Cymbalta thread

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13. My Cymbalta hell

I was on it and the minor crap was hair loss by the handfuls and weight gain. The things I could not tolerate were the extreme fatigue, sleeping 14 hours a day, and the change in sleep patterns that dictated my body sleep from 4am to 6pm. Plus not wanting to leave the house or talk to anyone and feeling so totally numb and apathetic that I did not want to do, and actually was unable to do much to take care of myself. I did not have the energy to cook, clean, and then I felt guilty about it.

Coming off has been absolute hell. I am ending week 2 now of going cold turkey. I hurt all over like I have been dropped from a second story building. I could not sleep tonight and that is why I am up at this hour. I have been talking in my sleep since stopping this shit and am worried that I might also walk in my sleep since I have a prior history of that in the past. Since I live alone, I do not know and worry about what I might do. The brain zaps have almost disappeared thank God. I am still not eating right but hope I will be able to soon.

I HAD to stop this nasty drug since I knew I could not have a job and stay on this and I desperately need a job.
I hope I will be able to join the land of the living in the near future.
Wow, and to think this was prescribed for pain. No thank you!
Oh, and I shudder to think how my driving was when I was experiencing the brain zaps. Or at least I think it was part of the zaps when I would shift my gaze and it was if my body including my eyes did not shift back and I would be disoriented all the while going 70mph.

Be careful!