Withdrawals

Posted on: 2008-09-09 20:03:12

A few months ago, I started taking Lexapro to help my anxiety... they worked great... until they didn't. Then my doctor switched me over to Cymbalta. After a few weeks, I started having crazy nightmares and insomnia. I visited my doctor last week and told him that I'd rather just get off of it. He said that since I was only on 10mg I could just stop taking it.

That was Thursday. That was my last dose. Sunday afternoon I started getting cold sweats, dizziness, nausea, etc. I slept most of that afternoon and evening. Monday morning I felt better and ended up going to work the next day. That lasted until right after lunch. I got even more dizzy and nauseous. Today I went to work and did great until vomiting right before lunch. I felt great, but after lunch ended up going to my girlfriend's house to sleep and couldn't wake up.

My body is sore, and I feel completely tired. I haven't driven any distance since Sunday. Worse yet, I've been reading that some people continue having these symptoms for weeks (not days).

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow... please pray that I can get over this crap soon.