My doctor put me on Effexor another SNRI at the same time as getting off of Cymbalta. A member brought this to my attention and I didn't realize why I haven't had any problems getting off of Cymbalta.
A couple of years ago I tried to get off of Cymbalta but the withdrawls were too much to handle, so I went back on. My new doctor has put me on Effexor as I'm tapering off of Cymbalta. I was on 120mg of Cymbalta and she had me take 75mg of Effexor and increase the Effexor by another 75mg of Effexor within 2 weeks.
The first few days after getting off Cymbalta as I just started Effexor was not unbearable but I did feel uncomfortable. I believe as the Effexor was kicking in the withdrawls went away so within 3 weeks I cut my Cymbalta back to 60mg with no withdrawl symptoms. I don't know if she realized what she was doing but I haven't had any withdrawls. Now I only have to get off of 60 more mg of Cymbalta and I will be off of them completely. This will means I will be off of 120mg of Cymbalta withing about 5 weeks.
Wish me Luck,
Just wanted to share that with my fellow suffers.