Hi Cinders
I'm sorry your discontinuation is so unbearable.
What other antidepressnt-related meds to you take? Are you still on Prozac? And if you take benzodiazepines, is that daily or just once every couple of weeks (as-needed)?
I ask this because it's very easy to compound the discontinuation symptoms with withdrawal symptoms from other medications that are being taken intermittently-- especially benzodiazepines. If you take a benzo every day for a week and then stop, you will have withdrawal. Alternating benzos week-to-week won't keep you withdrawal-free, but rather you will get nasty withdrawal symptoms from both!
If you're using a benzodiazepine, it must be taken every day as prescribed. If taken as-needed, it has to be few and far between-- once a week at most. All benzodiazepines have withdrawal and discontinuation, and some are as bad or worse than SS/SNRIs.
I see you are coming up on 3 months off Cymbalta, which is for many the worst part of discontinuation. 6 months appears to be the big break in this fever, with good light appearing at the end of the tunnel. Most reinstatement on these meds occurs within the first few months after quitting. 6 months appears to be 'hump' month, meaning it's palpably downhill after that.
The best I can suggest is to 1) inspect any other medications to see if you may be inadvertently compounding the problem and 2) try to find some distractions, something that captures your interest and takes your mind off discontinuation-- even for a few moments at a time.
When you are able to relax some and concentrate more in the coming months, please consider CBT and Mindfulness training to help you view things from a different perspective. It helps a lot.
Remember, these drugs physically alter our bodies (brain is part of the body) and there is much trial-and-error repair and alteration being done in an effort to seek equilibrium. It takes a lot of time, but eventually we arrive at a state of repair with which we can function. It gets better! Hang in there!