Posted by tennisplayer on February 14, 2008, at 10:21:24
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by Scooter1908 on February 11, 2008, at 17:24:35
> I found this site while looking up Cymbalta withdrawal symptoms. At least now I know that I'm not going crazy like I thought I was. The brain zapping is the worst of my symptoms. Does anybody know how long it lasts? I'm now afraid to take another antidepressant. I'm depressed because I have chronic severe pain that will last the rest of my life. Do I just have to learn to live with the pain on my own? Why aren't there warnings about the withdrawal symptoms? I didn't have any side affects while taking the drug. I quit taking it because of money problems. I guess I just need to know that the brain zapping will go away.
Scooter, Keep hanging in there. I also have severe chronic pain from interstitial cystitis, so I was interested in Cymbalta because it said it helped with pain as well as depression. Sadly it did not help me with either one, and had horrible sleeping-itis while on it, and nausea, insomnia etc. after trying to stop it. I have taken Zoloft (an antidepressant) in the past without severe side effects or withdrawal effects. It didn't seem to help much with my depression, however. Antidepressants and "psycho medications" are suspect in my mind after reading "Your Drug May be Your Problem". It is a really enlightening book. A lot of drug studies show that the placebo pill patients were given was just as effective as the antidepressant they were given, and the authors also argue that antidepressants are based on an unproven theory, which the drug companies tell us and our doctors is a fact--that of a chemical imbalance being the cause of depression. As far as the chronic pain, it is a really hard thing to deal with. Finding a doctor who specializes in pain management for people with severe chronic pain has really helped me. I also am trying some relaxation tapes by Dr. David Wise, whose relaxation methods are supposed to help all kinds of chronic pain, but his book focuses on pelvic pain and is called "A Headache in the Pelvis". It also has some good concrete measures to take to try to help ward off depression and help get us in a more hopeful state. Still, I have times when I feel like nothing is going to help and I can't go on, etc. Thankfully those usually pass and I find at least some good things out of each day of living that make it worthwhile. Good luck. Feel free to contact me at my email address lmagness@hotmail.com
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