Possible withdrawal symptoms?
I've been using Duloxetine/Cymbalta for two years, mostly due to fibromyalgia but also depressive symptoms. I had a pretty stable situation on max dosage but I also lost a lot of general feeling with made me prone to injuries and had a negative impact on any intimate activity. I lowered my dosage and it had a minimal impact on my sensitivity so me and my physician decided to try another medication - Amitriptyline.
This of course meant that I had to get off Duloxetine. I lowered it (according to the doctor's recommendation) with 30 mg/week and now I'm on the final step, which is no medication for a week.
Today I had a very strange and very scary experience however: I woke up very early, groggy and barely conscious and decided that I was just gonna go back to bed. Well, I just fell over, like a damn stiff board I just fell backwards and realized while falling that hey.. my bed isn't back there. My nightstand was however. I managed to determine that I hadn't injured any skeletal structures and then crawled into bed again. When I woke up a couple of hours later I'm bruised, my wall has a hole in it and my nightstand is crooked. I am also extremely groggy still and I'm more or less incapable of just walking in a straight line. I did not hit my head so I'm not concerned about that but I am wondering if I've gone off Duloxetine too damn fast.
Have any of ya'll had the same reaction? Is there anything I should be doing that can help? Should I continue with the plan and start Amitriptyline on monday?
Contacting my physician can prove difficult since he's on vacation and my health center is now closed, except for minor emergencies. If this gets worse, or happens again, I'll contact them ofc.