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Posted by scratchpad on July 16, 2007, at 10:45:59
In reply to Weight Gain?, posted by Snap on July 15, 2007, at 1:33:39
> Anyone experience weight gain after stopping cymbalta?
Ugh. I'm starting Remeron whilst tapering off of Cymbalta. I'm ravenous all the time! And I worked so hard to lose this weight, too. I swear I can see the returning pounds bloom on my belly by the hour :-(
The head zaps are kind of entertaining if you think of them as feeling your brain in action. It feels like a manual car transmission that's misfiring.
The irritability is horrible. It's so hard to keep my mouth shut and not stick my foot in it instead! I find that putting on my iPod and dancing around helps to take my mind off how awful I'm feeling. And yesterday when I was struck down on the sofa feeling utterly incapable of any movement, I insisted my husband haul me up by my arms and tell me to get my *ss in gear. In the nicest possible way, of course. Like, "Please, dear, could you get your darling if growing *ss in gear so I can sit on the sofa for a change?" I must say, he got out of the way pretty quickly when I lunged for him in reply.
A cattle prod would come in handy right now, too.
One foot in front of the other, though, right? Trudge, trudge, trudge...
Scratchpad
Posted by moesje on July 16, 2007, at 12:48:32
In reply to Re: Weight Gain? » Snap, posted by scratchpad on July 16, 2007, at 10:45:59
Thank you for my laugh of the day! Sounds like your husband is being supportive of you in this, and that helps. I kind of mentally pictured my nerve endings reattaching and coming to life again, that helped me get through it. Dancing works as good as exercise, probably better because you'll actually dance as a way to put the music on and ignore the world.
GO GO GO
moesje
> > Anyone experience weight gain after stopping cymbalta?
>
> Ugh. I'm starting Remeron whilst tapering off of Cymbalta. I'm ravenous all the time! And I worked so hard to lose this weight, too. I swear I can see the returning pounds bloom on my belly by the hour :-(
>
> The head zaps are kind of entertaining if you think of them as feeling your brain in action. It feels like a manual car transmission that's misfiring.
>
> The irritability is horrible. It's so hard to keep my mouth shut and not stick my foot in it instead! I find that putting on my iPod and dancing around helps to take my mind off how awful I'm feeling. And yesterday when I was struck down on the sofa feeling utterly incapable of any movement, I insisted my husband haul me up by my arms and tell me to get my *ss in gear. In the nicest possible way, of course. Like, "Please, dear, could you get your darling if growing *ss in gear so I can sit on the sofa for a change?" I must say, he got out of the way pretty quickly when I lunged for him in reply.
>
> A cattle prod would come in handy right now, too.
>
> One foot in front of the other, though, right? Trudge, trudge, trudge...
>
> Scratchpad
>
>
Posted by Snap on July 17, 2007, at 10:22:02
In reply to Re: Weight Gain? » Snap, posted by scratchpad on July 16, 2007, at 10:45:59
Please let me know how you do on Remeron. I heard about it for the first time last week.
Posted by Snap on July 17, 2007, at 10:23:34
In reply to Re: Weight Gain? » Snap, posted by scratchpad on July 16, 2007, at 10:45:59
I heard about Remeron for the first time last week. Please let me know if it works for you.
Take care.
Posted by Snap on July 17, 2007, at 17:31:22
In reply to Re: Weight Gain?, posted by Snap on July 17, 2007, at 10:23:34
I'm experiencing depression - more than usual. I am 13 days of of cymbalta.
anyone identify???
Does it pass? I don't want to go back on if I don't have to...
Thanks!
*sniff*
Posted by moesje on July 17, 2007, at 18:14:43
In reply to One more thing, posted by Snap on July 17, 2007, at 17:31:22
Yes, keep in mind that the drug put you in a state to address the depression - all docs assume you will or are getting counseling along with the drug. You need to find a new way of addressing any future depression, or face the drugs again.
Exercise, music, religion, things like that to help you. And from what I understand, coming off of antidepressants can make it SEEM like the prior depression is coming back only worse. Just find some new coping skills to use.
moesje
> I'm experiencing depression - more than usual. I am 13 days of of cymbalta.
>
> anyone identify???
>
> Does it pass? I don't want to go back on if I don't have to...
>
> Thanks!
>
> *sniff*
Posted by Snap on July 18, 2007, at 0:06:33
In reply to Re: One more thing » Snap, posted by moesje on July 17, 2007, at 18:14:43
THANKS!!!!!!!
Posted by moesje on July 18, 2007, at 0:18:50
In reply to Re: One more thing, posted by Snap on July 18, 2007, at 0:06:33
You're welcome!!!!
> THANKS!!!!!!!
Posted by scratchpad on July 19, 2007, at 19:27:52
In reply to Re: Weight Gain?, posted by Snap on July 17, 2007, at 10:22:02
> Please let me know how you do on Remeron. I heard about it for the first time last week.
>
>I don't know if it's being on the Remeron while I am tapering off the Cymbalta (at 30mg currently) but the brain zaps are much reduced after a week.
I'm still feeling spacey and by the afternoon, like my eyeballs are rolling around in my sockets (though they are not, I checked in a mirror and I merely looked tired). The Remeron makes me sleep very heavily and I suspect this is helping tamp down the Cymbalta's effects.I notice also that I am far more hungry in the morning than at any other time of the day, and that no amount of sugar can fill the void. I have finished off all the cookies in the house so I;m left being forced to eat the healthier choice of fresh fruit. Oh, well.
My mood (if you can tell) is pretty good.
I am having lots of dreams, too, which I attribute to the Cymbalta withdrawal. I haven't bothered to write anything down yet, though I should put a notepad next to the pad, if for nothing else than having something to laugh at eventually.
take care
Scratchpad
Posted by bornfree on July 21, 2007, at 8:06:18
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal » Alexi, posted by gjv625 on August 2, 2005, at 17:53:12
Hi there everyone who reads this. I have been on Cymbalta for ages now and i don't feel any change in the way i am feeling apart from down. So im coming off it however, the last few weeks or so i have been feeling kind of dizzy with a weird headace the kind i got when i started to stop takling this other anti d i was taking, I dont get it the GR was no use either. Has anyway else felt like this before they stoped taking it and will it get worse. I need to work otherwise i wont get paid which = no money to live on which = stress i dont need. HELP ..
Posted by tamara999 on July 21, 2007, at 8:59:22
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by bornfree on July 21, 2007, at 8:06:18
Alexi,
hang in there, getting off this med is the best thing I ever did, BUT...it took over 7 weeks of weaning off. I had only been on 60 mg for less than 1yr and ended up cutting down to 7.5 mg for almost 2 weeks to be able to stop. The dizzyiness and vertigo was my worst problem. But as you can see on here, people had all kinds of odd symptoms. It Does get better but the dizziness was debilitating, so I understand your concern. Read what everyone has said as they all had something different work for them.....i just weaned REALLY slow...and divided the capsules by hand to get the small doses. The best i think, a healthy diet, excercise (i had to force myself to go), lets of water and vitamins and stamina. Best of luck !!!
Tamara
Posted by bornfree on July 21, 2007, at 9:26:58
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by bornfree on July 21, 2007, at 8:06:18
Im really scared now as i can wait months or weeks to feel better iv been off work for a week already i need to work to be able to pay my rent, if i don't work i don't get paid. I think iv been on these tablets for under a year now but on 60mg which is a lot i feel. I cant understand why iv started gettingthingd eeling now when iv not really started stopping then yep. You do fel like your dying but the good news is your not alone thanks.
Posted by Snap on July 21, 2007, at 17:32:48
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by bornfree on July 21, 2007, at 9:26:58
Hi there,
I really feel for you and I’m right there with you. It's a little over 3 weeks for me. I can tell you that the brain zaps are getting better. I still have motion sickness and take a homeopathic supplement for that. I try to exercise every day. It seems that when I sit still the withdrawal symptoms get worse. I need to work as well and get into a lot of fear about it, however, I know that ONE DAY I will be myself again. I respect that this a medical forum, but I also wanted to share that I am clean from drugs and alcohol for almost 6 years. I have been on Cymbalta for 5 1/2 years of my sobriety. So needless to say - I am REALLY feeling everything and it's not fun. The good news is that I feel everything. Okay I know I'm off on a tangent here, but I swear there is a point. I have been so uncomfortable with how I feel that I almost resorted to a drink - it's been that bad. However, I have not nor have I taken other meds to soften the blow of this detox - not that that's a bad thing - I just really want to be done with this.
I share this with you to express how much I understand how you feel. Chocolate has helped me. Now I'm not suggesting it, but I deserve a little prize. No?
I'm pretty much a raw nerve and wonder if that's one of the reasons I went on Cymbalta in the first place. My friends and I call it Gumball just for laughs. I'm making an effort not to make Gumball or the doc that prescribed it the enemies. It did work for a while.
I hope that you feel better.
PS. Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao or higher is the Sh*t!
Snap
Posted by moesje on July 21, 2007, at 18:23:36
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by Snap on July 21, 2007, at 17:32:48
I agree with all that Snap says here! The whole withdrawal experience made me feel as if my nerves were constantly jangled raw, and blinking my eyes could bring it on or keep it going. I just imagined that it was my nerve endings coming back to life, and kept away from anything that might cause me to explode. Thankfully my 2 teenage daughters and my husband were quite supportive of me getting off.
Also she's very right about what each person requires to suffer through this. Some could just get through it alone, others needed vitamins, exercise or chocolate.
I had read somewhere that coming off anti-d was rough because if you didn't have things in place to handle the stress, whatever put you on the anit-d's would come back and bite you harder. It still feels like that, and I'm having to find my way out of the bag and figure out what works with my emotions. Add to that, I'm at the beginning stages of menopause, and you've got hell on wheels most of the time. I dont sleep well, I wake up at either 3 or 6 am and then sleep well for 3 or 4 hours. Not enough, so thankfully I work at home and can take a nap when I need it.
Anyway, just keep hanging in there, you can get through this!!
Moesje
> Hi there,
>
> I really feel for you and I’m right there with you. It's a little over 3 weeks for me. I can tell you that the brain zaps are getting better. I still have motion sickness and take a homeopathic supplement for that. I try to exercise every day. It seems that when I sit still the withdrawal symptoms get worse. I need to work as well and get into a lot of fear about it, however, I know that ONE DAY I will be myself again. I respect that this a medical forum, but I also wanted to share that I am clean from drugs and alcohol for almost 6 years. I have been on Cymbalta for 5 1/2 years of my sobriety. So needless to say - I am REALLY feeling everything and it's not fun. The good news is that I feel everything. Okay I know I'm off on a tangent here, but I swear there is a point. I have been so uncomfortable with how I feel that I almost resorted to a drink - it's been that bad. However, I have not nor have I taken other meds to soften the blow of this detox - not that that's a bad thing - I just really want to be done with this.
>
> I share this with you to express how much I understand how you feel. Chocolate has helped me. Now I'm not suggesting it, but I deserve a little prize. No?
>
> I'm pretty much a raw nerve and wonder if that's one of the reasons I went on Cymbalta in the first place. My friends and I call it Gumball just for laughs. I'm making an effort not to make Gumball or the doc that prescribed it the enemies. It did work for a while.
>
> I hope that you feel better.
>
> PS. Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao or higher is the Sh*t!
>
> Snap
>
Posted by bornfree on July 22, 2007, at 5:03:19
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal » Snap, posted by moesje on July 21, 2007, at 18:23:36
Hi there friends. I don't really get it i missed my cymbalta on days when i didn't recall if i had took it or not, I guess it must make you forget. But i didn't really get any side effects. Anyway i went to my GP who wasn't my reg GP and he was rubbish to put a kind word on it. I told him i needed to come off them for a test i was going for and he didn't say anything about it apart from take 1 every other day, i dont get it no bedside mannor im sure. Anyway that was wednesday i think, so i guess that you could say i have been withdrawing since then. I was on 60mg its been 5 days today. The sad thing is i dont know what's these meds and not as for a week i felt poo, iv had headaces,feeling sick and weird head. I'v not had head shock, have i them to come and when (i cant wait im sure). Oh and i did have a wierd heart pain and iv got weird bowel movmnets. Im starting to get weird eye sight too and scared to go far at the house. Oh has anyone heard of the ROAD BACK PROG
Posted by moesje on July 22, 2007, at 11:00:33
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by bornfree on July 22, 2007, at 5:03:19
I found that and it's expensive, but some of the things I did for my withdrawal I took from there (vitamins and such) and they helped.
>Oh has anyone heard of the ROAD BACK PROG<
Posted by bornfree on July 23, 2007, at 8:26:00
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal » bornfree, posted by moesje on July 22, 2007, at 11:00:33
Well last night i was so fed up that i put the rest of my Cymalta down the loo. Yes may not have been a wise thing to do, but i'v had a belly full of them. So today it my 6th day but 1st day of stopping all togeteher. I'v had this headace weird feeling now for 3 weeks getting worse not better and nothing seems to move it. So i guesss wasn't the best time for me to stop this medication oh well too late now. Im starting to feel sick again today. Wish i could lie down and go to sleep untill it's all over. The brain is amzaing thing so we do need to look after it well. I'v heard that this can last months, oh here we go brain shock happening. i think i better have a lie down for i bit boo hoo.
Posted by moesje on July 23, 2007, at 10:21:13
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by bornfree on July 23, 2007, at 8:26:00
You only regret it while the pain is happening. Later, you'll be happy.
Get on some vitamins, lots of water, real food like fruit and chocholate it that helps :)
And keep checking in. The first few days you need to vent and this is the best place for it.
> Well last night i was so fed up that i put the rest of my Cymalta down the loo. Yes may not have been a wise thing to do, but i'v had a belly full of them. So today it my 6th day but 1st day of stopping all togeteher. I'v had this headace weird feeling now for 3 weeks getting worse not better and nothing seems to move it. So i guesss wasn't the best time for me to stop this medication oh well too late now. Im starting to feel sick again today. Wish i could lie down and go to sleep untill it's all over. The brain is amzaing thing so we do need to look after it well. I'v heard that this can last months, oh here we go brain shock happening. i think i better have a lie down for i bit boo hoo.
Posted by ClearSkies on July 28, 2007, at 7:55:26
In reply to Re: Weight Gain?, posted by Snap on July 17, 2007, at 10:22:02
> Please let me know how you do on Remeron. I heard about it for the first time last week.
>
>I don't know if the Remeron helped with the withdrawal but after 2 weeks at 30mg, last night I missed my dose of Cymbalta and was only just a wee bit cranky. AND I slept (too much, still).
Feel kind of fluttery today, but no head throbbing yet.Hope lives on.
ClearSkies
(I changed back from Scratchpad last week because I'm feeling so much better)
Posted by ShannelG on July 29, 2007, at 9:51:58
In reply to Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by Regina on March 3, 2005, at 16:37:18
I am on day 4 of quiting cymbalta cold turkey... It is HORRIBLE!! But I found something that HELPS!!! I started taking Dramamine- motion sickness medicine. It has helped sooo much. My brain zaps were so bad, all I could do was cry. I couldn't even shower because everytime I made any movements I would get zapped. It is like an electrical shock is sent from my brain down to me fingertips! It hurts and makes me sick. It is almost like my brain has to re-program everytime it happens. The only thing I could do was sleep and cry. I tried Dramamine and within 30 min. my brain zaps were entirely gone!!! If you are members on any other sites, please post this. There is HOPE!! It will be ok!! My muscles still ache and I am in a very bad mood, but I can function now! I hope this provides help to someone out there. First comes PRAYER and then DRAMAMINE... You can do this!!!!!
Posted by tamara999 on July 29, 2007, at 11:18:28
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by ShannelG on July 29, 2007, at 9:51:58
Im happy to hear people are getting off this drug.......I think its not a good medication. I have been off it totally for 3 weeks.....and still experience some vertigo and dizziness. I also am moody and achey but it is better and getting better every day. Just hang in there everyone, we will all eventually get through this. But remember the "good" side effect....great sex drive. Something to fill your bad days with....:)
tamara
Posted by moesje on July 29, 2007, at 11:51:37
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by ShannelG on July 29, 2007, at 9:51:58
Yeah! Another way of fighting the zaps! Good job, because one thing will for some and not for others . . . as for the muscles, solid but gentle exercise is good for them. The drug is leaving your body, that includes muscles, so they need to be worked and drink water or other liquid to hydrate them and help the process along. In my opinion, I'm not a medic in any way!
Good luck and glad to hear of your great progress.
> I am on day 4 of quiting cymbalta cold turkey... It is HORRIBLE!! But I found something that HELPS!!! I started taking Dramamine- motion sickness medicine. It has helped sooo much. My brain zaps were so bad, all I could do was cry. I couldn't even shower because everytime I made any movements I would get zapped. It is like an electrical shock is sent from my brain down to me fingertips! It hurts and makes me sick. It is almost like my brain has to re-program everytime it happens. The only thing I could do was sleep and cry. I tried Dramamine and within 30 min. my brain zaps were entirely gone!!! If you are members on any other sites, please post this. There is HOPE!! It will be ok!! My muscles still ache and I am in a very bad mood, but I can function now! I hope this provides help to someone out there. First comes PRAYER and then DRAMAMINE... You can do this!!!!!
Posted by ClearSkies on July 29, 2007, at 14:39:26
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal » ShannelG, posted by moesje on July 29, 2007, at 11:51:37
I'm on my 3rd day without any Cymbalta and in such a foul mood! It's awful. I have a scowl on my face all the time. Luckily the Remeron is making me sleep 12 hours at a stretch so the days aren't so long, but this is nasty, nasty.
And my teeth don't feel clean, no matter how many times I brush them. I just feel ultra ugly and flobby and flabby and bloated.
I imagine my teeth are wearing little sweaters and there is steam coming out of my ears. And I have permanent bed-hair. Lovely!
Yuck. Even chocolate is no friend at the moment.
ClearSkies, formerly Scratchpad
Posted by GREG TARMINSKI on July 30, 2007, at 12:25:53
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by tamara999 on July 21, 2007, at 8:59:22
5th day of cold turkey off 60mg cymbalta.
brain shocks are bad but not dibilitating.
dreams are intense. sleep less. more energy.
No mood swings yet. Headache in middle of head daily nothing helps with that.
Results of taking this drug are as many have stated. first 2 to 3 months everything seems to be good. Then slow slide down. ZERO sex drive
Lethargic and little interest.
I would not reccomend to my worst enemy.
Glad I found this site. Thanks to everyone
Posted by ShannelG on July 30, 2007, at 19:37:12
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal » ShannelG, posted by moesje on July 29, 2007, at 11:51:37
I am on day 6 of quitting now. Things are starting to get a little better. These are some things that helped my get through, without this I would not have made it: Prayer, Dramamine(no more then 8 a day), Omegga-3 pills, Whey Protien shakes (100%, not generic kind), lots of water, small walks outside, sleep, and support and understanding from my husband. If you can, please invest in the Dramamine, Omegga-3 pills, and the Whey protein, it has helped sooo much with the zaps, aches, dizzyness, and sour stomache. If you do not have good support from family members, remember you are doing this for YOU. For your health and happiness. You can do it, it does get better, it just takes time. God Bless
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