Comments on: Last Post On Cymbalta Withdrawal Symptoms

By: ORI

ORI — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:19:02 +0000

Yeah Find a trustworthy doctor or the winning lottery ticket whichever comes first. Doctors have no clue as how to accomplish the break away. That doesn’t figure into their percentage. The zaps are actually very serious and are a symptom of SOS. Serotonin Overload syndrome. This is a physical problem and needs to be taken into account. There is only one method to stop taking this drug. Slowly use a sliding progressive scale to match the titration rate at which your body metabolizes it. Start with extracting 7 pellets a day progressively. There are approximately 600 pellets in a 60mg capsule. When the zaps start you WILL KNOW. at that point back down a notch.

Good luck

By: tony

tony — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:33:25 +0000

What you really need to do first is talk to a TRUST WORTHY doctor about coming off the medication. Don’t be so frightened of the brain zaps. They just feel(for a lack of a better word)…weird. Like some sort of an electrical short in your head. Each zap will only last about half a second. Also, when you move your eyes you might feel and hear a (swooshing) type of sensation. Trust me,this sounds worse than it actually is. These side affects lasted two weeks for me then diminished very quickly. Once I accepted it and stopped resisting it, they became tolerable…annoying, but tolerable.

By: ORI

ORI — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:18:47 +0000

Open the Capsules and remove pellets. I have been totally off the poison for over 3 months and it was well worth it. http://www.catherinefightsback.com/Home_Page.php is a good source for the method.

I personally started with 7 pellets remove daily for the first month and then 6 then 5 and then 4. Was taking 60mg for over 2 years. Using this scale the probability of brain zaps is much lower. As to a definition of the zaps, to me it was the same sensation as right as your falling asleep suddenly waking up. I’ve had some experience with Paxil in the past and knew what they were.

Good luck

By: SPresto

SPresto — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:16:39 +0000

I have decided tonite that I want to go off Cymbalta and found this website….I am now really frightened to go off from the medication….can someone please explain to me what the “brain zaps” feel like or how often they happen? What are other symptoms? I know that if I miss a day and a half I feel very jittery, I can only imagine what a couple of days would feel like. What do I need to know to get off from this? I am on 60m right now…any suggestions?

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:43:13 +0000

thank you so much for you’re posts. I stopped Cymbalta cold turkey..not by choice..MCLA in Los Angeles is a horrible place and they keep you dependent on them..then when you need a refill script they don’t get back to you and/or don’t send the info to you’re pharmacy,all while harassing you for more $$$. Anyway the brain zaps have had me really worried, but I see I am not alone, and that I am not loosing my mind

By: Duncan Inglis

Duncan Inglis — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:41:31 +0000

Hi, i’m going through withdrawal symptoms right now as a result of coming off cymbalta. It was prescribed months ago for neurological pain. It was ineffective for the pain and made me even more tired. Two weeke after coming off this drug, I’m getting wooshing in my head and almost passing out, My emotions are all over the place and my pain is now untreated!

Anyway, i just wanted to say, don’t give up, live from day to day and make sure that you put a smile on someones face each day. Set goals and get some enjoyment from your life even if this means that you suffer fron this for a short period.

The drugs i’ve tried for my neurological pain are as follows.
Gabapentine …. not very effective but no side effects!
Amatryptaline …. ditto … but these maywork for you.
Duloxatine “Cymbalta…. Innefective and horrendous side effects.

My neurologist has now told me he cannot treat my pain.

MS Revive have suggested modafinin may be useful for treating my fatigue and i’m also trying Hyperbaric oxygen therapy .

Just look as any pleasure you get out of your day as a bonus….suicide may stop your pain but think of your family and friends. My thoughts are with you.
Regards Duncan

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:40:16 +0000

Please don’t give up!

By: The biggest fucked patient in the us

The biggest fucked patient in the us — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:10:14 +0000

I don’t believe there is any help from the pharmacudical companies..and the doctors are just as stupid. I wish I would have just committed suicide and never taken the drug!!!!!! Oh, and the reason I am off of it right now is that it costs 175 per month and I live in the US and cannot find work..so, there you have it. Thanks Wall STreet!

By: help me

help me — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:54:39 +0000

i have afew of your symtoms diaarhea head ach dizzy wave shocks in brain cant think stright and remembering thing scince trying to come off i dont know what to do !!! but i cant keep taking it becuse it dosent help mch anymore

By: help me

help me — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:49:56 +0000

i am on 60 mg cymbalta and want to come off so badly 3 dys into stoping i get the buzzing in the brain and nausa feeling dizzy. oh my god !!! ifly for alivig so i cant just stop right now , but i think i wil take some time off and do this i wonder if heir is a clinic that can help