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Avatar f tn is this normal for withdrawl from cymbalta or is this something else?????? i cant take any blood thinning painkillers due to the fact i am having surgery on tuesday morning but everything on me hurts soooo bad...this is worse than oxycotin withdrawl!!!!! any tips for pain besides the ice and heat technique??
396332 tn?1320003615 There are so many factors to consider it can be pretty confusing. When I would have side effect questions I would usually go talk to my pharmacist and/or doctor to see what else I could do...keep us posted!
Avatar f tn For personal experience I can tell you that Cymbalta does cause withdrawal symptoms (abstinence syndrome). I was on Cymbalta for 6 months as prescribed for my Psychiatrist, after that I decided to do some research about possible withdrawal symptoms because my bad experience with lexapro in 2005. I found that Cymbalta can cause severe symptoms from withdrawal abruptly.
Avatar n tn I see in your Oct 9 thread about Cymbalta cold turkey withdrawal that you just replied that the zaps are still occurring. Until the withdrawal stops it is hard to say how you will feel, so hang in there. You said on that thread that your psychiatrist won't put you on Celexa until the withdrawal is over, so at least you are getting professional guidance to see you through this.
Avatar f tn I stopped Cymbalta cold turkey 1 month ago.. I had taken it for 5-6 months... The brain zaps, what you are describing as electrical shocks running thru your body and brain, lasted for 3 weeks. Now I'm brain zaps free. The withdrawal torture can last for 1 month maybe a bit more depending on how long you've been on the medication.
Avatar n tn She ended up fighting both of us off like she had completely gone insane. We flushed all of her cymbalta down the toilet much to her dismay. Her withdrawal symptoms are severe but neither me nor her boyfriend know exactly what to do as i cannot find anything about cymbalta being abused in this kind of manner.
Avatar f tn You still experience withdrawal-just maybe some milder symptoms. Unfortuantely the withdrawal symptoms are inevitable. The best way to taper is very slow over a long period of time. It takes patience and self control. I think that is great coming clean to your doctor. Sometimes they can prescribe comfort medications to help with the insomnia. restless legs and general malaise. Its also important to set up some kind of aftercare (NA/therapy).
1128565 tn?1316721143 What helped me during the cold trukey Cymbalta withdrawal was low activity level and avoiding walking and moving my head too much. I would watch tv or stay in bed. Just going for a walk could give me 50 brain zaps in 20 min while when I was watching tv I had none. You need to stay relax and avoid too much activity because activity is demanding on your neurotransmitters. Healthy diet is another important thing.
Avatar f tn I have been on Cymbalta for 2 years and now take 60mg. I've never felt the symptoms that you describe. I have carpal tunnel also. My carpal tunnel worsened over a period of 2 years, as found on a nerve conduction test. It could be a considence that the symptoms came up around the time you started Cymbalta. I also see a chiropractor that encouraged me to get off of all "medications", but this is consistent with what chiropractors believe.
Panda I cannot diagnose your current symptoms but it certainly could be that you did experience a withdrawal reaction to Cymbalta. In my patients with similar reactions I would expect that these symptoms may take 7-10 days to clear but certainly close follow-up with your physician is necessary, In my patients, when I attempt to wean my patients off cymbalta, I will sometimes have them reduce just one dose a week (ie take 60mg 6 days a week and 40mg once a week). I hope you feel better!
Avatar n tn The only other thing ive been taking is the lowest dose of ativan 3 times daily, ran out about the same time as the cymbalta, and started at the same time as cymbalta, So my question is, is this some kind of withdrawal from either drug? I would think only one month wouldnt be long enough...
Avatar f tn How long does it take for the withdrawal symptons to go away? I got off Cymbalta 5/31 and had severe reactions, my dr put me on Prosac for six weeks, it helped. But I have been off Prosac since 7/25 and am still having some pretty bad withdrawal symptons. Head and body aches, electric shocks, paranoia, my feet hurt really bad, it's hard to walk on them and my ankles swell every day. Does it ever get any better?
Avatar m tn I was on Cymbalta for a little over a month. How long will I experience withdrawal symptoms such as brain zaps and dizziness?
Avatar f tn I do not have a medical background but I switched fromCymbalta to Effexor XR without any issues.
Avatar f tn I haven't taken Cymbalta or Paxil, so I can't give a personal withdrawal experience for those specific drugs. However, I have taken other SSRIs and SNRIs, and while the withdrawal effects can be really unsettling and uncomfortable, they do decrease in severity and eventually go away with time. I wonder whether the tremors are a side effect from starting Paxil, or a withdrawal symptom from weaning off the Cymbalta, or both?
Avatar f tn I have in the last 4 months tapered myself off the cymbalta and I am suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I have been two weeks totally off this drug . The dizziness and brain zaps are getting better, but my taste buds are still horrible. It feels like the front of my tongue has been burnt and it feels like my teeth are coated with rubber. How long do these withdrawal symptoms last. I can handle it all, but the taste bud sensation is horrible.
Avatar n tn some people have very uncomfortable symptoms, and others have none at all. Starting the Cymbalta may reduce your withdrawal to some extent, as Cymbalta is a serotonin (and norepinephrine) reuptake blocker, and some of the withdrawal from Tramadol comes from changes in serotonin activity. The withdrawal is not 'dangerous', so do your best to avoid concentrating on them. Distraction is one thing that can help reduce withdrawal symptoms.
Avatar n tn I'm guessing you're suffering Effexor withdrawal, not Cymbalta withdrawal. It's not impossible to get a withdrawal from a short stay on a med, but unlikely. Sometimes a med just affects someone more profoundly than one would expect. But given you just came off Effexor, that being one of the hardest meds to stop taking and one that can have long withdrawals, I'm guess you didn't successfully stop it slowly enough to prevent withdrawals.
Avatar f tn It's not the way I would do it, especially since they're different classes of medication, cymbalta being an snri and Paxil an ssri. Further, if you take both at the same time, you won't know if something you feel is a side effect of Cymbalta or of withdrawal from Paxil. Both are very difficult for many to quit. If it were me, I'd want to quit the Paxil slowly, tapering down, getting through any withdrawal before starting another strong med like cymbalta.
Avatar f tn My own opinion, and it's only that, is that you suffered one of the big drawbacks of snris, which is a wallop of a withdrawal when you try to stop taking it. You stopped almost cold turkey, two weeks being a very short time to stop taking these drugs. The Zoloft doesn't substitute for Cymbalta -- no drug would, really -- and the symptoms you describe are classic withdrawal symptoms.
Avatar n tn Is it possible that my rash that I thought was from Cymbalta is actually a withdrawal symptom of it? I have been trying to get off Cymbalta because of the rash, but it seems to be getting worse. Maybe I have this all wrong...
Avatar f tn Thank you for the replies! Last week was rough with the "breakdown" I basically had from apparently the Zoloft not being a good fit. It was too much serotonin or something. Ironically something similar happened in 2008 before I went on Cymbalta. The NP doubled the Prozac and that sent me over the edge into horrid panic & depression. I didn't make that correlation until this year when it seemed to happen with Zoloft (which is in the same SSRI family as Prozac).
Avatar f tn Would you recommend stopping Effexor and switching to Cymbalta? Will Cymbalta reduce the withdrawal effect? My daughters were both recently put on Cymbalta, and their depression is much better, and they claim they are "thinking more clearly". Thanks for your input.
Avatar n tn There are lots of different kinds of anti-depressants. None of them are exactly the same as each other, but they fall into different categories. Prozac is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Cymbalta is a norephrine reuptake inhibitor, which is a VERY similar group, but it acts on adrenaline as well as serotonin, and is therefore stronger and has stronger side effects. I've been on both kinds, and found them both fine, except that the SSRI didn't work for me.
Avatar f tn Can anyone offer any suggestions of how to ease the withdrawal symptoms I'm having going from 40-60mg Hydrocodone a day to 20 mg a day in one week; 100mg daily of Ultram down to 50mg daily in one week; and from 90mg daily Cymbalta to 30 mg. a day in one week? I feel like I could bite nails in half. My head is in a vice and has these startling wooshing-type things. My legs are getting restless. I'm tired but I can't sleep very well. Any help at all would be appreciated.