Psycho-Babble Withdrawal Thread 499110

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What are withdrawal symptoms like?

Posted by D minor on May 17, 2005, at 18:25:45

Hi,
I've been on Cymbalta for about 8 days. I decided to take the 30mg once every other day because I'm starting to get a little hypomanic.

So I didn't take it today and I notice that I'm feeling very agitated. Can this be a withdrawal symptom? Could I be experiencing withdrawal after only a week?

Someone please reply, this is a very uncomfortable feeling.
dm

Re: What are withdrawal symptoms like?

Posted by SLS on May 18, 2005, at 8:47:31

In reply to What are withdrawal symptoms like?, posted by D minor on May 17, 2005, at 18:25:45

Hi DM.

> Hi,
> I've been on Cymbalta for about 8 days. I decided to take the 30mg once every other day because I'm starting to get a little hypomanic.
>
> So I didn't take it today and I notice that I'm feeling very agitated. Can this be a withdrawal symptom? Could I be experiencing withdrawal after only a week?
>
> Someone please reply, this is a very uncomfortable feeling.
> dm

What you are experiencing is almost certainly the depression itself. Often, irritability is a sign of improvement when one's depression is just beginning to lift. You are caught in-between depression and remission. If you were to discontinue the drug entirely, the depression would probably take on its more familiar vegetative quality.

I know how important it is to avoid becoming manic when no treatment is immediately available to prevent it. Again, though, I think you are much better taking a reduced dosage every day than pulsing the drug and risking non-response or an acute manic reaction.

- Scott

I gave in

Posted by D minor on May 18, 2005, at 12:10:08

In reply to Re: What are withdrawal symptoms like?, posted by SLS on May 18, 2005, at 8:47:31

>
> What you are experiencing is almost certainly the depression itself. Often, irritability is a sign of improvement when one's depression is just beginning to lift. You are caught in-between depression and remission. If you were to discontinue the drug entirely, the depression would probably take on its more familiar vegetative quality.
>
> I know how important it is to avoid becoming manic when no treatment is immediately available to prevent it. Again, though, I think you are much better taking a reduced dosage every day than pulsing the drug and risking non-response or an acute manic reaction.

Hi Scott,

Thats interesting. I ended up taking the Cymbalta yesterday because I just couldn't stand that feeling. I think you're right. Now I'm sure the ever-other-day thing isn't going to work. I'll hold it here at 30mg unless the hypomania gets worse. I see my new pdoc in exactly one week. I'll ask him then if he could prescribe a lower dose if necessary.

Thanks for writing to me.
dm

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