Hello, new member here, male- age 62. I've been on Cymbalta 60mg about 7-8 years preceded by Paxil for about 4-5 years. The Paxil was for social anxiety which helped me significantly at the time. Then my GP switched me to Cymbalta for diabetic neuropathy, and anxiety. Getting a bit personal here... earlier this year my wife of 37 years blindsided me with her cheating and suddenly leaving (I came home from work one night, asked what to have for supper, then she was gone forever in 20 minutes). I went into a major depression. My GP added Trintillex 10mg on top of the Cymbalta 60mg which pretty much made me a dizzy, nauseous and still emotionally distraught zombie. Anyway, after a few weeks of realizing that my wife will never return, I made the conscious decision to end the misery and turn my life around by seeking a companion through an online dating service. After a couple of months and many dates, incredibly, I found a wonderful match. We almost immediately decided to date exclusively, and realizing that I just may have met the one, I decided that I needed to get off the Trintillex asap as I was very happy and our relationship was progressing. I tapered on my own by breaking the tabs in half for only one week. Felt like crap for over a month after stopping the Trintillex, essentially cold turkey. The worst symptoms were major night sweats and little appetite which lasted over a month. I also had erectile dysfunction which was very humiliating at the start of a relationship. But, I eventually came back to normal, except for the ED. I then realized, and from research, that I probably had ED all along from the Cymbalta all the years I've been taking it but didn't realize it as there wasn't much sex in the last decade of my marriage. So, from research again, I decided that I wanted off the Cymbalta but in a safe virtually withdrawal-free way, and I decided to ask my GP to help me do this with the Prozac switch and taper method (as opposed to the bead counting way). He strongly recommended using Tritillex instead of Prozac as he claimed it was quicker and with much less (or none) withdrawal symptoms. He also claimed he's had other patients successfully switch to Trintillex then taper. So, I reluctantly agreed. This was just yesterday...
So, my GP's recommended switch and taper schedule is: 7 days of Trintillex 20mg, then 7 days of Trintillex 10mg. That's it! Being very skeptical of such a quick taper even though he insisted that I'll be perfectly fine, he did say that if needed, I can do a 3rd week of Trintillex 5mg...
So, today is day 1 without Cymbalta 60mg substituted with Trintillex 20mg. I feel a little bit foggier than usual, but I really didn't expect any huge difference in my brain and body on the first day. However, I'm curious and a little scared of what day 3 and beyond may bring. I will certainly post my progress here...
Thanks for reading. I look forward to comments.