Posted by Scooter1908 on April 30, 2008, at 20:38:04
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by alycat on April 30, 2008, at 19:47:52
> I feel like a true junkie now. It's day 8 or 9 going cold turkey, and I broke down and filled half a month scrip. There I am in a parking lot rationing out Cymbalta beads in an old water bottle cap before meeting my husband and kids at soccer practice...what the hell? My husband sympathetically said I am looking "a little rough", so not only do I feel like an addict, I also look like one!! No more cold turkey for me. I am hoping to take 15mg for a week, then 8mg for a week, then 4...etc...could I go faster? Will I have any long term damage to my body? I am so afraid now of what I have done to myself. By the way, I was prescribed this by my Gen. Practitioner (not a Psych), so this is not his specialty, and I'd rather hear from those who have lived it. Please tell me this will all be over soon, and I can TRY to treat ME naturally, and not what Cymbalta has done.
Alycat, I think it is a great idea to wean yourself like you are doing. I wish I would of thought of that when I was quitting. All I did was take them every other day for the last month. It took three months to stop having symptoms after I took my last one. I don't know about long term affects, but I'm not having any problems right now. You are not an addict. This stuff is poison. Don't give up. If I can make it so can you.
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