I weaned myself off by decreasing the dosage and number of times per day I was taking the med very gradually. It took about four weeks for me to stop entirely, but I was already on a lower dose than most people. It took months for the side effects to clear my system. Though the Cymbalta seem to help my fibro pain initially, I was experiencing episodes where I would blank out and would not remember periods of time, I had foggy brain more than usual, forgetfulness, very emotional, and I was very uncoordinated i.e. prone to falls and dropping things. I reached a point where I wasn't sure the med was helping anymore and the RA doc wanted to increase the dosage. But, I felt the side effects had become intolerable. The major withdrawal symptoms for me were sleeplessness (even with taking a sleep med), anxiety, and a bit more pain than was my usual.

Good luck! I belive you'll feel better

That's exactly why I stopped this med too. Since it was the first med I tried for fibro, I was not familiar with the side effects. But a few months after stopping completely (very slowly), I was able to tell the difference between my pain and fatigue from fibro versus all of the other symptoms which turned out to be side effects from the med i.e. memory loss, clumsiness, feeling extremely emotional all the time, etc.

I weaned off successfully, have been free of Cymbalta for over a month now. I feel much better. It took several weeks to stop feeling the withdrawal symptoms

Yes I came off it in Jan. 2016. I did not have Ins. coverage in Jan. so I went every other day taking Cymbalta till I had none and I came off Morphine had a few days of withdraws and now Glad I did. As a male Cymbalta effected me sexually.