Posted by ShiningStar on July 14, 2006, at 19:04:10
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by kparis on July 14, 2006, at 10:58:05
Thanks for the support, I'll hang in for one more week since week 4 seems to be the magic number. It's just been tough when you're trying to deal with the withdrawal and I didn't know what was really going on until I came across this board and found that some of the suggestions like taking Benadryl helped for whatever reason. The doctor I was seeing while I was on Cymbalta didn't even want to acknowledge that I was going through withdrawal until I confronted her and even then it felt more like she was trying to keep me pacified and wasn't about to actively look for ways to help other than putting me back on 20mg and doing another one of her "tapers". I just saw my old doctor and he got everything and that I don't want back on Cymbalta and just want to treat the withdrawal symptoms until their gone. Someone really needs to get on the ball and start educating family physicians about antidepressant withdrawal since they're the ones prescribing it instead of sending people to mental health professionals who deal with this stuff all the time.
My heart goes out to anyone who's had to deal with this crap, including friends and family. Thanks for the support and suggestions.
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