https://rxchat.com/Discuss/quittging-cymbalta-247956_s2.htm?utm_source=forums_posts&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS I quit cymbalta cold turkey 6 days ago. I developed severe burning itchy weeping peeling skin. Will i hit the wall as they say? And when. I have taken numerous meds over the last 15 year due to to numerous orthopedic surgeries the most recent of which was a c-3 to t-3 with rods, 16 giant screws. plates, vertebral cage and was in the hospital for a month just a year ago. I lead as active a life as possible, exercise and take hilly walks with a walker. My pain doc prescribed the cymbalta for pain, neuropathy and muscle spasms etc as at this point I am allergic to many narcotics. I read about brain zapping and so on, but I don't think I have had that occur. How would it manifest itself? Over the last 14 years I have had spells where I just need to lay low for a day and regroup and move on.. - Filed in Cymbalta en-us Copyright 2026 RxChat.com. All Rights Reserved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:43 GMT 60 https://rxchat.com/images/mc_logo.png https://rxchat.com/Discuss/quittging-cymbalta-247956_s2.htm?utm_source=forums_posts&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS https://rxchat.com/Discuss/quittging-cymbalta-247956_s2.htm?utm_source=forums_posts&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS#r_295056 https://rxchat.com/Discuss/quittging-cymbalta-247956_s2.htm?utm_source=forums_posts&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS#r_295056 Hi, MArtie! <br/> <br/> How is your skin problem? Has it improved any? <br/> <br/> How did you relate it to the <a href="https://rxchat.com/Drugs/Cymbalta/" target="_blank">Cymbalta</a>? <br/> <br/> As to stopping one of these medications and the brain zaps, let me assure you that if you experience them, you'll know, you will not be able to miss them and mistake them for anything else. I stopped a similar medication cold turkey and it really feels like your brain is getting an electrical shock and it radiates through your entire head. <br/> <br/> If you've ever gotten shocked on something and know how that little quick jolt feels, then you'll realize how awful it is when it happens internally in your brain. <br/> <br/> Another issue is just feeling foggy brained, which I have to liken to feeling tipsy. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:47:43 GMT