Posted by Nay25 on July 22, 2006, at 13:35:07
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by kparis on July 18, 2006, at 13:20:46
I am in the process of coming off of Cymbalta, this is the first anti-D I've ever taken, while I've been diagnosed with depression and anxiety for the last 12 years. I just want to conquer the problems without meds due to the side effects.
I was on 30mg for 2 weeks, then 60 mg for the past 5 weeks. I started coming off 4 days ago by decreasing to 30mg myself with throwing out some of the medicine in the capsule until it looked to be about half of the 60mg = 30mg.
My energy is so low that I am either sleeping 10-12 hours and/or laying around all day. I feel like I am getting so behind in life and really want my energy back. Caffeine seemed to perk me up, but then resulted in insomnia at night.
I am also not sure how long to stay on the 30mg and when/how to taper to 15mg. I have yet to call my psychiatrist, which I guess I should do. I have some pent up aggression toward him though for putting me on this horrible medicine.So thankful I found this site & any advice is greatly appreciated.
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