I have decided to quit taking my Cymbalta (antidepressants) because I think they are causing sleeping problems. The doctor has me taking them every other day for two weeks, but I think I'm going to just stop taking them. (Don't panic - I'm waiting for him to call me back to discuss this with him!) On the days I don't take it, I get VERY dizzy & nauseous. But on the days I take it, I feel okay. I think I'd rather just push through the withdrawal over the next few days & be done with it!
Please pray that the Cymbalta leaves my system quickly, and that the depression, if it comes back, is manageable. And pray that getting off the drug will help me sleep.
Thanks, guys! Love you all!!
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Mama Lisa....I hope that this works for you. I know my mom has struggled with all sorts of meds for years. I know if she comes off them too quickly they cause her problems. Let me know if you are looking for a good doctor to deal with depression...I have a great guy!
PM me if you wish. :) I hope your depression doesn't come back; however, I'd like to tell you how I've battled my own. In 2001, I was taking 7 meds, and now, five years later, I'm not taking anything.
May God bless you!
*big hugs* Darrel
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I, too, went through this when I was getting off from my anti-depressants. I had to slowly decrease the amounts a few days at a time to prevent any harsh side effects. I know how it is having to go through such things. You sometimes wonder if you're doing the right thing by going off from them. But now I haven't taken any meds in ages, and I feel just fine! Yes, I still have bouts of depression and anxiety, but nothing like I used to. I have learned to take life one thing at a time, and to leave everything up to God to take care of.
I hope and pray that you, MamaL, will learn to do the same and grow like I am currently doing!
This is day 3 without Cymbalta. I felt okay yesterday during the day, but the later it got, the dizzier I got. I get these funny "brain zaps", kind of an electrical shock feeling. I was sitting at my computer early last evening and would turn my head a little to the left to see the TV. I would get this zap feeling in my head (kind of like a dizzy spell) and would feel the shocky feeling all the way down my right leg. (It's actually kind of cool!) But what must my brain be going through?!?
Anyway, the really good news is I've slept very well the last couple of nights. I'm having crazy, CRAZY dreams, sometimes disturbing, but at least I'm sleeping. I'm still waking up tired, but I'm going to push through this!! Even if it kills me!!
Oh, and another benefit is that I seem less & less obsessed with "the past". Makes you wonder, huh?
-- Edited by Mama Lisa at 11:36, 2006-09-02
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Go Mama!!!! I remember when I went off my anti-depressants, it wasn't easy, but I'm better for it. And now that I have found the cause of 99% of my depression (hiding in the closet and trying to live the "straight life") and dealt with it, I am not the least bit depressed. You'll make it, I know you will. I am so glad to hear that you are sleeping well now.
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I 2nd the happiness to hear that you're sleeping! :)
God sent his Serta sheep right down to your house....hahaha....that'd be kinda funny if you start dreaming about them, now, wouldn't it?
I'm keeping you in prayer. It's hard weaning yourself off any medication. And, I know exactly what those brain zaps feel like...when it happened to me, it was like a spasm, and my body would twitch...people would think I'm having a stroke or something.
Well, take care! *big hugs* Darrel
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