Stepping down on cymbalta is absolutely horrible

So I’ve been ditching the little balls inside for about 5 weeks now....I had tried cold turkey a while ago and I learned one of those cool lessons 👋.

I am aware that I should expect a certain amount of haywire behavior and amped up defense mechs while I’m robbing my brain of this medication slowly...I feel as though I’m doing it right in that I feel in control of lessening dose but not experiencing the brain zaps and vision/balance disturbances.

My only terrible side effect seems to be being easily sucked into chains of negative thoughts and that irking pain that comes with fighting them off.

The anxiety comes on super hard and fast but I feel I have enough tools to know there’s an end to it but yikes this is hard.

Quitting cymbalta seems like a VERY hard long drawn out process fuuuuuugh.

Forgot what it was like to few the nerves in my fingers tingle daily again from manual labor.

Any support in this journey from the elders would be greatly appreciated!?🙏

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I am going to stop Cymbalta very soon. How long are you taking to do it?

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Shooting for 90 days from 60mg.

Been on the med for about 3+years

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There is no literature on how to do this from the manufacturer