Posted by blueberry1 on February 4, 2007, at 6:03:12
First few days on cymbalta I did it twice a day. Felt like crap all the time, much worse than I started. That is evidenced by my absence here. I used to post frequently. Since cymbalta I have just hibernated into agony.
After a few days I started just once a day dosing in the morning. After a couple hours, tiredness and dysphoria would hit. Then about midday I got much more depressed. Then in afternoon serious tension nervousness would hit, to where I was totally disconnected in a conversation, and I was crinkling up my forehead in agony constantly, kind of like when you are squinting to look at something that is hard to see. Then about 12 hours after dosing the clouds would start to clear and I would be feeling a little better in the evening. As cymbalta wears off after 12 hours, I start feeling like my regular depressed self, which is significantly better than my cymbalta depressed self. Cymbalta's halflife is 12 hours, so this pattern seems to make sense to me.
It's only been 2 weeks but has been getting worse each day and not better. The only side effects that went away are nausea an headaches. The dysphoria/depression/nervousness crap intensifies with each day.
Even at my low dose and short time I expect withdrawals to be miserable and scary. Wish I had never let my doctor talk me into this crap.
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