ice cube did cross my mind.

and i did realize that some areas of my stomach are less sensitive.
i have had two major gyn sugeries so i have an incision from 2006
that goes from what used to be my belly button down to meet the
incision from 2001 (bikini cut) that went from pelvic bone to pelvic
bone. the bikini incision is too far down to do shot although it
still has numb areas around it. but near the 2006 incision, i have
noticable numb areas.

right now my husband has been giving me my shot. i did have to re-
show him how to inject because it was doing it two handed and when
he pushed the plunger in, he was hurting me. this a.m. it was

great, hardly felt it.

and at least i know i’m not the only one. just can’t figure out
except for withdrawal from cymbalta, why i would all of a sudden not
be able to do it.

I also noticed a stinging feeling when I went up to the 10mcg. I never had that
with the 5mcg.

Good luck! Cindy

Hi,

I started 3 months ago and had no problems giving myself my shot.

Then 3 weeks ago I came off cymbalta, was having terrible side effects
and i have to say the withdrawal symptoms are worse.

That’s when i stopped being able to give myself the shots. i think
it’s from the withdrawal, making me have panic issues/fear of needle.
i can eventually do it, sometimes it takes me as much as 15-20 to get
up the nerve. now my husband is giving it to me sometimes just to
make it easier on me.

my doc and i are going to talk when i go back next week if i’m still
having issues. for the most part it doesn’t hurt, although when i
went up to byetta 10mcg, it would sting really bad while it was
injecting. i went back down to 5mcg temporarily until i get the
cymbalta totally out of my system (which no one can really tell me how
long it will take since it’s diff for each person).

so i guess what i’m asking is, what do others do who have problems
injecting themselves?

thanks for any advice.

Stacy

Hi,

I started 3 months ago and had no problems giving myself my shot.

Then 3 weeks ago I came off cymbalta, was having terrible side effects
and i have to say the withdrawal symptoms are worse.

That’s when i stopped being able to give myself the shots. i think
it’s from the withdrawal, making me have panic issues/fear of needle.

i can eventually do it, sometimes it takes me as much as 15-20 to get
up the nerve. now my husband is giving it to me sometimes just to
make it easier on me.

my doc and i are going to talk when i go back next week if i’m still
having issues. for the most part it doesn’t hurt, although when i
went up to byetta 10mcg, it would sting really bad while it was
injecting. i went back down to 5mcg temporarily until i get the
cymbalta totally out of my system (which no one can really tell me how
long it will take since it’s diff for each person).

so i guess what i’m asking is, what do others do who have problems
injecting themselves?

thanks for any advice.

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