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i started doing the day on day off thing like Misunshine said to do so i can wean off it.... my doc never called back from Monday and it's not a big deal since i'm goin there today ANYWAY. i will make sure to stop by her office and ask for a lower dosage of cymbalta so i don't have to do the skip a day here and there thing.
wanna hear something CRAZY???? the 1st day i decided to skip the dosage, guess what happened?!!! i crapped with NU PROBLEMS!!!! no stomach pain, no gut sluggish, no bloating, no constipation, no ANYTHING! just a normal bowel movement! YAAAYYYY! was that a sign or what, huh?
if any of you who are reading this and don't know what i'm talking about here's a short break down....
i started on cymbalta about 6 months ago, ended up constipated as hell and over time COMPLETELY lost any urge to go. they put me on a medicine (Miralax) and it worked at 1st but then no longer worked. then it got to the point that i could go to the toilet at all. so i went to a GI specialist in emergency and she gave me a very strong medicine and it worked for the 1st day or so then it too stopped working. so i decided to throw the towel in and QUIT taking cymbalta. couldn't get a hold of ANY of my docs to give me a lower dosage, so misunshine here gave advice to start skipping day on day off.... thanks, missy!
anyways.... cymbalta is still a new medicine compared to many... so if you get bad side effects (even w/ other meds) PLEASE don't wait till it makes you suffer where you can't even leave the house!! please talk to your doc or get another doc and find a solution or get off it!
ok.... take care for now.... wish me luck at the VA today! rock on, y'all!!!
wanna hear something CRAZY???? the 1st day i decided to skip the dosage, guess what happened?!!! i crapped with NU PROBLEMS!!!! no stomach pain, no gut sluggish, no bloating, no constipation, no ANYTHING! just a normal bowel movement! YAAAYYYY! was that a sign or what, huh?
if any of you who are reading this and don't know what i'm talking about here's a short break down....
i started on cymbalta about 6 months ago, ended up constipated as hell and over time COMPLETELY lost any urge to go. they put me on a medicine (Miralax) and it worked at 1st but then no longer worked. then it got to the point that i could go to the toilet at all. so i went to a GI specialist in emergency and she gave me a very strong medicine and it worked for the 1st day or so then it too stopped working. so i decided to throw the towel in and QUIT taking cymbalta. couldn't get a hold of ANY of my docs to give me a lower dosage, so misunshine here gave advice to start skipping day on day off.... thanks, missy!
anyways.... cymbalta is still a new medicine compared to many... so if you get bad side effects (even w/ other meds) PLEASE don't wait till it makes you suffer where you can't even leave the house!! please talk to your doc or get another doc and find a solution or get off it!
ok.... take care for now.... wish me luck at the VA today! rock on, y'all!!!
glad it's working for you and you aren't goin thru horrid side effects!
thanks for the support everyone!
and i'm pretty sure i'm not the only one here who hates taking meds to help problems OTHER meds create. trading one symptom for a whole nother set of em isn't really the answer, huh? especially when it comes down to stomach pain and your colon goin to sleep.