Withdrawal from prescription meds

my Dr and I took a huge step and decided it we best for me to try and get off some if not all of my prescription meds. I can't imagine being on them for another 40 years. Just building up a tolerance  and needing higher dosage or more meds to cope. We decided to try and function with meditation, essential oils, massage, diet and exercise. It's worth a shot. A lot of these meds they don't even know the long term effects of them and the side effects out weight the good they do.
With coming off my first set of meds cymbalta I knew there was people who had withdrawal. But I figured I could over come it and not let it effect me in such a big way.
I was wrong. I have been off it now for 4 weeks and am still having symptoms. The first week was horrible. I basically laid in bed to nauseous and dizzy to move or do anything. Keeping liquids down was a challenge.  There were times I would start crying, laughing or have fits of rage all over nothing. The brain and muscles zaps are way less frequent now. Basically the only things that are  causing me issues is the dizziness I get a few times a day and the nausea. It's been the worst I feel sick all the time and when I think I feel ok it turns out I can't keep food down again. I'm hoping in the coming weeks I can get my guts regulated etc. I am hoping that this will be a huge step in the right direction where I can start to maintain my health with diet, exercise, essential oils etc. I would rather be on less meds and need to take Tylenol once in a while then be on something that's clearly so toxic and doing more bad then gold for my body. I have already seen some of the issues I had start to resolve them self slowly.
This is a new journey and I'm so happy that my Drs and muffin are so supportive. It definitely makes it easier knowing I have the support.
This has been a big part of why I have been missing for the past month or so.

Mia

Sorry I have been missing. It has been a busy summer and I have had a lot going on. Currently I am Down and out cause of coming off some meds and having horrible withdrawal. Also I'm going away for a few days coming up then I hope to have some time to write some posts. Hope you are all enjoying your summer

mourning your former self/ life

I have gotten to a point with my health declining that I didn't even recognize my self from pictures a few years ago. My skin, hair and eyes glow and look healthy. I was a lot thinner even though I thought I was really over weight.  Looking at these pictures is really upsetting for me.  Thinking of how far I have declined and how I might never look like that again. My nephew told me the pictures we had on our wall couldn't be me cause the person looked so different and I was so much bigger. That was a really low point. I know he's just little but kids often speak truth. That's when I realised I don't even look like the same person and I can't do the things I use to and I need to come to terms with this so I can move on and move forward. I can't keep looking back and longing for what was and what I could do. I am chronically ill and that has changed my path. I am in pain every day and I need to make peace with not being who I was and not being able to do what I could. I didn't choose this life. But it's the life I was given and I need to make the best of it. I took most of those old photos down. I'm gonna put newer ones up. From the happy moments  of this life I have being in pain and sick every day.