Posted by pontormo on September 20, 2014, at 10:50:05
In reply to Re: cymbalta withdrawals, posted by babbler20 on September 20, 2014, at 1:43:49
I doubt it's as bad as the horror stories. For one thing, those stories are worst case scenarios. The people for whom it's either all right or basically just uncomfortable for a brief while usually don't write in. For another thing, we don't know how good their care was-- they may not have had access to good meds to help with symptoms.
What it's like depends how much you've been taking, for how long and how you calibrate the taper.
I used cymbalta, at a very low dose for about 9 months to a year and had no trouble at all. I don't think I even noticed coming off. But I think my dose was extremely low because of my sensitivity to serotonin.
On the other hand, I used parnate for four or five years at a very high dose and was really sick for a few days when I had to come off cold turkey because of a freakish bad reaction.
It really depends on a lot of factors. I wouldn't assume anything other than you need to taper at a reasonable pace and you might be uncomfortable for a short time--
I would hope your pdoc would know how to mitigate a bad reaction-- and will help you out if things go awry.
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