Eli Lilly is the devil

25. June 2009 by Bex.

I’m not even sure how long I’ve been trying to get off Cymbalta but it feels like forever.  After missing yet another day of work, I called my rheumatologist.  However she’s out of the office so I have to wait, but I’m hoping she has some good advice for me.  The withdrawal symptoms are hell.  The nurse I talked to said she hears from a lot of people that this drug is hard to come off of.  All the research I’ve done on the internet about coming off this drug and there are fucking support groups for people to get off Cymbalta.  I feel like such an idiot for not finding this out before I took the drug.  Look!  There are even books written on how to get off this drug:

Here are some of the symptoms I’m experiencing that I found on a website:

Dysarthria – The inability to control the mouth muscles when forming words so the words are not clearly spoken and heard.

Insomnia – Not able to fall asleep or sleeping for a shorter time than desired, thus not being able to properly rest and feeling un-refreshed.  As a result, a person can become irritable, have difficulty concentrating and feel a lack of energy.  This can be caused by stimulants such as by caffeine or drugs or by mental anxiety and stress.  Mental stress can be communicated and relieved.

Mood Swings – An emotional shifting as from a state of happiness to a state of depression for a period of time.

Night Sweats – The water-salt, waste product the skin releases is called sweat or perspiration.   With night sweats you become wide awake in the middle of the night shivering and cold and wet with your sheets/pajamas soaked in perspiration making it difficult to go back to sleep.

I am so mad about this whole situation.  I hate drug companies, I think they are worse than politicians because they are entrusted with people’s health yet they push their shit on doctors and patients without disclosing side effects, etc.  This crap is wreaking my life right now and I hate it.  I feel pretty hopeless and depressed right now and since life is pretty good, I can only imagine it’s this damned drug.  I’m also irritable as all hell.  I’m a barrel of fun!!!

Would a methodone clinic help?  I’m only half kidding.

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