1st Cymbalta Update - Feeling Fair

September 10, 2026··

Feeling fair. Been having bouts of extreme brain fog, headache, fatigue, gi upset, dizziness, brain zaps, muscle aches, depersonalization, and emotional blunting.

Krys’s taper progress

Dose (mg)

Mood (/10)

Cymbalta — 60 — 4years — actively tapering | without clinician

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Catina8d ago

Community AnchorEffexor

I'm sorry you're going through all this! If you go to the Symptoms and Self-Care section you can use the search bar at the top to search for your symptoms and find some helpful information and tips. When was your last reduction and by how much? I hope things improve for you soon. 💜

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

Krys8d ago

Cymbalta · active

Thank you. I will take a look. I wasn’t being smart about it in the beginning. I didn’t realize it would be so hard mentally. A week or two ago is when I started and I eliminated approx 1/3. Then a little more a week later. Not good. Had to go back up a little. The worst symptom I’m having is my brain literally shutting down. Very hard to do my job going through this.

Cymbalta — 60 — 4years — actively tapering | without clinician

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Catina8d ago

Community AnchorEffexor

"Had to go back up a little. The worst symptom I’m having is my brain literally shutting down. Very hard to do my job going through this." — @Krys

Just give yourself lots of time as things settle down a bit. Can you take some time off from work? I hope you feel better soon.

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