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Feeling at my wits end with Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia
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@fmcfs I see now. I’m 66 years old. I used to have great memory, spelling and writing skills. My son really feared I was getting dementia. Was on Cymbalta for about 14 years. Went off Cymbalta 14 months ago, terrible withdrawal and some lasting long term effects I’m still hoping will go away soon (severe uncontrolled crying/emotions). Now I’ve recently stopped the 800 mg of Gabapentin, but was off gabapentin for about 10 months but before that I was taking 2000 mg daily gabapentin for 12-14 years. Memory still not great. I’m still hoping for memory to get better. Taking LDN now and magnesium glycinate for sleep. Pain sleep energy have improved some, the Cymbalta side effect though are making me more isolated and depressed than ever. It seems something gets better, then something new pops up or something else gets worse.
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@jeannesf1 I’m so sorry! STUPID doctors don’t know a darn thing about how to wean off psychotropics like Lyrica and Cymbalta! It only take less than a month for these drugs to REWIRE your brain. So going off them cold turkey or too quickly has SIGNIFICANT and sometimes SEVERE side effects which may or may not eventually resolve! I was in a Cymbalta Facebook group 10 years ago where people warned me about it and gave detailed instructions how to carefully titrate off it. It took me an entire YEAR to safely get off Cymbalta and another year to get off Lyrica. Well worth it. My brain came back to life and I could remember my best friend’s name again. These drugs are not meant for long term use. They work for a time then it isn’t as effective. By then, your brain is oatmeal. I take Tramadol and Prozac. If you get off those drugs, Google gradual detox for them!