Posted by gapsgal on June 5, 2006, at 22:16:03
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by Avalon on June 5, 2006, at 22:03:30
Do you plan to continue seeing this doctor? I have just about had it with these doctors who are not up to date on this and act like we are all idiots.
> Hi KP, I'm still here. In fact, I have an update from my appt with my PM doc this morning. As you may recall, when I called his office to tell him I was going through withdrawal, I was told I should NOT be going through withdrawal from Cymbalta. So that was a couple weeks ago and I went back on the drug and have been slowly tapering off ever since. Today I probably took about 5 mg worth. So at my appt today, he again tells me he doubts it was withdrawal, it was probably a stomach flu. When I started to say what the packaging said about the symptoms from abrupt discontinuance (which included nausea, which I had), he cut me off and said he was quite aware of what was in the prescribing information, and that abrupt withdrawal meant going from a much higher dose to zero ... not 30 mg like I had been on. So I just let the conversation drop, I wasn't about to argue and I certainly wasn't about to cite the Internet, you know how much they love that. He said no other patients have complained of this. His nurse told me she went off it and had no problems. So I guess we all just have the stomach flu...for weeks on end.
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> I think I will try not taking anymore after today's dose. I'll let you know how I feel in a few days. I hope I don't get sick because I'm having dinner with friends Thurs. night. How are YOU feeling?
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