Hello!
tl;dr: I am currently weaned down to 7.5 mg/day (1/4 of 30mg generic Cymbalta capsule) for a week. Do I go completely off meds? Should I go down bead by bead?
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Thank you for reading this. I was placed on 60 mg/day by my rheumatologist as a way to help both with my nerve pain and mild depression. I found that it helped a lot with my aches and pain, nothing for my depression, and made me more fatigued than normal, which ultimately hurt my quality of life. So I began weaning about a month ago and it looks like this:
60mg - 3 months (original dose)
30mg - 1 week
15mg - 3 weeks (was visiting with family and friends and did not want adverse symptoms in their presence)
7.5 - 4 days
The most noticeable side effects have been mild irritability, exhaustion, nausea and diarrhea. They are pretty much tolerable. I already make ginger tea to combat nausea from another medication I take (methotrexate), so I just drink more ginger tea. I've dealt with the others before when I quit smoking and when I stopped taking Adderall.
So my question is: Where should I go from here? I'm particularly afraid of completely stopping the medication from what I've read on peoples experiences. Am I weaned low enough that it shouldn't be that bad to just stop taking it? Should I go bead by bead at this point? I basically want advice on what to do here on out. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.
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