I'm having a bout of Vertigo...

[Medusa]

Oh gosh, Donna, I feel for ya. When you have vertigo, there isn't much you can do except lie down and wait for it to pass. I just don't know about Cymbalta. I was on it for a while to help w/the pain of fibromyalgia and in the beginning it worked fine. But then I started getting terrible stomach cramps that lasted for hours and after a few weeks, I couldn't take it any more so a medical asst. told me to go off it cold turkey w/out consulting w/my dr. I asked "Shouldn't I be weaned off this?" and I was told to just stop taking it. Long story short, I had even more terrible withdrawal than the side effects I had been experiencing. So even though you've only been on it a short period of time, if you're going to stop taking it, do it slowly and wean yourself. Please let us know how you're doing.

[moosmom]

I just talked to someone "medical" at the center I'm treating at. She told me to stop taking the Cymbalta (I had JUST that minute taken today's dose). She's going to call me back. I'll let ya know what they say.

[Catty1]

{{{{hugs}}}} I was posting to you at the same time a phone call came in...I wanted to add that I hoped you were better SOON!

I hope you hear something helpful from the centre.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

How are you doing?

[moosmom]

I'm okay. I'm afraid to go anywhere. I'm still waiting for "Hope" to call me back. I HAVE to go into work tomorrow. I'm so afraid of passing out. Hope told me to stop taking it. If I do that, I'll surely go through bad withdrawal. I've been on Cymbalta for almost a month.

[carole]

Oh donna what an awful situation you are in, damned if you do and damned if you don't, so to speak, when my mother has vertigo it is so bad she is bed ridden, and even that is bad, as the room is spinning, i understand how bad it must be and i never ever want to suffer from it,you have my utmost sympathy and then some,can you afford to have a sick day off, sounds like whatever you do you are not going to be feeling very well at all,you are really caught in a catch 22 aren't you, you poor thing,i can only wish you well and hope that you can get through this without too much suffering, HUGS.

Just wanted to add, Catty1 you are such a nice person, you always go out of your way to research things for people and help them, i have noticed you do this time and time again,you are very thoughtful and helpful.

[Medusa]

Hope told me to stop taking it. If I do that, I'll surely go through bad withdrawal. I've been on Cymbalta for almost a month.

Maybe not. What mg. are you taking? Since you've only been on it a month, if you're on 30 mg., it may not have that effect on you.

[K9karen]

Aw Jeesh, Donna..just the memory of having vertigo makes me want to puke. What a horrendous experience. I hope the docs office can give you something so you can go to work. Maybe car sickness meds..what do they call that stuff?? I hope you can get off Cymbalta that quickly without too many side effects. Feel better, girl.