Posted by 4WD on September 12, 2004, at 16:28:27
In reply to Cymbalta Journal, posted by 4WD on September 4, 2004, at 15:58:30
Days 9 and 10 (Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 11 &12)
Cymbalta 30mg
Effexor 15 mgDay 9 (yesterday) was pretty bad. It was partly from still feeling groggy and tired from taking too many pain pills (hydrocodone) on Thursday so that was my fault. I had just been so tired of feeling so bad for so long that I desperately wanted to feel GOOD for a little while. Now I'm paying for it.
It was also from the pressure in my head and the ringing tone in my head. This is much worse than it was on 37.5 mg of Effexor and with Effexor I never had the pressurized feeling. Last night about 10 o'clock it got really bad. My neck and shoulders got real tense and started to draw up. My head felt like it was overstuffed with heavy wet cotton- my brain felt like it was swollen. When I'd turn my head from side to side it felt like my sore brain was banging against the inside of my skull. Then it turned into an actual painful headache starting at the base of my skull and moving over the whole top of my head. I took some ibuprofen and went to bed.
Day 10 Sunday didn't start out so great either. I felt okay (though still tired from pain pills) but a little scared when I got up. Within a hour I was very anxious and in another hour got panicky. I took 1/8 mg of Klonopin and the panic subsided into fear. I waited about an hour then took another 1/8 mg K. Now I feel okay but my head still feels pressurized. It's like I'm in an airplane but my ears won't pop x five and my brain is vaguely sore. ANd the tone in my head is driving me nuts.
It's hard for me to tell how I'd be feeling if I weren't having the tone in my head and if I weren't having to take Klonopin. The K makes me feel a bit down.
I don't know if the anxiety is completely from Effexor withdrawal or not. I tend to think it is since my anxiety has increased every time I switch from Effexor to another drug.
Today I do not feel energetic, motivated or hedonic. I think yucky/nervous might describe it. I am sleeping great, though.
Marsha
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