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[nursedeborah]

I had my self so freak out from the first time I went down from 60 mg to 30 mg, and suffered like I had
gone to the electric chair, and lived to tell about it.

When I did call my doctor all he said was to go baorrible anck up to the regular dose, no explanation, nor did he say
it was due to the Cymbalta, only leaving me still in the dark, and me still thinking I was crazy, except that
I had forgotten to take my pill before, and had the clanging in my head, and then when I took the med it
went away. So I had that already down as a connection. Alll the other stuff I didn't know about until I got
here.

I had actual feeling yesterday!!! I really don't care what they are, it's the face that I am having them. I opened
my mouth at WalMart over something that the checker did that was totally out of line, and reported her as well.
OH also having horrible anxiety feelings of being boxed in, sweating like crazy, but I made it through.

I actually had to ask someone to go with me, as I was so full of anxiety, and it did help to have her there. I have
been doing everything alone for so long it is weird to allow others to be there for me. I still was having a really
panicky time. I did it anyway as I learned in AA that they are just feeling, and not facts. I am so grateful I am in a
12 step program, as it really helps me so very much to use the same stuff I did to gt sober/clean geting off this
crap.

I went to that web site that was given to us by someone, sorry I forgot to write your name down. It gave all the withdrawl
symptoms!, and I am taking it to my doctor today, and giving him the site, also sending it tomy shrink, I tried to print it
out, but my brain is not working right still to do certain things all the time, I get so frustrated.

Oh I actually cried for a little bit, not much but I have not had any feelings in so long it was awesome!!!

I will just keep doing this very slowly until I am off it 100%, and then find out rreally what I am feeling, and howctor. I am not on
anything for awhile. I think this stuff really needs to get out of my system for several months for me to really know, or to get
a really good evualation. I shudder to think that all this time the doc didn't even know the side effects of being on this stuff, and
just kept treating me with more meds. I am a nurse, so I really get pissed that they don't ask more questions, and listen to what the
patient is telling them. I always say that the patient is your best source of information!!!!!

Hope everyone has a great day, remembeerr that it does get better!!! "This Too Shall Pass" as they say!! It just sucks in the mean time!
But together we can do this!!!

Debbie