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Re: Cymbalta withdrawal

Posted by runnerwdogs on December 29, 2005, at 16:07:09

In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by Dr. Vijoy on November 30, 2005, at 15:44:26

Hello....I have been searching on the internet to see if everyone has the same side effects from Cymbalta withdrawal and was shocked as most. I had been taking 60 mg/daily and was fed up with the side effects-sick to stomach, sexual side effects, night sweats, etc. I was instructed to cut the dose in half for one week and then stop. Because I felt so-so I did a much quicker taper. The side effects were awful, nightmares, night sweats, headache, dizziness, difficult to remeber stuff, tingling in the brain, everything people mention. I am now on day 10 and feeling much, much better and my sex life has returned to normal. Not sure if this helped or what it was, but this is what I did: excersied daily, despite the excessive amount of sweating, very healthy eating (salads, proteins, very little carbs-i craved carbs on the med), yoga (I was very skeptical of this, but still did it) After tyring all of this I still was having some pretty intese side effects (burst into tears for no reason, general feeling of being off) but was regaining my memory, as it was super foggy. I then went to the store and got a internal cleansing (bunch of natural stuff)-this was the turning point for me, at least I think it was-I still kept up all the other things mentioned above. My ability to sleep without nightmare every night extended from 15 minutes to an hour, to now almost a full night. I still get waves of dizziness. All of my body funtions (things people not on the med take for granted) started to return to normal, very, very quickly. During the withdrawal I felt very bitter for being put on this med without knowing what would happen, I was just given other meds for the side effects (Klonopin, another anit histamine for sexual effects, etc) I made it through the last 10 days without the Klonopin. I tried the Benadryl once, but it made my legs real jumpy. As much as I hated it, I forced myself to get aerobic exercise when the symptoms were becoming too much (not when I was dizzy, but just angry, irritable, tearful). The other thing I did when I had a wave of side effects was to experience each one and soak it in, this seemed to give me the "fuel" to get off this med. I did not ignore them, but tried to pay close attention. I am curious if others have tried the natural clensing products and had any luck. I am still going through the withdrawal, but feel alive again. I too wanted to know exactly how long it would last, and saw no end in sight, but now it is just as if I am shaking a bad cold that is kind of hanging around. Hope this helps.


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