Thankful to find this site! I've been withdrawing since 05/12/2014 when I told my doctor I was ready to come off the med. Little did I know it was going to be so difficult. The first few days I had a severe headache, nausea, shakiness, irritability and heart palpitations. I've not had the brain zaps mentioned by most of the people posting on here. After 2 weeks I still have occasional headaches and shakiness, but my biggest lingering problem is the heart palpitations. I don't know if this is something I need to have check by my PD or will it eventually go away? Has anyone else had this problem?
Never in a million years would I have thought it would be so hard to get off of Cymbalta. The day I went to the doctor I was told I didn't have to stop taking it if I didn't want, that it was a safe medication that I could take the est of my life if I wanted. I'm not having nearly a much problem coming off as some but still has been hard. I have now decided to wean myself off of all medications and only take supplements that are safe and non-toxic. Thanks to everyone on this site. It has been a great help