Feel terrible, done with SSRI's TODAY
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| Tue, 10-03-2006 - 10:12am |
I'm sick of feeling bad, and I'm quitting antidepressants today. I suffer from social anxiety and I'm on Cymbalta, my fifth drug in about 3 months. Since my doctor and I started looking for the "right drug" for me, I've suffered from severe hives, stomach pains, and SEVERE urinary retention. I get up 6-7 times per night to urinate. I haven't slept through the night in months. I'm such a zombie, my fiance said I got up last night to pee twice in a half hour, and I didn't even realize it. I cannot empty my bladder and it's painful and frustrating. Not only that, but I've seen no real improvement with any of these pills. I feel more self-conscious than ever, and I feel ugly and fat. I get hives outbreaks 3-4 times a day that itch like crazy. That's why I've been on 5 different drugs, to try to find one that won't cause hives, but they all do.
These side effects and not worth it. I've never felt worse about myself. The last drug I took before Cymbalta was Paxil and my doctor said it was okay to quit that cold turkey, so that's what I'm going to do with this one. I took my LAST pill today.
I'm going to have to manage this anxiety on my own.
Cheryl

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I've never had hives in my life before I started taking the meds... so I'm pretty certain that's what's causing it. I've been much more stressed and anxious than I am now and have never gotten them. I have never felt so terrible in my whole life as I have the past few months taking these meds. I can't wait until it clears my system and I can be free of this.
cheryl
I hope they go away soon!
Sheri Ann
Well it's been 6 days now since I quit Cymbalta. I was feeling fine at first, but over the weekend and today I've been getting waves of nausea, dizziness, headaches and a feeling of being separated from my body. I don't even know if it's related, my fiance says I should take a pregnancy test to be sure. However, I'm going to ride out the symptoms until I feel better. It's still not worth going back on those drugs. If I feel this bad going off them, I can only imagine what it was doing to my body when I was taking it.
Cheryl
drinking milk of magnesia and taking vitamins.
Drink lots of water.
Sheri Ann
Sheri Ann
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