being said, in my opinion, it's a wait and see thing as to how much anxiety, etc. we will be left with. It does help to be proactive in your recovery, be it exercise, supplements, meditation, nutrition, counseling, etc. Sorry to just ramble on! My best to you, musicnow! You will be prayed for by me and others on this site, for sure! We're in this with you!!! clara