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#1 savannarose

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Posted 10 February 2015 - 09:43 AM

Hi there everyone, I'm pretty new to here, when i registered on this forum i was at my worst, Im 40 and having been taking some form of antidepressant or adhd medication or something for 30 years, ritilin as a child.

 

Here's my experience, and maybe it can help you, I was on Cilift{Paxil} for years, my husband went onto cymbalta for aggression , he suggested that i change onto cymbalta aswell as i thought my cilift was killing our sex life, 

so 6 months ago we both went onto cymbalta, 

 

 

I have to say my husband of 15 years turned in a gentle giant that stopped obsessing about everything, our 4 small kids were happy and so was i, all his employees said he was a changed man, I was also doing very well on it, except for the sleeping which i have never done, i could sleep all day easily, bad idea when you have 4 kids, i also gained weight regardless of the relentless dieting, and my sex drive got worse,

My husband who has never had a problem in that deparement, noticed he also could not keep a e.......... so for him this med became a no no almost immediatly,

 

So we both stopped last Monday, and had terrible withdrawls, he suffered chronic head zaps, first time on medication for him by the way, I nearly died from totally depression and anxiety, however i was taking large dozes of herbal diet stuff from the wellness shop, omega 3 etc  so my head zaps were mild, 

 

Anyway cut a long story short, we were all put on medication for some reason, some of us, should not have been but most of us def, my husband is a mad man without cymbalta, he started taking it yesterday again for the fear of killing someone, so for people that are highly ocd, and major aggression, cymbalta is a wonder drug, trust me, ask my family, 

 

Im still off, however, i went immediatly onto wellbutrin, had a terrible  first 5 days, going off cymbalta and going onto wellbutrin, i still feel mildy sick and dizzy, but i can look after my kids and cook and im fine, i have also been taking tramadol 100mg in the morning for my back, and 100mg afternoon, otherwise my back would die, i have a implant L5S1 which is crushing my other discs, at night a take0 .5mg rivitril to relax my back muscles when i sleep,  or i cant sleep the pain is so bad, 

 

I feel overwhelmed sometimes, but that could be because my husband came off the cymbalta for a week and i thought he was going to kill us, or someone, so hes apologizing a lot and we are on the mend, he is only on half the dose he was on  60mg and now on 30mg immediatly kinder and nicer, 

 

The point being, don't be so fast to knock something that may be very very good for highly

 strung aggressive violent people, it slows them down to a normal pace, yes the withdrawl sucks but nothing like a tramadol withdrawl where its like a herione withdrawl, 

 

Also remember we were all put on  something as we had some form of a problem, so going off cymbalta and going onto nothing is just daft, you will feel panic and depression and and and.... that's the reason you were on them, its not just the cymbalta its also "you" Im not trying to be rude or anything, but if you were put on Cymbalta or any drug to help you in life you probably she stay on something, not necessarily cymbalta, but for goodness sake , don't go cold turkey onto nothing else, you might as well hang yourself,

 

Or the only other advice i can give you is going onto something that has very little side affects and go off that eventually, take it don't take it, Im 8 day on wellbutrin and have almost no side affects, i drank tons of water at least 2 litres a day, took loads of omega 3 and made it through, also knowing your taste buds are coming back and you can see better , my sex drive is back in full force, those are all reasons to see the positives when going through the withdrawl, im starting to feel like a million bucks, and my husband who NEEDS CYMBALTA is back to being calm, 

 

Just give yourself a reality check, why was i on this, was i dangerous before, then stay on it, was i depressed, go onto something else, anxiety problems, go onto something else, for the few that were on it for pain only, Im sorry that you have to suffer, but also speak to your doctor and get him to prescribe very strong for the week on the withdrawls.

 

Just hang in there, but be real with yourself, kindest stephanie

 

 

edit 4 days later

 

 

I have to be honest with everyone, i was doing really well off the cymbalta, still having mild brain zaps, but had a complete nervous breakdown with my husband, on Teusday evening, he was convinced it was the cymbalta, i seem to think it was the reality of the week i had with him previously, it was such a nasty week, i thought we were getting divorced etc, 

 

Anyhow he managed to get me to take another capsule on Teusday evening, i was so upset that instead of popping half the dose like he had i popped the whole thing, must admit the i felt like a zombie and quite irritated and sad that i had failed and taking it, the next morning came and i was very very calm, i was so out of it, i dont know how i drove my kids around, needless to say i had to sleep in the afternoon and delay homework,

 

Wednesday day i decided to take half a capsule, 30mg, within minutes of taking it , i was like a laughing drunk and everything seemed funny, i slept like a bomb, Thursday morning was still tired, felt exhausted the whole day, slept agian in the afternoon, thought maybe i must only take 15 mg from now on.So last night i took 1/4 cap.

 

Well today, i was soooo tired again, i have 4 kids all small, so i need to be active, ended up napping like an old fart again, feeling groggy and yukky again, 

 

I just don't think this cymbalta agrees with me at all, like i had said some people really need this to chill, and others not, I mean my husband still goes to bed late late evening taking this stuff and works like a demon all day, 

Cut a long story short, Im not taking it again, im sure my breakdown was from my horrendouz week of him going off it, theres only so much you can take, and as a women you try and keep it together for the sake of the kids, needless to say hubby is very sorry, and realizes that he definatly cannot be without it, 

 

 

So i will update,  after a few days, Im still taking the Wellbutrin 300 XL , i also lost 2 kg while i was off the Cymbalta, everyone said it looked like i had started deflating, im not fat , but i was def swollen, 

 

Im also not saying i don't suffer from anxiety, i was on cilift for years, i think you call it paxil, so if i feel horrid again, i might take something for the anxiety, 

 

lets see what happens


Edited by savannarose, 13 February 2015 - 09:52 AM.

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Posted 10 February 2015 - 11:03 AM

Hi Savannarose

 

What an excellent post.

 

"Just give yourself a reality check,..."

 

An excellent piece of advice. I have seen members with similar stories as your husband and you and then there are those who have little options but to come off due to severe side effects, insurance, etc. But as you said, the decision to stop should be carefully considered.

 

Thank you for your post.


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 12:06 PM

Hi Stephanie

Glad to hear things are smoothing out!

'Quality of life' is all that matters, and that is an abstraction that each of us must define for ourselves and for our children.

Best wishes to you and your family!



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