Posted by The Engineer on February 19, 2007, at 17:36:03
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by Ellen04 on February 3, 2007, at 21:14:24
Hi all,
I'm in day four of Cymbalta cold turkey. Boy am I glad I found this thread !! Now I know what I'm going through is normal:"Electric shock" effect in brain, on eye and head movement (lessening today).
Chronically fatigued - and I suffer from Chronic fatigue Syndrome so that's saying something.
A bad "thumping" headache.
Neck ache.
Legs feel like they are "aching in the bones".
Hands and feet tingly and itchy.
So far I'm sleeping well, apart from quite vivid and at times psychedelic dreams...I was supposed to be working at home today, but I doubt if I managed three hours. I'm supposed to be working at the office tomorrow - I think not.... Don't think I'd be safe to drive just the four miles.
Back-ground:
I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 1999, after six months off work. Since then I have managed to keep in employment but with about 25% absence (yes, I DO have a VERY good employer!!)
After undergoing a redundancy assessment process about 12 months ago, made redundant and sucessfully appealed under UK Disability Discrimination legislation, the stress did me in and I was off again for nearly six months.
I have just completed a three-month gradual return to full time work.After much research on the subject I have decided to go "full detox" to beat my CFS. I started by ditching the Cymbalta. I had been on varying levels of Fluoxetine since 1999, my doctor (unfortunately) switched me to Cymbalta about 12 months ago. I was not happy with that, but it's the UK National Health Service trying to save money....
So I was on one 60 mg Cymbalta tablet daily, I quit last Friday. Stopped dead and now living the consequences. What you have all said encourages me that I should be able to stick with the withdrawal symptoms and beat this nasty toxic chemical which has no place inside a person's metabolism. I've decided that - for me - no drugs to be taken any more unless in emergency, and that involves pain killers.
Still, grand words for someone only four days in ?? Let's see how it goes. But I am one determined guy, determined to get as much chemical cr*p out of my body as possible and beat CFS. I'll keep you posted .......
poster:The Engineer
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