ElizabethJane
14-04-09, 18:56
I have been to see Dr J today and he wants me to discontinue the duloxetine. I have been very ill over the weekend with nausea and vomiting as well as headaches shaking, feeling hot and cold. I have mixed emotions coming off it as I thought that I would have to suffer the side effects and that they would eventually go. He seemed annoyed that I hadn't called him to tell him I was ill. He wants my lithium levels checked as I have been feeling dehydrated as well as sick. Went to see my GP this afternoon as I still have a horrendous cough. Turns out that I have a secondary chest infection so more antibiotics plus the blood tests and sputum test. I'm feeling very sorry for myself it probably accounts for my lethargy. I'm a bit nervous to see whether the anxiety and depression will return. I told Dr J what the pharamcist had said about the drug interaction between lithium and dothiepin but he couldn't find any in his copy of MIMS. I also told him I thought that he was poisoning me as I have felt very unwell over the weekend. He said would call if he could find a drug interaction between the two but as Kev has said it might be a very new contraindication.