I am so glad you are starting to do better!! I have been thinking about you, so glad you posted!!

Hope you keep getting better every day!!

Thank you for the update.

Life does go on, but a few times during my day I find my thoughts turning to you, hoping you are starting to win the battle. Windering how you are doing. This certainly sounds like you are turning that corner. So good to hear.

Still a way to go, but I hope your journey gets better every day. Don't rush it if its too hard. A slow journey will still eventually reach destination.

Stay strong!

I am glad you are doing better, now, Hopeful...

So glad that you are doing better hopeful.

You sound so much better and more optimistic-praying it continues ))

Hopeful, we are all here for you. I so understand what you are going through and you are incredibly brave to share your experience with us.

Your comment re addicts struck a chord with me. Yes, I can completely understand bad choices led them to unhealthy circumstances and a part of me wonders if the general population knew and understood the withdrawal anguish that comes from prescribed medication alone, perhaps they would be less willing to "just try" these substances for supposed "recreational purposes". The "it won't happen to me" surely must be a tiny lingering thought in the back of their minds?

I had absolutely no clue what I was going to face further down the track when I began cymbalta as prescribed to me for both depression and pain. The information leaflet really didn't give too much away about the withdrawal horror and nor did my psych. Xanax withdrawal was even worse.

Hang in there and know that we are all here praying for you

Thanks PamelaJune,
You are so right the pamphlet does not address the withdrawal actually it claims only 1% of people get withdrawal symptoms. That is why the FDA did its own research on it last year. They found 47-51% had severe withdrawal symptoms.
They basically lied!

I am so sorry you had to go through this with more than one medication.
I felt like I was getting so much better. I'm down to the 20mgs and it appears my tears have been replace with crankiness by mid afternoon. My poor husband!!
Hopeful