I had been taking Cymbalta (only 20 mg - thank goodness!) since 2009. It got to the point that I just didn't love it anymore. It was like a bad breakup. It wasn't necessarily doing anything wrong, but I just didn't want to be with it any longer. I've been on medicine of some sort since 2001 so my doctor and I decided to wean off of it and see what we had. I describe it as "Let's get off the meds and see what kind of crazy we are dealing with!" (I say this with complete humor...)
My doctor has me doing the every other day "weaning" and admits that there is no good way to do it. I'm on my fourth week of doing this. Last week my anxiety was sky high and her suggestion was either to wean more or go back to a full dose. Neither option appealed to me and I just pushed through. She now wants me to go to every three days of taking a pill - and I admit I am a bit terrified to do this.
This hasn't been horrible yet. Sleeping is awful. A little bit of nausea. Mood swings galore. I can manage it.
It's going to get worse isn't it?