4th Prozac Update - Feeling Good

Feeling good. Been having bouts of fatigue, flu-like symptoms, and irritability. Hands still get cold while head and neck feel warm. Day 7 of no Cymbalta and my discontinuation symptoms have not worsened, possibly even improved slightly over the past couple days. Yesterday was not as good of a day. Exploded with rage at work in the morning. Had a good talk with my wife last night which helped. I think the Cymbalta was giving me side effects I was unaware of. A lot of interrupted sleep and irregular bowels. Didn't realize it because I was having poor sleep from the pain, and I assumed residual pelvic floor issues from the hip and groin injury prior to starting the Cymbalta. Short sample size but it has me feeling more positive. My next psych appointment is September 1st so we will evaluate and decide where to go from there. I'm supposed to do a portal check in this week but assuming he is going to leave things unchanged for now as the fluoxetine is still building and my discontinuation symptoms from the Cymbalta are still present, but nothing is getting worse. Ideally we can back off the dose in a few weeks so I don't end up in the same situation with the fluoxetine as the duloxetine and we can get the plan moving to start the valium taper.