spoonbill: Cymbalta long term affects

[spoonbill]

hi I’m spoonbill

 

I’ve been anhedonic, cognitively impaired and mentally I’ll since highschool I’m 2016 when I abused a lot of adderall and mdma. Although I was more functional. My history also includes a couple years of Prozac st like age 13. But when it really got bad was last December after 5 days of cymbalta. I had tried a few ssris and sunrise for about a week or two previous to the cymbalta. I was also taking various nootropics like psilocybin, nac, lionsmane but I think for those 5 days I was just taking cymbalta 

 

anyway this cymbalta completely changed my awareness. It made me more numb, caused pssd, and made my executive functioning waaay worse. I’m like a different person. I’m way more miserable. Less witty and struggle with so much irritation and inability to see social lines and communicate. I just cannot understand how this happened. It feels like brain damage to me. I feel trapped. And suicidal for the first time in my life. It’s been months and only partially improved. I’m working 40 hours a week and suffering. **** man. What do I do? I don’t even like the same things or think or see things the same way
 

any advice is appreciated . Keep your head up. I know how it is. 

[Frogie]

@spoonbill

 

Welcome to SA. We are a volunteer ran site helping members taper off psychotic medications, or have tapered off and are healing.

 

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Brain Remodelling

 

What is Withdrawal Syndrome?

 

Anhedonia, apathy, demotivation, emotional numbness

 

"Change the channel" -- dealing with cognitive symptoms

 

Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction PSSD

 

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