Michael I have had similar problems as you. I'm not a doctor. Please reconsider your decision to go cold turkey. I followed a short plan to get off Cymbalta and it was so bad I tapered back up to original dose for a few months. Then I tried again and tapered off from 120 over a period of around 6 Months before I found this site. The withdrawals are Way off the charts. Taking out the beads as stated by the other posts- I agree with as the best way to get off this stuff. The vitamins and minerals are helpful to me as well. Would like to hear about how you are doing as the weeks pass. Good luck and sleep as much as you can.
Hello EMDR
I can honestly no more help getting or stopping the withdraw affect of cymbolta, which in themselves alone, are so overwhelming and debating ,no more than a lunatic can help screaming and gibbering.over the last thee days,,,,,,,.i long to sleep,when i am asleep i struggle to awake because of the awful dreams which flap around in the darkness inside my head, at night i cry,as i wish it was the morning,in the morning i wish it was the evening, i am burdened by this. but i know what would restore me to life take away my burden I it will also then cast me back again deeper into a fit of dispire and fear. back into my own insanity, to go back to cymbalta.
i suppose i shall have a terrible fit that will kill me, is this a madness of withdrawal?
I am enduring, a terrible,a dreadful and horrible feeling of toneless ,something that of a gloomy being excluded from the emotion of love,devoured by anger and being tortured physically and emotionally .for choosing to come of a pharmaceutical drug which is said to help !!!!
i firmly believe that infused into cymbalta are chemicals that once a person migrates to lower doses of cymbalta this / these chemicals takeover causing the person all manner of symptoms which is enough of a scare them back into taking up to the original dose or a higher dose, guaranteeing another victim for life of the big pharmacol Companies caught "in the web" .., the pharmacies know that they have millions forcefully hooked for years or sadly live on this product Cymbalta, which intern makes them Billions annually.
Kind regards
Michael B
Australia
P.S Any suggestions- vitamins and minerals that may help ?
finishing mt letter was becoming difficult i am really getting sicker.hoe long must i enduer
Plz plz plz do not do this----it is not recommended that u go cold turkey off cymbalta!!!! Why r u doing this? It makes no sense- I went from 60 to 50 to 40 to 30 mg and now am weaning down from 30 to 20 to none- the side effects are brutal- plz take it slw- you don't have to go as slw as me but to jump from 120 mg to nothing squid decide!
I have lost count of all day ,time , emotions running around my head i am tired and weary, i am trying not be get involved in but buy observing I am drawn in to yet another battle raging deep within me, God you know i haven't spoken to you -should I- would you even care as i am scared , i have two lovely boys that care and love me, Wait ..why am i typing ,only to be consumed by the ever growing black vortex that envelopes all thought reason emotion that i felt i once felt or ever owned , I don't know what to do or where to go.
my withdraw is costing me way to much......
Mike r u under a doctors care? U can seriously do damage to yourself by going cold turkey off cymbalta- plz seek advice of a doctor and taper off this drug- do not go from 120 to nothing- go down to 90 for a month then 60 then 50- 40 30 20 - good luck
Mike,
no one would suggest going cold turkey from something like heroin or alcohol, so why so you think Cymbalta would be any different? Most posters on here have had successful withdrawal from Cymbalta .... And most did it with a lot of hard work and determination. It's not an other night thing, no matter how much you want it to be. I came down from 80g to 0 in 3 weeks... I haven't had a tablet in about 7 weeks... But even I feel that was done too quickly.. Even hough my dr gave Mae advice on how to taper, I thought I knew better., I mean how bad could it be, right? I did take Benadryl and other vitamins and the brain zaps and general yuck didn't last too long, but after being on Cymbalta for 2.5 years coming off quickly seems to have left me with anxiety worse than I have ever had before. My dr told me this was due to coming off Cymbalta too quickly! I mostly try to eat healthily as I have e adrenal gland fatigue.. It's about getting your cortisol levels up (the stress relieving hormone) instead of just having adrenaline rushes.. This all happened after stopping Cymbalta. I'm also trying to withdraw down from Fentanyl too which is probably contributing to some symptoms. All my medication is due to a car accident 2.5 years ago.
I too am not an expert on Cymbalta withdrawal or a doctor but in my experience going cold turkey in anything has always made things worse for me. I am now on day 5 of no cymbalta after slowly weaning off by reducing the number of beads by 20 every day for 6 weeks. This medication really has a long lasting effect. Yesterday I had nausea all day at work and the night before seemed to have incredible rage. I am finding taking omega 3/6/9 is helping. I am also trying to eat healthy and also started learning how to meditate to try to find some way to calm down my mind. Good luck.
happyatlast..
Thank-you for your quick and cordial response, i will take on a few suggestions,
I will when able to function in some what a better state will reach out and make contact as talking with omega 3/6/9, may also help me with a few suggestion with this withdraw.
As i am lost and scared, do not know where i am or how to find my self..
Kind Regards
Michael B
Jetgirl..
No i am not under a doctors care !!From the other forums doctors will insist in the most strongest of terms to get back on ,effectively cutting me out from such a visit...
Jetgirl i am going to defeat this, no matter what my body my mind emotiond and the soul is going through and feeling, A heart breaking call will be made to my children in a few hours to tell them their Daddy is very sick and will not be able to pick them up from school today ,and do not know when i will be able to, i swear on the hand of Jesus i thought would be well before i had to make such a terrible call to my little babies..
Thank you Jetgirl for your help and information you provided
Kind Regards
Michael B
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Do you have a friend who will help you through this? Going off of any drug cold turkey is not good. Please reconsider going back to your doc and get direction to get off of it slower.
Jenny cymbalta helped my anxiety tremendously - however eating healthy making sure I have all nutrients my body needs taking supplements I may be low in may be the better path- cannot live on this drug because my stomach hurts sinus out of control- I want to be healthiest I can be- u need to get off if u r having a baby- try natural methods for your anxiety - u r not on a high dose - go down slowly
Hey Everyone... I need some HELP!
My mom has been on 60mg of Cymbalta for severe depression for about a year now. She's ready to ween off of it. She tried skipping a day and last night I came home to a very irate, sad, anxious and nauseous mother. She took her pill earlier, but it hadn't kicked in yet. Here's my problem... she only has 10 pills left. She lost her job in June of last year which means NO health insurance. I'm a bit scared. I am intrigued by the removal of 7 beads a day. Has this worked? What about simultaneously taking bacopa to help with production of acetylcholine? She already takes fish oil. I'm also an Arbonne consultant and just purchased for her some menopause support supplement and also power packs which contain all sorts of supplements. Any other suggestions?
See if doc has samples - she should go from 60 to 50 to 40 to 30 to 20 then do 7 beads - she can contact drug co to see if they can help her out good luck
Her last treating doc is nowhere to be found.