Posted by Jost on August 8, 2006, at 12:58:38 [reposted on August 11, 2006, at 3:50:22 | original URL]
In reply to CYMBALTA SIDE EFFECTS/WITHDRAWAL, posted by tjeffries on August 8, 2006, at 10:45:42
Just based on my experience with cymbalta, withdrawal shouldn't be much of a problem after three weeks.
If you've very worried, you should stop, no matter what the pdoc says.
A drug with bad side effects that don't lessen, isn't going to help you--because you'll be miserable about the SE. Even more so, if you're worried about withdrawal.
I would call Dr. back, and ask about how to withdraw. There are twenty mg. capsules, I believe, so you could either go from 30 mg every day to twenty everyday, and then down to twenty every other day. Or do 30 mg. every other day for a week or so-- whichever works.
Still, after only three weeks, there shouldn't have been that much change in your neurotransmitters, therefore discontinuation won't wreak havoc with them as they re-adapt.
Do you have anything like xanax on hand? That, or seroqual, are good at stabilizing, can help with discontinuation, if it is difficult.
But I don't think you have to worry about that at this point.
Jost
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