Can you help me with Cymbalta?

Question

Has anyone had any bad withdrawls from cymbalta?
I was taking cymbalta at 30 mg, which to my knowlege is the smallest dose available, well when i stopped taking it, i went weird and crazy, even my body was hurting. It was the strangest thing ever to happen to me, well I started taking it again and now my doc is changing me back to zoloft and i had to stop taking it again and start the zoloft. Has anyone had this happen to them, or know what i can expect

I didnt want it to sound like I just stopped taking it, I cant wean off anymore because there is no lower dose, and I cant even cut it in half because it is a capsule with little balls in it, not a tablet.
I was also swelling really bad when taking it, my arms and legs, and now it is still happening after ive stopped, ive only been off for about a week and a half now, im pretty scared about whats gonna happen over the next 2 weeks!

Answer 1

I'm sorry to hear that you are having withdraw's from the medication. I know that I was having very bad withdraws when I went off of my antidepressant. I had all the symptoms of withdraws that you mention and unfortunately, the only thing you can do is deal with it. Good luck I know it's hard.

Answer 2

I have been on it for several months (I take 60 mg) and I have not had any bad effects from it except weight gain. However it is not helping my depression as much as I had hoped. I did not know the withdrawals would be as bad as yours are though. I am sorry you are going through that and I hope the Zoloft helps you some with the withdrawal symptoms.