Cymbalta Withdrawal

Hello,

I am currently withdrawing from Cymbalta. I was prescribed 90mg/daily and the requested to go down to 60mg. I recently switched jobs, so now I have no insurance to get anymore. I have tapered down to 30mg over the course of a month, then tapered down to 15mg, then 5. Now I am taking nothing. The brain zaps that I am experiencing are the absolute worst, Every time I blink, or look in a certain direction, even when I swallow, I get 2-3 brain zaps. It averages 100-200 a day. My head and back aches, I'm nauseous, I just don't know what to do. I keep crying too. I know that I have to go through with this. I feel so horrible. What can I do to ease this? I started taking 5HTP 100mg, because I read somewhere that this can help ease the transition. It does nothing. I am so lost. Please help!

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I am very sorry that you're feeling so miserable.

There really isn't much you can do, other than wait it out. It will just take time of the symptoms to taper off and go away, sometimes it may take a couple of weeks.

However, one idea might be to see your doctor and talk to them about prescribing a cheaper medication. There are many generics on the market and some pharmacies even have them on their $4 lists, so a month supply would be very low cost.

Other withdrawal effects may include diarrhea, headache and chills, as listed by the FDA.

Does anyone else have any ideas that may help?

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