get off Paxil

Today zaps don’t have the intensity as the last two days. Drinking lots of water. Megadoses of b vitamins and fish oil. Still, if I move my head too fast….my eyes do weird things.

Getting off this stuff because my doctor wants to see me every month for another thing (high chol) and won’t prescribe more than 1 month at a time. Been on Paxil 21/2 years. Never have I had to go every month for anything. I have no insurance. The reason for my initial anxiety( thus enter Paxil) is no longer an issue. It did wonders and really did a good job. No side effects for me except 10 lb. weight gain. Worth it at the time. Now I’m being held hostage by my dr. Soo…here we are. My last Paxil was 5 days ago. Never saw this coming! I had heard about the brain zaps, but OMG, this is like a bad LSD trip in the 70’s. They come on like waves and actually moves my eyes back and forth. I can see why that might make someone sick to their stomachs. Other than that and some sweating….I think I can persevere. I know I’m determined. This too shall pass. My husband is very supportive. I’ll get back.

So I’ve been on paxil for almost 12 years for major panic attacks and anxiety..it all started from abusing drugs, mainly hallucinagenics (acid)..I had a bad acid trip and freaked out..I haven’t had a sex drive pretty much EVER considering i started taking paxil before i had ever had sex and it has affected many of my relationships..I have been off paxil for a week in the past because i was out of my script and i really didn’t have any side effects but knowing us panic people we feel like we NEEEEEEED the drug to make us feel “normal”...So today i took half my 40mg dose and i plan on taking only 20mg for the next week..then 10 for a week then 5 until i’m done..i’m nervous but i’m pretty sure i will be ok..what has been making it worse is reading all of the negative things people have said about their side effects coming off..so i’m gonna lay off the googling and see how it goes for me and me only..but it’s nice to find a site where other people are going through the same thing…so i say GOOD LUCK to all and myself lol and hopefully we can all get off the drug safely and SANELY!

I want real pain again. Some people’s psych can get out of hand to which the quality of life is much more higher if provided with drug assistance. But too often are peopling getting into it becomes they ran into tough parts of life. I somewhat feel that may have been my own motive and think I’m healthy enough to make it with out this.

After slowly and progressively lowering my dosage, I have finally stop using it. One of the many symptoms of stop using the the drug is server insomnia, which if you look at my 43 things.. it’s at the top of my list, “sleeping”.

The affects of the drug are suppose to take up to two or more weeks to get fully out of your blood after stopping. That particular date of estimation is December the 24th. So it may be an interesting X-mas…

So I’ll fill you in then, in how I am doing.

Wish me luck folks… I am not liking this no sleeping thing.

i am about to embark on weaning off the dreaded paxil. i have been on it for 7 years because some idiot did not believe me when i said i thought i had asthma. 7 years later i am diagnosed with asthma and stuck on this stupid drug. i have gained about 40 pounds in the past 5 years with 25 of them being in the last 9 months. grrr! does the weight come off when you stop the drug?

I had been trying to get off paxil for a long time and always got to sick to do so..I always felt like I had the flu.
But my Doctor heard at a siminar that if you just drop all Paxil at once and immediatly replace it with 60mg of Cymbalta you will not have hardly any sideafects at all…
So I tryed it and I have now been paxil free for a week and a half and the only sideefects I have had is small amouts of chilling and crying a little bit. This I can handle but having the flu feelings I could not….I am now starting to feel wonderful so if you want off Paxil please try this it really dose work.

I’ve been down to 20 mg for a few days. I’ve been having vivid, crazy dreams. I get sad sometimes, but I don’t think any more than usual. I feel a little better also because I have a job.

One week on 30 mg instead of 40 mg. No big problems so far. I’m somewhat depressed but I probably would be anyway. Another week and I’ll go down to 20 mg and see how it goes.

I am on the down slope of getting off of the drug. I just have to remind myself that I’m on my way to getting back to normal. I miss my old self. Even though I thought i was unhappy with myself, I am unique. Being a zombie doesn’t fix anything in life.

This might be hard, but I want to wean myself off this stuff. I feel like it just makes me crazier, if anything. The only reason I still take it is because I get sick if I don’t. I’ll call the nurse and let her know.