Potential Cymbalta Withdrawal Symptoms Made Public By Eli Lilly

Cymbalta withdrawal symptoms NEED TO BE KNOWN.

Eli Lilly should be required to provide a "discontinuation kit" free of charge that very gradually reduces the dosage to lessen the horrific problems that people suffer during withdrawal.

Cymbalta is horrible. While taking it the past 5 years I have not been living but existing. Now that I am off the medication, for about a week after tapering for a few months, I am going through significant and chilling withdrawals. This drug is very dangerous.

POSION SHOULD COME WITH A SUICIDE WARNING

I am a pharmacist and was on 120 mg which caused me to lose the will to do anything so dr switched me to femvista and wanted me off fast...i tried to go down slow but i am still feeling horrible. I have been on over 7 different antidepressants and never had one make me feel this bad...SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE!!!!!!!

I can't get off it or the withdrawal will ruin what I have

I've been on Cymbalta 9 yrs as prescribed 4 hot flashes after radiation treatments 4 breast cancer & helped after hysterectomy But I've been detoxing off of it w/o doc & Glad I found this as had No idea why So tired, foggy brain, dizzy, lite headed, jittery, NO energy & Horrid mouth sores! Sux Bad. I've been on 60 & & 30 mg daily - been taking a 60 every other day or so & then a 30 & been at this 4 bout 2 months & Not feeling better - only worse now! I had No idea bout this drug & Usually research all. What the hell???

I just wanted to share my story as well. I’ve taken cymbalta for both depression & anxiety, and a nerve pain issue. I’ve taken cymbalta at a variety of doses (60, 30, and 20 mg) for 4 to 5 years, with the last 3 being very consistent daily use of the drug. I finally have been diagnosed after many many years with bipolar depression rather than regular depression, and that the symptoms of the bipolar depression were simultaneously masked and made worse by the cymbalta…so in effect, I never had any true relief from my symptoms of depression while taking cymbalta. I have known for quite some time that the medication wasn’t really working or helping, so on several occasions over the entirety of my use of cymbalta I’ve tried to stop taking it, only to begin feeling nauseous, dizzy, and unable to function after about 2 days. With the withdrawal symptoms as intense as they were, I have been forced to continue this medication, that was actually making my real disorder worse, for many months and years past what I should have had to. After countless trial and errors, I finally found that the only way for me to discontinue this medication without an enormous amount of suffering was to open up the capsule and take out only 10 of the medication granules at a time, and then take that level of medication for 2 weeks-10 days before titrating down again. So in effect, it has literally taken over a year to be able to stop taking cymbalta. I’m still not quite off of the cymbalta, but am down to 15 granules per capsule per day (using a 20 mg dose), so I hope to be able to be weaned off of this terrible medication in about another month. I wouldn’t say it’s ruined my life, but it’s caused me a lot of unnecessary suffering and missing out on life from being unable to do anything but lay in bed from exhaustion and sickness. This process of discontinuation and uncertainty about whether the drug works and how to stop taking it has created many problems in my personal relationships as wel