Posted by Jaspar on May 22, 2006, at 16:07:42
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by sabrinassecret on May 21, 2006, at 17:19:26
> I started taking Cymbalta for neuropathic again. To anybody who is thinking of doing the
> same---don't do it! It doesn't work as well as other drugs (amitryptiline, Lyrica) and has
> worse side effects--no libido, extreme thirst, feelings "buzzed".I did not have those side-effects, but I did have one and it was a "deal-breaker". I had tried Amitryptiline, but I rapidly gain FORTY pounds on it, which I am still working at losing. I haven't tried Lyrica, and my GP wants me to try gabapentin, but at this point, I don't want anything... but that may change. Now I can hardly walk because the nerve pain came back which set my back muscles into spasm.
The Cymbalta DID work as promised me - it was just the side-effect that made me get off :-(
They need a test to know in advance who it WILL work for, and who should NOT take it!
>And, trying to get off of it is hell---the "shocks", upset stomachs, vomiting, vertigo,
> headaches, insomnia.That is what I have experienced. I have now been completely C-free for about a week. The symptoms are less. I tapered off for 6 MONTHS!
> It just doesn't work well enough to justify any of it.
For some people, it does, but it is like playing Russian Roulette.
-Jaspar
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