Withdrawal Reactions Cymbalta 10/07/2007 Global Withdrawals From Antidepressants Can Be Extreme: Peoples Pharmacy
 
 Summary:<br><br><div>Paragraph one reads:&nbsp; &quot;Q: <strong>I have just been through <u>detox hell after stopping the antidepressant Cymbalta</u>. After a week of dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, sweats, chills, itching, disorientation,<u> mood swings </u>and headaches, I am angry<u>! My doctor did not tell me that this might happen.&quot;<br /><br /></u></strong><a href="http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/HEALTH/707100321/1242/health">http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/HEALTH/707100321/1242/health<br /><br /></a>July 10, 2007<br /><br />Withdrawals from antidepressant extreme<br /><br />By Joe and Teresa Graedon<br />Special to The Clarion-Ledger<br /><br />Q: I have just been through detox hell after stopping the antidepressant Cymbalta. After a week of dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, sweats, chills, itching, disorientation, mood swings and headaches, I am angry! My doctor did not tell me that this might happen.<br /><br />I had been on the drug for about a year and was weaned off it gradually. I expected some emotional repercussions, but I didn&#39;t expect to be unable to function for more than a week.<br /><br />I just don&#39;t understand why I wasn&#39;t warned, before starting the drug, about the possibility of severe withdrawal.<br /><br />A: It often comes as a rude shock when patients discover that stopping antidepressants can cause distressing withdrawal symptoms. We have heard from folks who stopped Effexor, Paxil or Zoloft who felt disoriented and dizzy.<br /></div> 
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