Duloxetine cold turkey

[Hardtotalk]

DONT DO IT !!

As a fool, I thought I would be fine just stopping my meds.After all, I felt fine and was ready to stand on my own two feet with one less crutch.Problem was,that crutch had got a hold on me physically and emotionally.... there really was only one outcome........I have never felt so poorly and scared of my own thoughts in my life.The sweating,headaches,tummy upsets,extremely low moods,insomnia to name but a few...

As the availability of a GP seems to be quite illusive these days, I battled through some harrowing days and nights.

Unfortunately, I can no longer cope feeling like this and feel quite deflated and tired at the same time.

Would I be a fool to start them again ? Or,could I be nearing the conclusion of these effects ?

I know these are questions I must answer myself but sometimes I feel my thoughts are not my best friend at the moment

Thankyou for being here

[Starting_over]

I felt like that quitting Atenolol. I fought thru it. I wanted off bad. I felt better after three months. I just recently tried to quit Pepsi soda and felt just what you described. Awakening after only 1 hour sweating and big panic attacks. Confusion lethargy dizziness crying headache palpitation. I can't sleep !

[blackcat64013]

Hardtotalk,

Thanks for sharing with us.

If you had spoken to a doctor, the recommendation would have been to taper off the drug slowly, slowly over a period of months.

Usually if the side effects kick in, you would go back up to the dose that was okay previously.

There is really no best answer to the question you posed except to say perhaps have a conversation with your doctor for some expert clinical advice.

[Zoea]

Yes this is a question for a medical professional.

My personal feeling is that your symptoms seem severe so I would go back to normal dose then taper off if you need to (any advice of a medical professional supersedes this) over 3-5 weeks.

I am on Amisulpiride and I'm currently trying to taper off and have had bad experiences cold turkey on this medication in the last few months. I am unsure if I really want to stop it but the general case of this class of medication is fairly poor side effects so as I'm got bester I'm like I might as well try and taper off.

Medication is like a crutch you should wait until you're fully healed then gradually start to put pressure on the limb and eventually loose the crutch if that's what's right to you. OK that's a terrible analogy but I hope you see what I mean.

Perhaps there's another (or several other) medication that would be best for you. General advice: don't try and come off a medication without help from a real Doctor.

Ok cool take care and best wishies.