Posted by Jaspar on May 3, 2006, at 9:55:53
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal, posted by kparis on April 30, 2006, at 13:25:42
This is working. I still have a little bit of withdrawal symptoms but they are so minor. My plan will have me off in another 10 days... 35 granules, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0
I am thinking that it might have been better though for me to have stayed on each dosage for at least two days instead of trying to decrease by even 5 granules each day.
This has been unbelievable.
Lilly needs to have a "withdrawal kit" for us folks... like for going from 60mg to 55 to 50, to 45, going down by 5 mgs every week or so, then at 20mg, start going down by maybe 2mg at a time, then at 10 mg going down by 1mg at a time, then a couple of granules at a time.
They also need to warn how long it will take to get OFF the medication... For getting off 60mg, so far I am on my 5th month. God help the person who HAS to come off it "cold turkey"... and I was coming off it because of HIVES which luckily are being controlled with other medications.
One other thing I wonder... is there a relationship between having a problem coming off of Paxil & coming off of Cymbalta, and if so, they should put that as a warning. I can't believe I fell into this trap TWICE!!!
-Jaspar
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