Comments on: Cymbalta Withdrawal Only Exists On Message Boards

By: Elle

Elle — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:31:47 +0000

It’s a new drug. It works fast and in a society spoiled with “now!” tantrums, tell me: had you been offered a safe wellknown drug like Prozac-a drug that’s worked for years and has had long term tests to study for years, or Cymbalta, which is new, works faster (which is so important when u feel depressed) and has no studiEs on LT affects? I am not critiquing u for taming the drug–I’ve had issues myself. I am suggesting you study any drug prescribed before taking it. If you would have looked, u would have seen effects…and assumed u fell in98% who didn’t experience them. Think long and hard… Antidepressant may truly be the scariest drug around. All drugs mess with your brain activity but how many make your brain chemicals their daily playground. Of course, if our doctors weren’t being fed by the Drug Reps of, oh, makers of pristique, we never would have tried this drug and prolly wouldn’t be in this forum. Probably we would be sleeping seeing as how I tried that one too and was lucky to be awake more than 12 hrs/day. I agree these drugs are ugly but we take them because the pros outweight the cons. Even if it’s prescribed, you can say no–in the same way you’d say nontoxic any other dealer because, face it… When it comes down to it, our docs aren’t much more than highly s hooked legalized dealers. They make suggestions but take responsibility before eating drugs that completely screw your head and do your homework before you pop the next pill.

By: Pamayla

Pamayla — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:11:23 +0000

I have been on Cymbalta for 4 months. This drug basically gave me my life back. I was having panic attacks every morning upon awakening…before I even had time to think a thought I was in fight and flight mode…very scary. Since the first pill, I have not had one panic attack. I still can hardly believe how well it worked. Now, however I believe I have my life in control a bit better, and would like to get off the pill, as I am tired of being tired all day long, and starting to gain weight, having insane carb cravings, and intense nightmares. I took a month to taper off….finally opening the pill and dumping half out before swallowing. The only withdrawl symptom so far is “feeling” again… so I have been crying alot, and actually caring about things again. All of these types of pills do a lot of the same things…I have tried Seroquil, EFfexor, which were much worse for me in regards to side effects than Cymbalta. We are all do different. The only way to really know which chemical we need is to get some cerebral spinal fluid.. and no insurance company will pay for spinal taps to find out if you are missing serotonin or any other chemical… so we are stuck with trying drugs that take a month to know if they work or not. Be very careful. I had one friend on Cymbalta that made her want to commit suicide.. like it turns off a mechanism in her brain for self preservation. Yikes. Sometimes we need a pill, and frankly I would rather become diabetic than have panic attacks all day…they are the absolute worst thing I have ever experienced….you would eventually have to go into a psychiatric hospital. Choices are tough in keeping your emotional and mental health. Get out there and find help. One of the best things I did was just start going to church. 6 months later I am in a wonderful group of women that support and pray for each other. Find the things that used to make you laugh, and do them again. Blessings to all of you.

By: Cheryl Hoover

Cheryl Hoover — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:39:30 +0000

I don’t know if this is a cause of Cymbalta. However, she should get to a doctor immediately. She could have had a stroke. Good Luck.

By: Chris Mattiko

Chris Mattiko — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:47:39 +0000

My mother was on 60mg of cymbalta for a little over a month. She went of the medicine cold turkey. It has been a week now since she has been off and her speech is getting bad. She has slurred speech where we can not understand a word she is saying. Does getting off this medicine cause this kind of problems.

Thank you
Chris

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:36:59 +0000

Help me help my husband.
He was never on any anti depressants. They put him on Cymbalta because he was having anxiety attacks from a terrible surgery. Was on Celexa for 3 days, then took off because of tremors. Then put on 30 Cymbalta for 5 days…and had TERRIBLE FATIGUE, so upped to 60mg for 2 days…got worse, so back down to 30mg then off now for 2 days. CRASHING as we speak. First day not too bad…tired, but today feels WORSE THAN EVER. Dr.’s said he would have no side effect…but he would just experience the depression he really has. This is nuts. We are afraid to call his Psychiatrist…because we feel he will just say, “See he is depressed, and needs meds.” He is also taking .25 of xanax about every 3 to 4 hrs…but today, it doesn’t help at all…so has tried taking more.
Not helping. Tried 1/4 tab of a 25 mg seroquel…not helping.
I have dramamine…50mg. ANy suggestions. One person said they asked the doctor for Prozac and it helped.

By: sue

sue — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:22:29 +0000

I keep reading the symptoms everyone has or is going through and some clicks and some don’t. I have been taking 90mg of cymbalta for 3-4 years for leg pain related to a back injury. It helped somewhat but now does nothing. I took myself off about one and a half months ago. My sysmtoms come and go. most days I would do pretty good and the evenings would be pretty ruff. Some of the days it seems like I have this licked and then I have a day like yesterday where right at suppertime I became very dizzy and sick to my stomach. I needed to lay down right away! How can I feel good one day and so crappy 2 days later? is this normal protacal or is it possible something else can be going on? How long can I expect this to go on? I can handle any answer you might have. Please reply.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:06:37 +0000

Jocelyn, hang in there, it really does get better and you are not alone in this.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:53:16 +0000

I was on 60 mg of Cymbalta a day for six years. I am now three days of NO Cymbalta. I weaned down like I was suppose to and I feel like I am going nuts. I have what I call “brain shivers”, chills, shakes, confusion, slurred speech at times, sweats, teeth tingling, headache, severe panick attacks, anxiety, irrability, and I am very tired. I found out today that this could last for two more weeks. I have no idea how I will make it two more weeks like this. I have also found out that there is nothing I can do but suffer until it goes away. I just want to crawl into bed and not wake up until its gone. I have a few moments were I feel ok and just when I think yeah I must be getting through this I get slapped in the face with a “brain shiver” some so bad that I can’t see. This makes me think twice about putting my son on something for his OCD. If he has to go through this I would feel horrible. I can not wait for these two weeks to go by.

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:10:05 +0000

I have been off of Cymbalta now for a month. It was absolute unadulterated hell for the first 2 weeks. Here’s the good part though, now that I am off and truly functioning again I realize that I really just needed to accept some of the issues that I had with my life and not turn to something that would obscure them. I have began to have normal and passionate relations with my husband and I am so lucky to have him. Although my work life is difficult… I get paid for that and at the end of the day, I have my children and my husband and life is good. No more ups and downs, no more feeling flat, emotion that is real is much better than questioning whether it is real or just the pharmaceuticals. Real is in. For some people who truly have depression and can’t pull themselves out or have such dire circumstances that they can’t make the reach then maybe, the drugs are worth it for a vacation and getting everything in perspective BUT under the theory of you don’t know what you had until its gone…. I say REAL wins. Recovery time from Cymbalta withdrawals = 3 weeks for me.

By: rsd

rsd — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:28:30 +0000

I think everyones withdrawl time frame seems to be a little different. Some peoples last months and some peoples last a few weeks. I went off the cymbalta cold turkey (due to an allergic reaction) after taking 60mg for 8 weeks. Its now been 10 days and I can actually get out of bed. Having still alittle bit of blurry vision while typing this. But today I can actually stand without the room spinning around me, and it seems that someone has removed the axe that ive had in my brain for the last 10 days. and, I dont need to wear my sunglasses in the house. Im still covered with the worst rash and extreme itching ive ever had but that to should go away when all of this poision is out of my system completely. Vomiting seems to be over, and ive been up for a few hours and I havent cried about anything. So, I think today will be a good day!!!! I think the doctors that keep prescribing cymbalta shoud be made to take it themselves first, lets say for about 6 weeks then, go off it so they can actually see what this drug does to the human body oh, and while thier going thru the horrible withdrawls come to see me so that I can tell them that cymbalta doesnt have these kind of withdrawls. That there are no known withdrawl side-effects from cymbalta and the whole time they are suffering from the withdrawls tell them they cant miss work, they must take care of thier families, and this is all in your head. Then maybe they will stop pushing this drug.