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Posted by cee on September 16, 2009, at 17:04:39
Hello
Iam going thru my third month of withdrawal from 60mg of cymbalta. i am on 600 mg of seroquel and 1.5 of klonipin you would think that this combo would get rid of my anxiety and hissing in my ears. my question is any one else had such a long withdrawal from cymbalta,There is a web site called www.cymbaltasurvivers.com wow
god bless
cee
Posted by Maxime on September 16, 2009, at 17:43:32
In reply to cymbalta -3 month withdrawal, posted by cee on September 16, 2009, at 17:04:39
I just came off of 60mg of Cymbalta. I cut down over two weeks and then stopped it. I have had no ill effects with the exception of being intensely suicidal. I am waiting to try parnate.
Posted by Phillipa on September 16, 2009, at 19:45:08
In reply to Re: cymbalta -3 month withdrawal » cee, posted by Maxime on September 16, 2009, at 17:43:32
Was also on 60mg cut to 30mg then off. No problems at all. Phillipa
Posted by Justherself54 on September 16, 2009, at 21:34:35
In reply to cymbalta -3 month withdrawal, posted by cee on September 16, 2009, at 17:04:39
Sorry to hear you're still feeling so badly. I wasn't on Cymbalta long enough to feel too much withdrawal..have you contacted your doctor..I usually take a bit more of a benzo when I'm withdrawing..scary what can happen with these meds.
Posted by james_ukglasgow on September 17, 2009, at 14:31:43
In reply to Re: cymbalta -3 month withdrawal, posted by Justherself54 on September 16, 2009, at 21:34:35
I agree with going slowly on stopping it. I made the mistake of going from 60mg to zero over a week using a smaller number of granules from the capsule everyday. However, after 4 days I was climbing the walls and my friends were really concerned about me, I was almost at the point of going to the local Psych Hospital and asking to be admitted. I became an emotional wreck, and have since gone back to fluoxetine 60mg a day.
If you feel you are likely to need to keep taking anti-d's it might be better to do a direct swap. I have done this many times with different drugs, the closest analogy would be Efexor. I stopped it one day and started paroxetine the following day and I got no withdrawl symptoms. But when I tried stopping Efexor slowly again it was hellish.
Sometimes taking a large dose of fluoxetine say 60mg and then reduing this over 3-4 days until you stop can help more than tapering the duloxetine, so I have heard. It is similar to the Valium and Ativan situation with half-lives.
I have been on anti-d's since 1992 so I can't see me ever being without them now. I remember when I got my first script for Seroxat/Paxil and was told it was not addictive, little did they and I know.
Posted by Phillipa on September 17, 2009, at 20:38:59
In reply to Re: cymbalta -3 month withdrawal, posted by james_ukglasgow on September 17, 2009, at 14:31:43
Seriously do they make you feel better? Phillipa
Posted by james_ukglasgow on September 18, 2009, at 1:09:35
In reply to Re: cymbalta -3 month withdrawal » james_ukglasgow, posted by Phillipa on September 17, 2009, at 20:38:59
Hi Philipa
Parnate did, the rest tricyclics/SSRI's/SNRI's just seem to take away emotion so you are not so sad or anything for that matter (I once told one Pdoc that if someone told me when I was on paroxetine that my house had burned down, I have been made bankrupt and my family had all died in a tragic accident I would have shrugged my shoulders and said "whats for lunch". I have put on a lot of weight) rather than not being depressed, if that makes any sense.
Posted by Phillipa on September 18, 2009, at 19:51:08
In reply to Re: cymbalta -3 month withdrawal, posted by james_ukglasgow on September 18, 2009, at 1:09:35
Yes makes sense. Why now not on parnate though? Phillipa
Posted by james_ukglasgow on September 19, 2009, at 8:13:20
In reply to Re: cymbalta -3 month withdrawal » james_ukglasgow, posted by Phillipa on September 18, 2009, at 19:51:08
I got diagnosed with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia a few years ago and since then my Doctors have been too scared to let me have an MAOI.
Also, I had on spontaneous hypertensive reaction on Parnate and I had to tell the Doctor in the A&E Dept. (you would call it the ER) what was happening, he did not have a clue. They then tried to inject me with tramadol, which would have given me serotonin syndrome on top and killed me, or i would have ended up in the ICU and had the cheek to complain when I refused the injection. At that point i was discharged still with hypertension as I think they were too scared to do anything, which by the time I got home was even worse. I then took a nifedipine capsule and it was gone in 15 minutes, I should have done that at the very beginning and not went near the Hospital.
It was not a pleasant experience, the worst headache I have ever had, it took me a good 5 days to recover fully.
Posted by cee on September 19, 2009, at 16:07:57
In reply to Re: cymbalta -3 month withdrawal, posted by james_ukglasgow on September 17, 2009, at 14:31:43
Good day people
Thanks for the comments ,it started out with good cymbalta related comments but then got off on another road all together. i was lookin for help in finding someone who has come off there last mg of cymbalta {which is the hardest}and find out how long it took to feel human again a god bless
cee
Posted by cee on September 20, 2009, at 19:15:08
In reply to Re: cymbalta -3 month withdrawal » cee, posted by Maxime on September 16, 2009, at 17:43:32
> I just came off of 60mg of Cymbalta. I cut down over two weeks and then stopped it. I have had no ill effects with the exception of being intensely suicidal. I am waiting to try parnate.
hello it sounds that you have a hard road to go still best of luck
cee
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