Posted by SLS on June 11, 2006, at 13:33:14
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by Avalon on June 11, 2006, at 12:47:26
> Scott, thanks for the advice. In response to your question, I had only been on Cymbalta 3 weeks so my dr. said to drop from 60 to 30 for 3 days then stop. I did so, then got very nauseous 3 days later. Went back on, then tapered VERY slowly for about 3 weeks. At the end I was opening the capsules and counting the tiny granules -- I think I was down to about 5 mg. when I stopped Mon. It is now Day 6, I just got up a little while ago and unfortunately, I'm still nauseous. I have to drive 2 hrs. later to go home for my appt tomorrow with my PM -- not sure how I'm going to handle driving while feeling like s*it. And as I mentioned, my dr. does not want to hear that my symptoms are being caused by Cym withdrawal. He will probably attribute it to the Kadian that I started taking Mon. I KNOW it's not the Kadian. I felt fine on Mon. and Tue., then started with slight nausea on Day 3, building to yesterday's dizziness/nausea. This is the same scenario I went through before with Cymbalta. Oh well... I am going to try to get a piece of toast down now...
Good luck :-)
I don't know what is preventing these doctors from acknowledging the existence withdrawal syndromes. Don't they see multiple patients who are reporting the same thing? It's not that rare. It must be a character flaw.
You did everything right.
I guess 2-3 weeks is the magic number. That's the time it takes for the brain to make some adjustments in response to the presence of the drug. Now, it must adjust to the absence of the drug. Your doctor probably doesn't fully appreciate how one can become accomodated to a drug after only two weeks.
What were the side effects that you experienced when you first started taking Cymbalta?
- Scott
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