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Feeling at my wits end with Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia
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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!
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@fmcfs I feel so damaged. I’m so upset . You made something very clear that I couldn’t manage to figure out or research on my own. If you look at my phone under notes, and texts created for different subjects so I could remember everything. I still get scared from cognitive things I should know and struggle to remember or have to learn how to do again. Throughout this fibromyalgia journey I had 2 different insurances. I had many many doctors. Of course neither of those were specifically or close to being trained on fibromyalgia meds. NOT ONE DOCTOR EVER cared to know how long I was on these meds and just kept prescribing them. Never suggesting I could or should get off. And I was only taken off Cymbalta because I REQUESTED IT and was given instructions for getting off in 2 weeks. Thank you for your enlightenment it means a lot. It’s not just brain fog, it’s these drugs too being administered without a care for the patients brain. Will I ever regain what I’ve lost? I feel like my IQ was cut in half.