Hi guys. I'm a 23 year old female. I've been on cymbalta for about a year and a half now. I only take 20mg because I refuse to take any more than that. My dr "thinks" I need to be on medicine "forever" but I'm not going to let that happen. I am finally feeling stable in my life and healthier, and I want to go off the medicine now.
This might be trickier for me than other people, because I have been taking medicine for anxiety/ocd since I was 7 years old. I started with Celexa then. I've taken the whole variety of drugs. Celexa, lexapro, zoloft, one that started with a B ? I can't even remember them all.
I'm sick and tired of medicine and I want to be free. I don't need it anymore, and the only reason I still take it is because I am scared to go off of it. Everytime I miss a dose, I struggle really bad with the withdrawls.
I want to know what your ideas are for me, and if anyone here has struggled with this before. I know you all have, since this is a WHOLE forum about this damn cymbalta drug.
What did you do for relief while going off cymbalta? The MAIN thing that scares me and freaks me out is the brain zaps. I already get them when I get close to the time I need to take my medicine every night. I don't want to live with those.
Thanks in advance.
-A