Amie815 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hello everyone. I have been on Cymbalta 60mg for years and am ready to get off it. I was prescribed it for pain due to injuries sustained during a car accident in 2007. It has caused me HBP that requires two medications to bring down. I am hoping coming off Cymbalta will allow me to stop those as well. I tried to come off before by taking out 10 beads and then increasing that daily, but that was WAY to fast. I had dizziness, fatigue and moodiness. I am starting new today. I took out 3 beads tonight and go from there using my symptoms as my guide. On Cymbalta 60mg once a day. Starting taper by bead reduction 3/10/16. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted March 11, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hi Amie and welcome to SA. This is a fantastic website which has lots of really useful information. The members are very supportive and the voluntary staff are very knowledgeable. As you have already discovered (and many of us who found this site did too) ADs needsto be tapered slowly to minimise the withdrawal symptoms. This site recommends a 10% taper of the previous dose. See Why taper by 10% of my dosage?These couple of things helped me to understand why a slow taper is necessary and is also assisting me to be patient about the process: Video: Healing from Antidepressants: Patterns of Recovery Brain Remodelling This is the link for Tips for Tapering Off Cymbalta. You can use your Intro/Update Topic to ask any questions you have (I've had a quick glance over the Tips for Tapering topic and you may well have questions about how to go about getting the dose you need) and as a journal of your progress. As you change your doses it is a good idea to update your signature with the date and dosage. This serves as a record for you and also as a quick way for members to see where you are up to. There may be some symptoms that crop up that you may not attribute to withdrawal. I had an upset stomach for several days when I dropped my dose by 50% and thought I had a stomach bug. Here's a link about this: Dr Joseph Glenmullen's Symptoms Checklist * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment
AliG Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hi Amie . Welcome. What drugs are you taking for your HBP? Please check out the Drug Interaction Checker. http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/3927-drug-interactions-checker-use-it-to-reduce-your-drug-burden/?hl=%2Bdrug+%2Binteractions+%2Bchecker Many SSRI's and SSNRI's over 20 years. Zoloft for 7 years followed by Effexor, Lexapro, Prozac, Cymbalta, Celexa, Pristiq, Valdoxan, Mianserin and more - on and off. No tapering. Cold turkey off Valdoxan - end of May 2014 Psych Drug - free since May 2014 . Link to comment
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