I'm on 50 beads, reducing to 46 today after going cold turkey and reinstating on 15mg after 11 days on 0.
I'm counting the beads now, and suddenly I'm not sure. I'm counting 46 beads 3 times. Now, I have around 30 beads left from the capsule.
Should I:
Mix the remaining beads with the beads from the next capsule, or
Throw the 30 beads away, and only make 3 doses pr capsule?
Hello. I was a part of the original fb group. I started this journey around 2021. I am on 4 microbeads of Duloxetine now and really struggling. I started with a 60 mg capsule about 4 years ago and this is the first time I have experienced these type of withdrawal symptoms. It started with a panic attack on 6/15 and every since that day, I have been experiencing sadness, crying, anxiety, panic, nausea, decreased appetite, dizzy sometimes, eyes feel weird sometimes, weird pain in body like back and wrists and legs. I am also on 5/325 hydrocodone one per day and I want to stop taking that too, but scared to right now because of the waves of symptoms I’m experiencing with my taper of Duloxetine. Timeline this year so far: Jan4- 5 beads, Feb17-4beads, May3-3beads, back to 4 beads @6/18 due to onset of symptoms and thought I needed to go back. However, I’m still feeling the same. I’m really scared and don’t know what I should do. Any natural supplements can help with these waves? From what I described, do you think this is coming from the taper? I don’t understand why this starting all of a sudden and I’ve been tapering very slowly since like 2021. Thanks
Hello everyone,
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Been in hell since February 2026.
After horrible prescribed nytol experience Wednesday night I tried magnesium glycinate last night. I know I’m kindled and have had paradoxical reactions to anything but I was so desperate to sleep and lessen the high level of primary anxiety my CNS has been trapped in.
Vagus meditations work but not for long.
I just had dental clearance June 17 th and dealing with that was terror as I reacted badly after difficult surgery due to long curved roots and had to get max fax to do surgery that took 4.5 hrs….I woke screaming. I went thru meds not to use with anaesthetic team but I still reacted to something and only agreed to 1 mg diazepam it worked enough to get me out of hospital. They didn’t know what to do with a person in PAWS.
So, everything was compounded over the past 2 weeks and we had 4 30 degree days and I was swollen, unable to eat, sleep worse, I could not see how I would emerge.
But, last night 150mg mag glycinate I slept more calmly, a bit longer, had a meditation and napped and woke like my self for the first time in months. I hope it is a sign of tentatively stabilisation.
Had stitches removed as they tasted awful and last night I actually enjoyed taste for years…and eating is so important to this PAWS journey as being neurodivergent I have suffered from ARFID off and on.
Why the mag glycinate worked this time might be down to time and brain chemistry and CNS starting to recalibrate towards past the halfway mark but I’m enjoying the clarity and calm in my chest at the moment and wanted to share after 5 months and the difficulties I’m starting to hope again that there is light after hanging on.
Thanks for reading an isolated autistics experience of duloxetine abrupt cessation and journey into madness.
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I have been pondering bridging to Prozac due to the longer half life, and my body not adjusting to Cymbalta even in the same mg I can go into a withdrawal state for what seems like no reason.
I wanted to see if other members have had success with this, even though I know it’s not the best choice, the fact that any given time I seem to go into withdrawal and it’s frustrating.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Could someone tell me how to go about switch from taking C at nighttime to taking it in the morning? Thank you!!
Hi so glad i found you . I was in the facebook group before it was closed. Been on my tapering journey since Nov 2019 and currently on approximately 2mg
I have been prescribed Diphenhydramine as my sleep has been disrupted since February due to cold turkey duloxetine (doctor error) and sleep deprived.
Has anyone used it, also know as Benadryl, I read it’s often used during withdrawals of many types.
I have become sensitive I think it’s called kindling to medications and worried I will react badly and worsen my akathisia come morning. I’m desperate to sleep more than 3-4hrs a night.
Insights welcomed.
Hellbell.🤓
My mil was put on cymbalta for ra and fibro. Looking for other options that would work besides cymbalta. She wants to get off this one. But needs something.
I have a procedure coming up that will require me to be put under. Are there any concerns around dropping your dose near to when you're getting anesthesia?
I’ve been counting 95 beads of Breckenridge so how do I know how many Ajanta beads that would equate to? My prescription is for 20 mg at this point and I need to refill but need help knowing how to count the right amount if the beads are bigger. Thanks!
I was on the fb group and thankful I found you here!
I came from fb, have been following the tapering calculator and mostly all good. However for the last week maybe longer, I've been having what I can only describe as head tremors or shaking. I feel a bit like a bobble head! It could have been going on longer but it's only recently I properly noticed it. Just wondering if that is likely a side effect and I should hold my current drop?
I'm down from 120mg to 17.47% so around 21 mg? I started my last drop almost 2 weeks ago and would be due to drop again in another day.
I thought I was going crazy but I got my partner to watch me and he witnessed it. I will be making a Dr's appointment but who knows then that will be and I haven't told them I'm tapering!
Hi. My mom has been on 30mg Duloxetine for around 3 months, she wanted to come off and her doctor adviced her to half the dose to 15mg. (I told her to go much slower, but she would not listen.)She has been om 15mg for 2-3 weeks.
Suddenly the other day she begins having black eyefloaters, they went away again but her eyes have been hurting and are now extremely lighsensitive.
Her doctor is getting her an optometrist oppointment asap. She is in her 60’s so it very well could be an age-related problem. But I know vision issues are very common in wd and just wanted to ask if anyone has had similar symptoms?
Is there anything that cansave me from dry mouth and my teeth issues?