Getting off Cymbalta, need help with alternate ways of dealing with anxiety!

[maria323]

Hi Everyone!!

I've been taking Cymbalta for many years and have started to taper down. I'm currently on 5 mg and am starting to feel anxious. Does anyone have suggestions for coping mechanisms so I don't have to get back on the meds?

[NixonRulz]

Hi, Maria. Welcome here

Why are you set on coming off the meds? Especially if you feel you are getting anxious?

There are many debates whether anxiety is a learned behavior or it is something that you are born with and will eventually come out. I will leave that debate to people smarter than I because I do not know the answer.

But if you were feeling well until you started to ween off, maybe your brain just needs the boost since it doesn't get what it needs naturally?

If it is indeed a chemical imbalance that persists regardless of what you do, maybe just accept that you need the meds to get your system where it needs to be.

After I had suffered years of anxiety, I would have done anything to stay feeling well.

Meds for a short time or for life. Whatever I need, I will do

Hope you feel better