Posted by ShiningStar on July 14, 2006, at 20:08:12
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by Gog on July 14, 2006, at 19:53:58
I found out about "The Antidepressant Solution" by Joseph Glenmullen after I had my last dose of Cymbalta and was all ready into the withdrawal. I too felt blindsided by the withdrawal and all the side effects I felt while I was on Cymbalta and then after about 6 months or so on the drug and it wasn't as effective as it was in the beginning. At the very least the book gave me the validation I had been looking for but couldn't find in my own doctor. Unfortunately, Cymbalta sounds like a difficult drug to go off of even with a very gentle taper and I give a lot of credit to people who've gone through withdrawal multiple times trying to figure out how best to taper off. I read some of the stories like the Harvard student going through Paxil withdrawal with committed a theft because of the impulsiveness the withdrawal caused because he stopped cold turkey (and he didn't need the Paxil in the first place) and the woman who moved out to California but then had her life completely fall apart there because of antidepressant toxicity. In a way it's nice to know that there are others out there who understand, but at the same time it seems like more doctors and health care professionals should know about antidepressant withdrawal, horrible side effects and antidepressant toxicity.
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