My new frenemy is Cymbalta

12. February 2009 by Bex.

I’ve been on a drug called Cymbalta since last fall.  I was put on this drug after being misdiagnosed with Fribromyalgia.  My main complaints were joint and muscle pain as well as extreme fatigue.  It is my belief that I was given this diagnosis because the doctors could not agree on what was causing my symptoms.  Cymbalta helped alleviate the pain but it also made me a zombie.  So then I was put on Welbutrin to combat that problem.  Yay, more drugs!!!

Neither drug is safe for pregnancy so I’m weaning off of them one drug at a time.  Cymbalta stays in your system for a long time so it’s harder to get off of it.  I’ve been taking one pill every other day for almost two weeks and I feel like I’m losing my freaking mind.  I’m so dizzy, have absolutely no short term memory and am very easily frustrated and emotional.  Not to mention the “brain shivers.”  I was reading about this on the net and I’ve been experiencing it too.  It’s similar to when your heart skips a beat or speeds up only it feels that way in your brain.  It’s hard to explain and really weird.

This sucks ass.  I hate this drug.  I feel like the kid who sits at the front of the bus, methodically licking the window until I get home.

I’ve got writing and stitching to do at home as well as housework.  None of that is getting done.  Not to mention work.  Ugh.  I can’t stay focused enough to get everything done as quickly as I normally do.

Anyone have advice on getting off of shitty medications?  I don’t know how people do shit like meth or coke.  Cripes I can’t even handle the legal stuff.  Sounds like I”m not alone: I found this site.

Time for a nap and then off to work.  Going to be another long day!  Tschus.

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