Hi, I wanted to see if my "opinion" would help you. I have had depression since 2009. I have been on 2 different medications. the first one was Prozac. Like you said it made me not feel. I was a complete zombie. even when I could feel, I couldn't cry. I am currently taking duloxetine. if you decide its best for yourself or your health, to get off of antidepressants, then I would get off for a little bit (obviously wean yourself off). if you decide that you want to get back on, I would want to see how well you work with duloxetine. this choice is entirely up to you. I would weigh my options. try a different medication and then decide. I give you my best wishes.

Thank you for sharing. Cymbalta does have withdrawal symptoms. It make take some time to ween off of it. Definitely important to discuss this all with your Doctor. If they are any kind of competent Doctor, they should help you find the right medication for you or even help you get off of them. Medication does help many, but often it is about finding the right one. Going medication free is difficult, that is why medication is given in the first place. In the end it is about what is best for you, and that should be respected. You are in my prayers and God Bless.

I’ve had major depressive disorder for many years and have been on several different antidepressants. I would discourage you from weaning yourself off a med unless you are being monitored closely by your doctor. Sometimes all it takes is switching medications until you find what works best for you.

I have 28 years of BiPolar Depression. There are several different classes of Anti-Depressants and dozens of different ones. If you choose to stop the one you're on, you need to work on a tapering schedule with your Pdoc. It can be dangerous stopping some Anti-D's cold turkey. Talk with your Pdoc and see what else he thinks might help? Sometimes it can be difficult to find the right class of Anti-D's. And each time you change meds it takes a good 3 weeks or so for the medication to get to an active level in your blood stream.

Celexa and Lexapro are pretty low side effect meds and they don't have the "zombie" feeling.

But probably everyone is going to give you a different opinion. Your Pdoc is the only one who knows your history and blood work, so you might check with him about changing meds.

My mom and I took Cymbalta for a week and it was the worst week ever! Please work with your doctor as you need to wean off of this medicine properly. As far as coming of meds totally I can only give you my personal experience. I've been on Prozac since 2009. In the past 9 years I've tried coming off it twice and both times it did NOT go well for me. I now see Prozac as I see my asthma medication. It's just something that I personally have to treat with meds everyday. I've never tried coming off of my asthma meds so why would I come off my mental meds? I do understand. You feel like you should be able to just power through. I felt weak taking meds but I now see things differently and respect the fact that the proper meds do help. Nothing is a silver bullet or a cure all but any help we can get we should take. I hope this makes sense. Please keep us posted :)

Detoxing off any Psych med like Prozac has to be done on a very slow Taper over a period of time like a month or so. You have to slowly reduce your amount for 5-7 day intervals. It takes time, but its how its done safely.

Some good advice here. Please, if you do stop your meds, do it under your doctor's care.

And you can update us on your progress! Those with experience coming of meds like yours can weigh in on how it went for them.