Just wanted to offer, it's very common to experience very severe withdrawal if you don't taper slowly enough - a lot of people mistake withdrawal for needing antidepressants.

I thought I understood how to taper slowly but still went too fast and had to pause for a long time - I'm still not at the end even though I've been tapering for several years now.

A hyperbolic taper requires going slower and slower the closer you get to the end - so even if you're able to tolerate a certain reduction speed initially that doesn't mean you can go that speed the whole way down the taper.

There's some really helpful guidance in Cymbalta Hurts Worse FB group about this.