Two Thursdays ago I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. My walk-in clinic doctor diagnosed me. I originally went to her to get a referral to the rhumatologist (I say "the" because she's the only one where I live that's in my insurance's preferred network, and the other hospital has a very poor reputation as of late,) but she said that she was very comfortable diagnosing Fibro. The rhumatologist has a ridiculously long waiting list, and she wasn't sure it was wise to make me wait so long to get in, so she did the tender point test and then diagnosed me. Keep in mind that she did this after close to a year's worth of testing from specialists all across the board, with nearly every blood test you can think of. She was very informed about my situation.
So then she prescribed me Cymbalta. Have any of you tried this? I took it for a little over a week and it was TERRIBLE. Nausea, extreme dizziness, severe loss of appetite (lost 11 pounds in one week,) worsening mind fog, much worse depression (not suicidal, but thoughts that I would be better off dead - made no plans and didn't dream of death,) and loss of vision. I was a total zombie. The reason I didn't stop is because several people warned me that Cymbalta withdrawal can be worse than staying on it, and you're supposed to ween off. So I got into my doctor as soon as I could, which was yesterday, and she's helping me ween off now. She did not prescribe me anything new, and I wouldn't take it even if she did. She set me up to see a Psychologist instead.
I didn't take Cymbalta today, and I honestly feel SO MUCH BETTER. Except that I'm realizing the Cymbalta was helping with my fibro and joint pain, because my old pains are coming back in full force. I didn't go to work today because I've got a headache and I don't really know how I'm doing (just way better in comparison.) (And I'm still struggling to some degree- most notably I'm struggling with my vision, as I'm reading words wrong. I sometimes have to read something 2-3 times before I figure it out, like I kept thinking the word "file" was "fire" and couldn't understand the sentence.)
What are your experiences with Cymbalta? If you got off it, did you find it helpful to ween, or did you just stop taking it?
So then she prescribed me Cymbalta. Have any of you tried this? I took it for a little over a week and it was TERRIBLE. Nausea, extreme dizziness, severe loss of appetite (lost 11 pounds in one week,) worsening mind fog, much worse depression (not suicidal, but thoughts that I would be better off dead - made no plans and didn't dream of death,) and loss of vision. I was a total zombie. The reason I didn't stop is because several people warned me that Cymbalta withdrawal can be worse than staying on it, and you're supposed to ween off. So I got into my doctor as soon as I could, which was yesterday, and she's helping me ween off now. She did not prescribe me anything new, and I wouldn't take it even if she did. She set me up to see a Psychologist instead.
I didn't take Cymbalta today, and I honestly feel SO MUCH BETTER. Except that I'm realizing the Cymbalta was helping with my fibro and joint pain, because my old pains are coming back in full force. I didn't go to work today because I've got a headache and I don't really know how I'm doing (just way better in comparison.) (And I'm still struggling to some degree- most notably I'm struggling with my vision, as I'm reading words wrong. I sometimes have to read something 2-3 times before I figure it out, like I kept thinking the word "file" was "fire" and couldn't understand the sentence.)
What are your experiences with Cymbalta? If you got off it, did you find it helpful to ween, or did you just stop taking it?