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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
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I made the mistake of looking on the web for info on
Cymbalta withdrawal. It sounds at least as hellish as
Effexor. Brain zaps, dizziness, a sensation of insect
bites all over and restless leg syndrome. I even saw a
journal paper which concluded that one should taper
Cymbalta for a minimum of two weeks before discontinuing.
My taper's one week long. It's going to be an interesting
ride...

-lisa

just be glad its not heroin

I haven't had heroin withdrawals, but I've gone off narcotics.
It wasn't fun, but it wasn't as bad as Effexor. The depression
lasted longer after opiate withdrawal, but I was never as sick
as I was when I went off Effexor.

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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
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I made the mistake of looking on the web for info on Cymbalta
withdrawal. It sounds at least as hellish as Effexor. Brain
zaps, dizziness, a sensation of insect bites all over and
restless leg syndrome. I even saw a journal paper which
concluded that one should taper Cymbalta for a minimum of two
weeks before discontinuing. My taper's one week long. It's going
to be an interesting ride...

-lisa

just be glad its not heroin

that would be an urge

Didn't you recently switch to Cymbalta? Be sure not to go cold
turkey from it, and only under your doctor's supervision. From
what I've seen, this drug can be nasty to wean off.

-lisa


David wrote...

I take Cymbalta, but may be switching to another. I plan to
switch imediately if not sooner. I hope you are doing well.

"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9910CB8715513mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...

I made the mistake of looking on the web for info on
Cymbalta
withdrawal. It sounds at least as hellish as Effexor.
Brain zaps, dizziness, a sensation of insect bites all
over and restless leg syndrome. I even saw a journal paper
which concluded that one should taper Cymbalta for a
minimum of two weeks before discontinuing. My taper's one
week long. It's going to be an interesting ride...

Franz Bestuchev wrote...

On 4/12/2007 6:00 PM, lisa in mass. was all like:

I made the mistake of looking on the web for info on
Cymbalta withdrawal. It sounds at least as hellish as
Effexor. Brain zaps, dizziness, a sensation of insect
bites all over and restless leg syndrome. I even saw a
journal paper which concluded that one should taper
Cymbalta for a minimum of two weeks before discontinuing.
My taper's one week long. It's going to be an interesting
ride...

-lisa

Don't forget the whole phenomenon of nobody hootin' and
hollerin' when nothing really happens. I'm sure I've
switched off meds with no problems when others went through
hell on the same thing. My effexor withdrawal for instance
was really just slow - nothing else. I took a couple weeks
to complete it, split caplets open to get 1/2 and 1/3
doses. Then just put the little XR sprinkles in apple
sauce.

My only effexor withdrawal "horror story" was thinking that
my PC's fans were going out because of some mild
doppler-esque sound stuff at the beginning.

I don't call tech support daily to tell them that
everything is going super duper.

Yeah, I know. I mostly looked to see what kinds of physical
side-effects people had since I thought Effexor withdrawal
might have been easier on me having known what to expect,
physically. My Effexor withdrawal was rough, but I went from
375 mg to nothing in ten days. At least now if I have weird
stuff going on, I know whether it's likely to be the med
taper. I know that I might or might not have symptoms, but I
wanted to know, if I do, what they'd be.

-lisa

Thank you so much, Slunky! I'm very much relieved.