Comments on: Cymbalta Online Petition: Make Cymbalta Withdrawl Symptoms Known

By: Joyce

Joyce — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:13:56 +0000

I was on cymbalta for 5 yrs and couldn’t understand why I still felt like this so my dr would up the dosage evertime I told him how I felt. I finally changed drs. and she had me go off the cymbalta, was on 120 mg and she had me go down 30 mg for 10 days till I was finished. She added Paxil 20mg to be on. I had hardly any trouble going off it. can’t believe I feel soooo much better being off it. My husband has really noticed too. I noticed my fibromyalgia is somewhat worse but that’s better then what the meds were doing to me otherwise. Hate this med.

By: Boko63

Boko63 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:12:09 +0000

Jema, I do TOTALLY understand how you felt when you wrote your comment, Cymbalta is Hell in a capsule,for SURE! Hugs to you

By: Boko63

Boko63 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:54:53 +0000

Hey Everyone,Please let’s not be so harsh on each other,OK? Everyone has different side effects and different experiences getting off this drug.I can tell you from personal experience that I took a lot of magnesium and calcium supplements to try to ease the achy feeling and leg cramps ,that helped a lot. If you can,try massage too.As far as the “Black Pitt’ of depression,I guess I’m in “remission”?In the past I’ve had some luck with SAM-E (read up about this stuff). I don’t feel rotten and nasty right now,hope that lasts. Also, my GP ordered a blood test and it turns out,I’m VERY low in vtiamin D, so now I’m on a weekly dose. hang tight my friends and keep looking for help and solutions. Never give up. I can’t, I’ve got too many people depending on my crazy ass.

By: jema hill

jema hill — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:46:08 +0000

TRY GETTING OFF OF THEM!..LETS SEE IF YOU WILL WAKE UP HAPPY,MS MAGAN..ASK YOURSELF…WHY GO OFF?…WHY GO ON?..IF EVERTHING WAS SO DANDDY…..YOU WOULD NOT BE ON THEM….EXCUSE ME YOU PROBABLY NEED TO STAY ON THEM!!!!….DO ME A FAVOR,WHEN YOU DO GET OFF,CAUSE YOU WILL,I BET YOU ON THAT!!..LETS REALLY SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY THEN,,,ALL HAPPY FACES?…NOT..YOU WILL BE THINKING YOUR THE DEVIL YOURSELF………:(RECARNATION…

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:29:10 +0000

Donna: It took me almost 6 months to make the connection of cymbalta with my weight loss, loss of appetite and other side effects. I finally got off cold turkey because I felt just as bad on it as off it. It may take you awhile to get off cymbalta. It took me 5 weeks. Then depression kicked in. I am presently on Lexapro and wellbutrin and feel better than I have in almost a year. Good luck.

By: Donna Boyd

Donna Boyd — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:25:56 +0000

I have been on Cymbalta for years, have all side effects, but Doc related them to thyroid disease. I have recently tried to cut back because I cant feel proper emotions. Now, I am going trough a terrible time. How do you know if youve suffered the side effects all these years and its been the Cymbalta all along?

By: Jeannie M

Jeannie M — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:58:20 +0000

Donna, all the changes you see in your husband are the Cymbalta withdraw. I am experiencing the same thing. I have been acting with what my Grandmother called “spite and malice.” I don’t know who I’ve become! At least I have been talking to my husband and kids about what I am experiencing and begging forgiveness. Men in general (not all men, of course) are not always great at the head-heart connection. Your husband may not have put 2 + 2 together to understand that his change in attitude/behavior is due to Cymbalta withdraw. One should NOT quit Cymbalta cold turkey for the reasons you describe. My Psychiatrist told me today that one of the reasons Cymbalta is so hard to get off of is that it acts on serotonin AND norepinephrine. Prozac only works on serotonin, and, as I mentioned below, it stays in the body longer (3-4 days) and won’t make you nuts if you miss a dose. Even if your husband’s goal is to be off antidepressants all together, he should see a psychiatrist (MD who can write prescriptions and has the best knowledge of psychological drugs) to put him on a better medicine (like Prozac or Lexapro) to correct the Cymbalta withdraw and then wean off carefully. It can be fixed! Chin up!

By: Jeannie M

Jeannie M — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:45:54 +0000

I saw my psychiatrist today and told her all I read here. She agreed that, even though I have been off Cymbalta for two weeks, going on a low dose of Prozac then tapering off of it is a good strategy for overcoming the Cymbalta withdraw symptoms. One reason I wanted to get off Cymbalta is that, because of my AADD, I sometimes forget a dose. Then I get also psychomom on my little ones. Can’t have that! Prozac has a half life of 3 or 4 days, making it a better solution to my forgetfulness AND easier to wean off of. I am on Weight Watchers, so as soon as I reach my goal weight and I am exercising regularly and eating right, I will taper off the Prozac. I really think proper nutrition and exercise are the answers to all health questions. Now I just have to get off my butt!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:47:27 +0000

I got off cymbalta cold turkey. It took 6 weeks. Then the depression hit. I started taking lexapro. I was still very irritable and so I got off lexapro and the depression hit again. I could hardly get out of bed. Then my doctor suggested lexapro with wellbutrin in the morning. I am finally feeling better after 6 months of quitting the cymbalta. The wellbutrin seems to have given me a lift. However, sleeping is more difficult.

By: Jeannie M

Jeannie M — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:42:31 +0000

That is my fear! I stepped down from 60mg, to 40mg, to 20mg (lowest dose capsule). THEN, on the advice of a neurologist, I actually started opening the capsules and counting out the tiny white grains, putting 50% back in the capsule for a week, the cutting it in half again and again. I have had no Cymbalta for two weeks and I–a loving, gentle, Catholic-Sunday-school-teacher, mother of two darling boys–have become a stark raving bitch. I seethe with anger from the time I wake to the time I go to bed. I have crying jags, I want to hurt people. This is NOT me. I am going to talk with a doctor about the idea of using Lexapro, which I was on before Cymbalta. The Lexapro, like everything else I tried for depression, plateaued after a couple of years. If we can all get our former personalities back, try a proper diet and regular exercise, and a multivitamin!!!