cymbalta gave me withdrawl symptoms straight out of a heroin movie. Anyone else?

Yes!!! Taper off very conservatively under a doctors direction. When they put me on Cymbalta, I was told it was not addictive. Uh,,,yeah it is. I have been on 60 mg for over a year and it is expensive and 2 or 3 times i have run out and didn't have the money for a refill. After reading a lot of forums and such on line, I have decided i need to get off it completely or at least titrate down on my dosage. I was given cymbalta for IBS and panic attacks. it has worked wonderfully and my mood has been tremendously changed. But i'd like to get off and see what happens. And I've never had a liver function test since I've been on and you really should every 6 mo if you are taking that stuff. Good luck!!!

I don't think people should be put on Cymbalta (or Effexor) short term. Withdrawls are not an issue if you do not stop taking the medication. But if you're going to have to go off it at some point, then it's probably not the best med to use in the first place. That said, tapering off slowly makes the withdrawls barely noticable.

Did you take it for very long before quitting? and did you taper off of it or stop cold turkey? I work in pharmacy and have seen several people stop cold and have severe symptoms..whereas those that tapered off on a schedule ( which many drugs require)and not have any trouble at all..Also this is a drug that when combined with things like trazodone can produce seratonin syndrome and can bring on psychotic episodes that hadn't manifested before.

I am on cymbalta now and it has worked miracles for me. I was hospitalized and everything for my depression and I havent had too much of an issue since. I have forgotten to take my pills a few times and I do notice withdrawl symptoms pretty much right away, so I do encourage those on cymbalta to not miss any doses otherwise you will certainly feel it!

Unfortunately, I gained 10 pounds in 5 days on Cymbalta. I was so disappointed because this medication really made me feel much better than any other antidepressants I have tried. It is tooooo bad because it helped me so much. Anyway, Doctor took me off and said that I could not take this medication. So now back to trying to find something that will work for me.

I once forgot (okay, I didn't forget) to take my cymbalta for a few days, and I felt like I was dying. I couldn't function. My heart was racing, my head was pounding, I was sweating, some of the same things you describe above (a heroin withdrawal type deal)! It was extremely unpleasant, to say the least. Don't withdraw without first consulting a Doctor!

I'm taking Celexa. This is the first time I've ever had to take anything like that and it's for situational depression. It works wonders! Everyone around me can tell the difference, and they could probably pin point the day it kicked in! I sure could! Since I won't be taking it forever, I hope there are no withdrawls. I have never forgotten a dose because I'm actually afraid to! I'm afraid of sliding back into that dark pit, so I'm obsessive about taking it every day. Sometimes I end up taking it at a different time, but I never miss a whole day.

Cymbalta sounds scary, thanks for the heads up. Good luck to you and your withdrawal, I found that celexa has worked better for me than wellbutrin, prozac and zoloft. Wellbutrin kind of gave me druggy feelings as well as prozac and zoloft. Prozac omg made me crazy and easily set off, and zoloft left me feeling like I was in a trance that I could never get out of. Celexa however gave me less side effects and I was able to quit cold turkey.

I have not tried to get off of it yet but I have had herion like withdrawl from klonopin. that is some hard to deal with stuff. what was the milligrams you were takeing?

im taking cymbalta but not regularly, i cant afford to take it regularly, and its coz i also hate the side effects, i do feel weird when i havent taken one for a long time, i agree with you, the withdrawal is indescribable, your mind kinda play tricks on you