Came off the Cymbalta over a year ago. Due to extreme fear during withdrawal I asked my dr for help. After trying 6 meds I was left with Ativan and Zoloft to help me out. Spent a few months getting rid of the 6 meds that didn't work. This spring was time to come off the Ativan. I have come off Ativan twice before but this time it is much harder. I am only reducing it by 1% every 6 to 9 days. That is real slow but the withdrawal symptoms have been very light. Well so far so good until about 3 days ago. I was just getting over my last drop when suddenly I was overwhelmed by severe panic. I dealt with it for 24 hours before increasing my dosage of hydroxyzine. The dr had given me the extra hydroxyzine to help during withdrawal. It made my panic about 50% better. I am only 20% off the Ativan at this time so I have a long way to go. I am going to hold steady for a couple weeks and see if I settle down. If not and the panic remains then I may have to stay on Ativan. Strange. I had no problem getting down to that 20% level but now is a different ballgame.