Hey all. I'm 29 years old. I've been on 60 mg of Cymbalta for about 4 years now for anxiety and light depression- nothing crazy. I have crappy insurance, so even the generic is expensive. Plus I'm sick of being dependent on a medication (feeling sick after literally missing one dose). I one time went into a panic when I ran out and the doctor couldn't fill it unless he saw me, it was a mess. I don't want to feel trapped from a certain medication. So very carefully with my doctor, we started weaning in early November. Decrease 10 mg every 2 weeks. I was fine until I got down to 20 mg, even then my body started feeling weird. But low and behold, it adjusted in a week. After about 3 weeks on 20 mg, then I did a week of 20 mg every OTHER day. Right off the bat, starting feeling awful. Now i'm on day 4 of NO CYMBALTA...and i feel SO SO SO AWFUL.
Dizziness, nausea, brain zaps, legit flu like symptoms (aches, bad cold sweats and shivers). Please can anyone tell me how long this is going to last for? I have a full time job that requires a lot of hours, and I had to leave early today because I just couldn't take it. I cannot live my life this. I'm young, I'm healthy, I have no major mood/psych disorders, no chronic pain. these stories of people taking a year to get back to normal is FREAKING ME OUT. I'm hoping my symptoms are peaking and in a week or two I'll be feeling better. Any input? I so don't want to have to start taking it again. And i HAVE TO GET THROUGH WORK. So upset. :-(
-Amelia