Posted by Tennisplayer on September 14, 2007, at 22:06:13
In reply to Re: Cymbalta Withdrawal-Awful,Still Continuing » Tennisplayer, posted by moesje on September 14, 2007, at 21:39:02
> > I would like something to calm my anger down and help with the insomnia without taking any of the usual prescription drugs, or just getting hooked on another toxic substance to mask the symptoms from the first one. I apologize for my lenthiness and impatience.>
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> I use NOW vitamins, one called Eco-Green Multi, which i started using about 6 years ago. The brand is better than most in that it doesn't have a lot of additives, just vitamins. You can find their website at www.nowvitamins.com and then from there search for a store near you.
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> if you look at the "road back" program a little closer you can see what their program uses in terms of vitamins and make up your own regimen.
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> Sorry to not be really helpful, everybody is different in how they withdraw and what they need to get through it.
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> Main thing is going to be LOTS OF LIQUID, at least the 96 ounces a day (make that mostly water). the fluids will help flush the drug out of your system and kidney/liver. Light exercise to begin with, like walking or some prefer dancing. Just move and do it slowly keeping in mind your fragile balance right now.
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> I've been ofr since May and an now working full time doing mental tasks and some physical tasks (working retail, so moving boxes of stock). I could not have done this 6 months ago, and definitely not while i was withdrawing. So go slowly and know that it's going to take some time get the drug out of your system.
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> Also, if you didn't have a counselor or good friend way back when you went on the drug, find one now. You still need to handle whatever the problem was that caused you to start taking the medication. For instance, if you were dealing with the loss of a loved one in any way, you'll need to find a way to handle that loss, even now. your prior problems didn't go away, they were just buried under the drug.
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> good luck, and keep in touch here.Thank you very much. I appreciate your help and information. I became particularly aware that the drug was suppressing emotional problems, because I now feel so much more alive and as I think I posted elsewhere, I can now enjoy music and the scent of flowers and perfumes and everything from movies to the fresh morning air at 6:00 AM in the morning (which I had not been out in for almost 7 months because I couldn't drag myself out of the bed until 9:30 or so every morning. So even with the anger and ravenous eating etc. I feel so much better now than I did when I was on the Cymbalta. It was like I was almost dead or my soul was dead. Because of what I was going through durng withdrawal I ended up reading Dr. Peter Breggin's book "Your Drug May be Your Problem", which is a fantastic book, and also reminds us that we need to work out our emotional and mental problems with a compassionate psychologist or counselor, rather than just trying to take a pill to solve a "so called chemical imbalance" that is mainly just a theory anyway. I realize that neurochemical interactions are the basis of all emotion, and are very important, but in the end we have to realize that it is things that happen in our lives and our reactions to those things and our relationships with other people that have to be understood and worked through, and those issues may be what make the chemical balance get out of whack in the first place if it even is a chemical imbalance that causes depression. Sorry to go off on a tangent. I plan to use what you told me. I may have gone about looking into The Road Back literature the wrong way, but when I printed out their chapter on withdrawal, they only mention their products by a name that does not tell me what is in them. I was hoping to see some names of vitamins or whatever, but did not see that there. There may be other sources they have where I can find that.
I would like to at least go back to work part time. What symptoms did you have during the early phases of tapering or withdrawal that would have kept you from working? And if you don't mind my asking, why did you decided to discontinue the drug. thank you.
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