Angela, well done for coming off Duloxetine! However horrid you feel right now, you've got past the worst bit and just think, you've DONE it! Now you will need to be very kind to yourself and appreciate that you are in recovery from a very powerful drug. Crying is therapeutic but I know just what you mean about grown-up kids not wanting to see you in distress. for me, it's perhaps rather, I don't want them to see ME like that, altho both mine are very kind and sympathetic. At least if they are grown-up they should be able to get their heads round the fact that sometimes life is very hard and mums are not invincible. I'd give St Johns Wort a go, but not till you have settled down a bit. As for feeling hot, well I'm going through the menopause so that happens anyway but a lot of these drugs cause hot flushes and I'm sure it will pass as the drug leaves yr system. My very best wishes to you. Janeyx