Anyone tried to come off Duloxetine?

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I’ve been on 60mg of duloxetine for about 10 months now. I didn’t realise that it is known to be one of the hardest AD to stop taking and would never have started it had I known.
I’m thinking I need to get off it asap so I’m interested to hear how other people have fared when they have tried.

I have heard that too. I am on 120mg and have been for years. I am dreading the day I have to come off it.
The people I know who have come off it did it very slowly. You don't have to drop down from 60mg to 30mg. If you pull the tablet open, it will be full of large granules or tiny little tablets. You can remove a few, and take the rest as normal.
But obviously only do this under guidance from your doctor/MH team.

Thanks. My psychiatrist wants me to increase to 90mg and said it won’t be any more difficult to come off 90mg than 60mg but I’d rather come off now. Don’t trust psychiatrists anymore.

Has it helped you a lot @XenoBitch? I feel that I’m just about surviving on 60mg but everything is a struggle.

Yes I’m on 120mg and tried to taper off 10mg at a time and OMFG NO. Nope. No way 🙂‍↔️

It had me hallucinating! I PROMISE you, there is a big difference with every single mg of Duloxetine. It’s a very powerful drug

I was getting daily phone calls from my GP surgery’s in house pharmacist to check on me, when I’d only dropped by 10mg…

For me, it has helped a lot, but I am not 100% and never will be. It has stopped my base line mood dropping too low (most of the time!). I function, but just about. I tend to be on a med for a few years then they get less effective so I have to change.
I am also on other psychiatric meds though.

Be guided by your psychiatrist. Therapy alongside the meds also helps too.

Yes I did there is another thread on MN, I will try and find it. I found reducing from 120 to 90 then 60 easy, the last much harder. It comes in 20mg and possibly 10mg?

I’ve tagged you on the post I think has the most info about how I tapered off.

Thanks @RandomMess. Psychiatrists should be shot for still prescribing this without warning about the withdrawal issues.