Posted by CEK on March 26, 2006, at 23:18:15
In reply to Re: going off Cymbalta...any suggestions? » jessers11581, posted by Phillipa on March 26, 2006, at 21:27:12
In Nov I was put on Cymbalta and taken off of Effexor. I started out with the 30mg and then was upped to 60mg when it seemed like it was no longer working a month later. At 30 mg, it did help all the pain I had in my neck and shoulders from all my tension and anxiety but that was all. I think it's better used for pain than as an antidepressant. In January I was committed into the hospital for wanting to committ suicide. On the Effexor things didn't seem so bad and I could tolerate much more. On the Cymbalta I found my voice again and was wanting to tell everyone off instead of putting up with everything. Everything got to where it felt like life was spinning out of control and I couldn't take it anymore. Even in the hospital, my psychiatrist made me stay on it, saying it was a good drug and the things going on in my life was what caused me to get in this condition, that the Cymbalta was not to blame. But hey, it sure didn't help none! I finally went cold turkey off of it a month out of the hospital. Besides not taking the edge off I had bad night sweats, could not pee much at all even if I drank lots of water and diet Pepsis all day and had trouble swallowing. Oh, but the doctor said this was a good drug for me. Sure, really good, if wanting to kill yourself is good. Anyway, after 4 days off of it,( the first four were fine) I spun completely out of control. Bawling all the time, shaking suicidal the whole nine yards. Then after the bawling stint was over then the anger came. I felt like hurting people! I wanted to cus out everyone I looked at. I stuck it out for 2 more weeks, 3 weeks in total until a new doctor but me on 3 new medicines. Still not much better, but at least I'm not a threat to society anymore. What my whole point is, don't let the first couple days fool you. You can miss a day or two without the drug but once it's completely out of your system it can back fire on you. You really need to take it slow when coming off.
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