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Posted by missy64 on July 3, 2007, at 20:53:48
Does anyone know how long it takes to be free from the withdrawals of cymbalta. I was given cymbalta a year ago for fibromyalgia. It has not help me at all. I was trying to go cold turkey but the withdrawals were to bad I had to start taking it again. Any suggestions on how to get through the withdrawals.
Posted by nevergiveup on July 3, 2007, at 20:53:48
In reply to Cymbalta withdrawals, posted by missy64 on July 1, 2007, at 22:51:13
Did you get off gradually or just stop? Most of these meds should be gotten off of gradually. Try getting off more slowly for sure. Ask other users their experience. I was on Effexor and it took me 3 monthes to get off really gradually.
Posted by missy64 on July 3, 2007, at 20:53:48
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawals, posted by nevergiveup on July 3, 2007, at 15:26:35
Thanks nevergiveup, I talked to my doctor he will come up with a plan to get me off of the Cymbalta.
Posted by moesje on August 25, 2007, at 11:04:22
In reply to Cymbalta withdrawals, posted by missy64 on July 3, 2007, at 20:53:48
I took 30mg for 2 days, nothing for 1, opened the capsule and took half (15 mg)for 2 days, nothing for 1, another capsule down to 7.5mg for 2 days. . . I actually went too fast, and had all the symptoms as if I went cold turkey. Brain zaps that hurt to blink, dizziness, sick to my stomach from the zaps and dizziness, on and on.
This was done on the advice of my doc, to open the capsule and take smaller doses, the timing was my idea. I wanted off, now. I'd already read some posts here about the withdrawal effects and I just wanted out of this.
It took 2 more months to get rid of the symptoms, and even now (almost 4 months) if I don't get enough sleep, and enough food or water, I will have some of the dizziness and sickness and just have to go to bed. BUT IT DOES STOP.
I really hope you're past all of this now, and if not, take a good multivitamin, a B-complex and get to GNC (nutrition store) or a good vitamin store and look for Natural Calm and/or CalMag. Your body has lost and will lose calcium and magnesium, and these help replace that, plus help with the soreness of your body during withdrawal. They also help you sleep well at night, naturally. Use either the Natural Calm or the CalMag, as the Calm is magnesium and the CalMag is both.
Drink lots of fluid (women are supposed to have 96 ounces a day anyway) and I know movement hurts, but keep moving. You need to flush this drug out of your system and sitting around won't help. Don't drive unless you have to, and have a friend when you go shopping - that way if you can't drive home after moving around, you have someone to take you home.
Again, I hope you're past this, so if someone else is reading this, I hope this helps.
My doc wanted to increase my dosage as 60 MG wasn't helping me after 2 months. I had already found this site and said I just wanted off. Cold turkey off of 7.5MG is the same as cold turkey off of 30MG physically. Now emotionally, you might have other problems, so watch for those. Someone here said her pharmacist said if she was hallucinating she needed to get the hospital.
And keep in mind, all the problems you had BEFORE starting the drug are still there, and you need a support system of some sort to work on those.
Good luck.
> Does anyone know how long it takes to be free from the withdrawals of cymbalta. I was given cymbalta a year ago for fibromyalgia. It has not help me at all. I was trying to go cold turkey but the withdrawals were to bad I had to start taking it again. Any suggestions on how to get through the withdrawals.
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