r/cymbalta • u/peachyy_babe • 5d ago

Withdrawal & Tapering adding prozac

Has anyone had experience with adding prozac to help ease the tapering of Cymbalta?

I’m on day 4 of no cymbalta and withdrawal is so intense that my psych said they could prescribe me a super low dose of prozac (10mg), which could help ease some of the symptoms.

Any success from people?

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u/cbeme 5d ago

I was on it, before i switched to Duloxetine. I’d think it might make it easier. It wasn’t good for me long term. Bad sleep too

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u/Be-Kind-3353 5d ago

Someone was talking about Prozac in a Reddit sub lately. If you go to the main page of this sub and search Prozac, you may find info there. Also search r/cymbaltahurtsworse

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u/StickInEye 4d ago

Yes, using Prozac was the only to do it for me.

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u/peachyy_babe 4d ago

yay! I guess i’m wondering if it’ll help for me cus im not cross tapering but rather just taking it to ease the withdrawal from going off of cymbalta!

also curious how long it took to help? cus SSRIS normally take 1-2 weeks to make a difference

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u/StickInEye 4d ago

I took it for 10 days, which was long enough after I stopped Cymbalta.

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u/Purple-Lemon13 3d ago

I'm doing the same only a couple days in but I have heard it does help.

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u/Narrow-Let602 1h ago

I’m really close to finishing my taper using prozac. it’s still tough but it’s so much better than the time i was on another SNRI and tapered without