Cymbalta Withdraw Sucks!

i googled cymbalta withdrawal because i wanted to know what to expect. Let me tell ya...it is PURE HELL and im not even completely off of it.

Tuesday night i was vomiting and that continued thru last night about 4pm. In addition i have ringing in my ears, running to the bathroom, so dizzy i fall down, VERY emotional, and my mind is RACING.

I will be so glad when this is OVER. I wish i had never let that dr put me on cymbalta.

So im sitting on the couch...or laying depending on my mood, waiting for this to be over.

Post edited by: bshapiro, at: 10/11/2007 14:46

Post edited by: Honey45, at: 10/11/2007 22:07

I was put on Cymbalta last month and I ran out about a week ago. I was taken off of the Paxil and put on the Cymbalta. Like a ding dong I called in the refill but I didn't realize my doc didn't put a refill on it so I ran out. This has been 5 very long days. In the past I have always been able to stop a drug and have no reaction but this is not the case with this drug. Wow! I to have felt dizzy, running to the bathroom and my head has been going going going, like the energizer bunny without any energy.

My head is now clear and I'm not sure this is really the drug for me. I have been so checked out and talk about depressed.

Part of the problem is that I was put onto three new drugs at the same time last month Cymbalta, Neurontin and Zanaflex. I have not known if I'm coming or going. These are major drugs. Although I have felt better physically I have been a bit checked out mentally. I think that I will just stay on the Neurontin and the Zanaflex for now. I'll talk to my doc about reintroducing the Cymbalta in a couple of weeks if I can't sleep or start to feel depressed again. I was rx'd the Cymbalta for sleep and depression but right now I'm just so happy to be getting my head back. To be honest I'm terrified to go back on it. I am sleeping better than I was I think the Neurontin is doing that for me.

Thanks for sharing your story Amanda. This probably sounds really dumb but I didn't even realize what was going on with me. I thought it was one heck of a menzie cycle and real depressed.

my husband had a good point...he said...if you were a nurse who wasnt getting along with a very unstable patient, who was in the office solely to have her antidepressant adjusted, would you just tell her to deal with it as she is telling you she wants to physically hurt you? what a dumb a**!!!

day 2 is almost over. i hope im strong enough to keep it together.

OH 1 question...and i dont mean to self medicate...but i have some 1 mg ativan that i take for panic attacks. should i take one of those twice a day, if they dont give me xanex or something like you all said above to get through the next 2 weeks or so?

thanks for listening. i love you all!

Amanda

I hope that you feel better tomorrow. If you need anything I'm here for you.

Janice