Posted by Kfroggy on April 17, 2007, at 9:15:11
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by gapsgal on April 16, 2007, at 21:20:34
Hi everyone. I notice not many follow up here, only tell their stories, which is OK. I just wanted to follow up...a week ago I did a lot of searching on the internet for Cymbalta withdrawal. (I just typed in "Cymbalta withdrawal" in the search engine.) I don't know if you guys found anything, but I found a website called THE ROAD BACK. It is exactly for this kind of thing. They tell you a lot of natural ways to help the symptoms. I didn't buy anything from them, but incorporated what they had to say regarding taking the vitamins and pure whey protein. It really helps, so far. Now I have been off Cymbalta cold turkey for maybe 7-8 weeks. (If you read my other threads, you know I was dying from this, it is so awful.) The nausea is gone. Let's hope it stays gone. I only get the zaps maybe twice in the evening hours. Although I want to eat all the time, even when I am not hungry! So I don't know if it is a combination of timing and vitamins, or what. I can tell you what I take, but it is up to you to decide if it is OK with you. I take, in the morning, 2 fish oil, 1 400 i.u. of E, 1 B vitamin, 1 potassium and I take them with 1 serving of the PURE whey mixed with skim milk. Then at lunch I take 2 more of the fish oil. The vitamins are just the ones from the grocery store. But in order to get the PURE whey, you have to order it. The ones at the grocery store are not pure and have a lot of fillers. I hope this can help some of you. I thank God that this has helped me over that last week!!
One other thing to add: when I was in the hospital in 2002 for a suicide attempt, they discovered I was low in potassium. I have noticed that a lot of stuff to help depression includes some kind of potassium. That is why I started including that in my routine. Just a thought.
poster:Kfroggy
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