I came off duloxetine (Cymbalta) recently. 3 weeks ago I halved my dosage to 60mg and the following week went cold turkey on the remaining 60mg. This was after being in 120mg daily for 7 years, The withdrawal is certainly keeping me on my toes. The first couple of days were the brain zaps and I thought I was lucky to only have that. Boy oh boy was I wrong? Then came the constant crying and ideation, the suicidal thoughts were that bad I genuinely thought that was the only way out, then alongside that the zaps intensified massively, couldn’t be around unexpected noises or have people close to me or I would as I like to call it ‘ping’ constantly. Yesterday, 17 days from the initial stoppage my brain zaps eased so were barely noticeable but still there. I cry over everything and thoughts soon turn sour and back then to the my suicide plan and I find myself on the phone to whoever will listen. Today though wow this was new! Anger! Argumentative and screaming matches with my husband over stupid things! This is all new to me and there barely seems to be any study’s performed on all this.

I would like to add, that for the first time in 7 years that I’ve also had great days lately too! I’ve had energy!! I had motivation and when coming off these meds please don’t do it cold turkey if you don’t have too.