Whooshing sound behind eyes

[CGTMHI]

For some 6 -8 months now, once per  5-6 weeks and for a period of 4-5 days i get a very short whooshing feeling/sound that seems to be coming from behind my eyes when i move my eyeballs, especially from side to side. it is quite annoying. no pain, no headaches, vision is fine, eyes look normal to others...  any idea what gives here???? differential????

thanx......

[flyin2006]

Hi Mike! As you can see, I am still monitoring this subject ( and it saved my sanity to know there was atleast ONE other human being experiencing EXACTLY what I was experiencing ). I have been off Cymbalta for a few weeks. My wean was even more gradual than yours but GUESS WHAT? I am STILL having that whooshing sensation!!!! It will occur every week or so, for a day or so. It is much milder but there. I have chosen to ignore it. I noticed that each time I have this withdrawl symtom and I ignore it, the intervals get longer between symptoms. Eventually, I suppose it will just go away. I really do wonder why the brain is reacting this way to its withdrawal. I guess only the makers of the drug know. Hmmmmmmm. I'll keep you posted via your initial question on here. Hope you are otherwise doing well. Take care.

[mike1105]

flynnurse,, it's mike, the original post author.i weaned off morfe slowly as per my psyc h doc. i went from 60 to 30 for a month or so. then to 20mg for 10 days, then to 10mg for 10 days (i actually dumped out half the capsule) and now I'm off. the whooshy feeling is back.  i see that you are off now. how long did it take for the weaning effects (especially the whooshiness, which so far is the only one) to stop???

[jabo38]

I have tried all the antidepressants.  Zoloft, lexapro, wellbutrin, wellbutrin XL, and cymbalta.  Zoloft worked wonderful, but I got tired of not being able to cry and having no sex drive.  Lexapro put 20lbs on me and that was just enough.  Wellbutrin XL didn't address the issue and straight wellbutrin cut my apetite too much and made sleep difficult.  the cymbalta was great for pain but again caused weight gain.
My problem is that I have fibromyalgia, I've had several nerves "released" in both arms, carpel tunnel surgery, level three labrum tears in my shoulders and now labrum tears in my hips.  I just had the first hip done last week.  I have just weaned myself off of welbutrin and cymbalta as I was tired of working out, not eating or sleeping,(because of the wellbutrin, and not being able to lose weight because of the cymbalta.  The cymbalta did work for my nerve pain as I just had both arms done recently, one in Sept. and one in Nov.  I am just done with meds though.  I have been taking levoxyl for 20 years and question whether I even need that.
In the past I have had mild depression due to fibromyalgia and a insensitive spouse.  The kinds of conditions I have often go misdiagnosed for depression.  It wasn't until I found my new cutting edge doctors that know enough to check for these soft tissue tears that can be very painful.
I'm getting off the subject but wanted to give a little backround.  I've been off cymbalta for about a week.  I too have the buzzes but also crying outburst.  anyone else or am I truly depressed.  I'm trying to recover from this surgery, but am not sure if I'm crying from pain or withdrawal.  Help!!!

[flyin2006]

Thought you should know that I too had crying spells after about a week off Cymbalta . That particular reaction to the withdrawal occurred off and on for another two or so weeks. Because I simply HAD to come off this type antidepressant ( and have chosen not to take ANY more a/d's ! ) , I simply told myself that it very healthy and normal to cry and that it actually felt kind of good to get all that out of my system ( both emotionally and biologically ! ). You are not losing your mind...just keep telling yourself , " It's the withdrawal. It's the withdrawal. "
LOL  Take care and good luck to you.

[swstudent]

I, too, am trying to wean myself of Cymbalta.  What really irks me is I went through this exact same thing with Effexor and my doctor assured me that this drug wouldn't give me what I call "brain buzzes."  When I move my eyes I get little shocks or buzzes in my brain.  I am so disgusted with these drugs and hate that I've had to be on them for depression.  It took me months to wean off of Effexor and now I'm going through it again with Cymbalta.  Some people don't get these symptoms but a few of us do -- it should be a warning somewhere in the medical side effects -- so that doctors don't keep putting us through this!!  I was on 60 mg a day and have decreased it to one every two days.  I will move to one every three days next week.  I will suffer through these "brain buzzes" but I've had it with anti-depressants.

[flyin2006]

Guess I need to schedule a vacation for a few weeks to "swoosh"!! LOL Cymbalta needs to put this in it's insert. It also needs to make capsules as low as 5 mg ( think of young kids being put on this stuff! )The medical community needs to program a MUCH slower wean. Take care and Happy 2006. :-)