When I was on Cymbalta, my doctor cautioned me to never just stop taking it, that you have to wean off slowly. I was on such a high dose that I had to get a medical necessity review for each and every refill- what a hassle! Anyway, I weaned off over 3 months and had no adverse reactions. I'm sorry you didn't have enough time before your surgery to wean off. Best wishes to you

I was on amitryptyline for 11 years to help me sleep but it only sees to work for so long and contributes to mental fog so I weaned myself off it recently and haven’t had any problems. I think it had stopped working on me as I’m no different of it than on it. I take lyrica for peripheral neurothapy in my feet from chemo damage also and would love to get off them too but would need an alternative?

You have to ween yourself off of cymbalta or you will have withdrawls like your having. I stopped taking it because it was not helping anymore and then they tried to put me back on it since.it was helping my depression, and my body did not react well to it like before. So my dr told me i cant take it anymore. As far as amitriptyline... Please be very careful. Everyone is different, but just 50mg sent me into a coma and then i woke up paralyzed. The dr didnt believe me and thought i overdosed so had me take it again before being discharged from the hospital and it happened again and was put back into the hospital. Like i said everyone is different, but you do have to be careful.

I am on @Cymbalta and when my dose was increased from 60mg daily to 60mg twice daily, the side effects were unacceptable to me (substantially exacerbated my ADHD symptoms). So, I tried to just drop back to my previous dose, but I felt awful (much the way you described feeling). So, I went back to the higher dose until I felt better, and then slowly tapered off, decreasing my dose by a small amount at a time. Each time I decreased, I remained on that dose for about a week, and then, if I felt fine, reduce my dose again, until I got back to my former dose.

I am still taking @Cymbalta, as it does help with my pain to some degree, but I would be extremely reluctant to ever increase the dose again without very good reason!

I tapered off Cymbalta twice over the years due to trying to conceive. The withdrawal wasn't pleasant but I recall only experiencing it for a couple weeks or so. I don't personally see it as addictive however if you just stop abruptly then yes it will be unpleasant. I experienced the brain shocks and dizziness but nothing else. I was on tramadol and cymbalta for years however the tramadol is the only thing I was able to start and stop with no reaction. I plan to go back on Cymbalta in the future because it worked wonders for me to manage my symptoms. I heard amtriptaline (dbl check the spelling), Lyrica and Savella are pretty good but every individual response is different. I wish you well.