Hi, I'm Gigi

Hi, I’m Gigi and I went on 20 mg of duloxetine 2 1/2 years ago after a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. I’m doing better now. I tried tapering off about a year ago, my doctor telling me to skip a day and then skip every two, three days etc. for just a couple of weeks. It was very difficult. When I called she said “some people just need to be on the medicine” I am a very proactive advocate for my own health, not agreeing with this, and then discovering the difficulty of getting off this drug, which was never discussed. I continued it for the last year since I am still recovering physically and emotionally from my diagnosis. Now it is making me very “flat” and down. I’m a “glass half full” person and now I feel the “glass half empty” I don’t like it! I am on day three of tapering; removing 10 beads from the 20 mg capsule. I am irritable and tired but doing OK and no brain zaps so far. Any advice or stories welcome thank you. 😊