I recently had to quit cold turkey because my mothers insurance got messed up and I cannot get a refill unless I pay out of pocket. I am now on day 6 or 7 I believe. A little backround: I am a 17 year old female, 107lbs. and went on cymbalta 3 months ago for depression and anxiety. I started off with 30mg and after 2 weeks my Dr. said to take 60mg, so that is what I have been doing. My withdrawal symptoms are pretty intense even though I was only on it for 3 months. I feel extremely nauseous 24/7 to the point that I can hardly eat anything, cannot fall asleep, and if I stand for more than a couple minutes the nausea increases tenfold. It's even difficult to shower because the warm water upsets my stomach even more for some reason, and I have to sit in the shower or I get dizzy and sick. I get minor brain zaps, my brain feels very foggy most of the time, I am having pretty extreme panic attacks and sad/depressed bouts, very fatigued but cannot sleep at night due to nightmares and terrible paranoia, and I get migraines periodically.
In all honesty I could handle everything if I didn't have the constant nausea. That is the absolute worst of my symptoms and makes functioning like a normal human being next to impossible. I don't throw up so I never get relief, unless I go and actually force myself to throw up. The relief from that only lasts 15-20 minutes at best though. I also have a script for adderall, and I noticed when I take that I feel fantastic and almost normal again, but when it starts to wear off I basically turn into a zombie and my head feels extreeeeemely fuzzy and blurry.
I heard that people are using Prozac (fluoxetine) to ease cymbalta withdrawal. Does anyone have any experience with this? How well does it work? How many mgs should I take and for how long? And what about withdrawal then from the prozac when I stop taking it? I tried prozac a couple years ago for a few months but it never really did anything for me besides make me very unmotivated so I quit taking it cold turkey and I don't remember having any withdrawals.
Also can someone please recommend an anti-nausea medicine that I can buy from Walgreens or a similar store so I don't need it prescribed? I've been taking tums but they don't seem to work very well, if at all. I just want some relief from this nausea, it feels like I'm going to go insane if I have to deal with it 24/7 until the withdrawal stops. Which brings up yet another question, does anyone have an idea of how long this should last for me?
Please help, I am absolutely miserable