April 19, 2005
More on stopping Paxil to switch to Cymbalta
Ok, I started taking Paxil 8 years ago (redid the math) when dx'd. The rx was for seratonin uptake replacement or something like that. I told myself, yes it's an antidepressant, but I'm taking it for a physical disease, I'm not nuts or depressed. Over the years a dose of 20, became 30 about 2 years ago & 40 a year ago & 50 a couple of months ago...it helped, but my docs agree it's not helping enough, and the new drug Cymbalta may make much better improvements to my health.
So now I've just started taking only 20mg of Paxil in my gradual decrease of Paxil from 50mg to 0mg over 5 weeks, at 10mg/week. As previously reported, I am reexperiencing all the pain fatigue anxiety feelings of shortness of breath and racing pulse and panic attacks. As written before this is no fun.
I'm making something for a very special friend in my downtime, well the downtime that isn't spent actually trying to nap. I'm making great headway as I have loads of downtime.
I thank God & my doc for Vicodin which I take once or twice a day for the acute severe pain in my hip and all over serious pain. And I thank God & my docs for the muscle relaxors which help as FMS is a a tightening of muscles, not inflammation of same. Those are the only things that give me relief...and my sleep has been down to 2 hours continuous from 4 1/2 to 5, my record.
The meds make it possible for me to do the minimum I need to do and the gift creation that I'm loving doing.
My mom just called and wanted to know if I wanted to go to a friend's party on 4/30.......I told her that would be the day I hit zero mg of Paxil and I don't think I'll be up for a party...she understood. She hates to see me like this but also trusts my Rhuemy as I do and has hopes for the new drug.
Personal Note: My Jennifer has come by once or twice a week, in addition to seeing her at Mom's or for 'something'. I love that girl so much. I realized I shared the picture of Garrett in September and Jen and her brothers, an older pic, around July. I'm going to try to attach a pic of my Jen that's more current, as she's my greatest work of art!!! She's 19 and I can say that now without flinching...well most of the time! LOL
Hugs and Blessings, Judy
Posted by on April 19, 2005 1:16 PM
hello, I have been on paxil for 4 years and have gone thru every withdrawal you can imagine, including the zaps. Only to resort back to the paxil out of desperation. I want to help you by telling you that I am switching to cymbalta and I have decreased from 30 to 10mg in a weeks time. Of course that is with starting on 30mg of cymbalta and then 60 during the decrease. I have barely felt the withdrawals. I feel happy and my fibro feels better too. I can probably do away with the other 10mg today but think I better wait since dr. ordered a much slower pace then I have been doing. I know my head and physical symptoms well enough to judge this decrease. I want anyone to know this might help them leave paxil successfully. I never thought it would work and hopefully when I decide to ever go off of SSri's the cymbalta will be easier then paxil..we do have an imbalance causing these problems.....thanks
Posted by: denise at April 23, 2005 9:04 PM
Thanks Denise,
So you got to start the cymbalta before totally off Paxil...that would have been nicer than the hell I was in the last 2 weeks of Paxil decrease.
Let's stay in touch about this Cymbalta since it's relatively new. Someone did warn me on another post that Cymbalta made her feel suicidal, so watch out for that.
Talk soon,
Hugs, Judy
Posted by: judy at May 20, 2005 4:14 AM
I have been on Cymbalta for 6 weeks. At first I thought I was feeling less pain. I too have FMS. In retrospect, it was probably the steroid shots to the hips that caused the decrease in pain. Watch out for the weight gain, I have gained 10 pounds in 6 weeks with absolutely no alteration in my diet. Before this, my weight was always the same. Going off the Cymbalta as we speak. Good luck to those of you trying Cymbalta, my Rhumatologist also said it was one of the new drugs that was showing promise.
Posted by: Kathy at September 23, 2006 10:24 AM
My doctor switched me from 40mg of paxil a day to 10mg of Cymbalta and even though it seemed to reduce the pain I have because of a back surgery that didn't go very well I developed involuntary body movements that are very aggravating and severe depression and some thoughts of suicide so I went off the cymbalta and back on the paxil but the pain returned and just got worse and worse so I stopped the paxil again once I had taken it all and went back on the cymbalta and now the pain is gone but the depression and thoughts of suicide are back so I just don't know what to do?????
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