Hello everyone.

I took my last tiny dose of Paxil on Saturday. Today is Tuesday. My withdrawal symptoms have not been severe. I am not missing work or any social obligations. This is how it is going for me:

I alternate between being chilled and being hot.
I feel wired with lots of energy.
I have strange sweaty nightmares all night long.
Sometimes I get shaky and jittery (about twice a day), and when it happens I take .25 mg of Xanax which gets rid of it.
Small headaches.

By now do you all think is it safe to say I will not have any new side effects, and these will keep subsiding as they already are? Or do you think I could still have some sort of crash ahead of me where things go really bad?

I would appreciate any thoughts on this.

Josie

Do a search on the net for Paxil withdrawl and Brain Zaps. I was a Paxil user for 2 years and now am suing them for all they have.

Do a search on the net for Paxil withdrawl and Brain Zaps. I was a Paxil user for 2 years and now am suing them for all they have.

Thank you Audrey Judith! I will do that, for sure.

Did it give you the relief you were seeking when you took it?

Did it give you the relief you were seeking when you took it?

Hi Redfish.

I was on it for 3 months, at 20 mg. It gave me great relief from my anxiety. That part of it was wonderful. Things and people who used to annoy me and get me worked up didn't matter anymore. I loved the feeling it gave me, like, "you can't say anything that will hurt me, because I don't care what you think about me." Before Paxil I was always worried about people judging me. Paxil also took away my insomnia problems too, and for me it actually increased my sex drive (which I have heard sometimes happens for women but for men it usually is the reverse effect).

The downsides for me was that it took away my motivation to do anything, so I was starting to miss out on life. It made me sleep alot, I went from weighing 114 pounds to weighing 130 in this short time (most of my clothes are not fitting now, and I have to keep my waistband buttons open and cover the waist with big sweaters), it made my face start looking really puffy in the end. I even tried going down to 10 mg for a while but these side effects were still there.

So anyway, the last straw was when my face started looking so bad. My eyes got this puffiness that I have never seen in my face before. People kept telling me that I look tired, and asking if I am sick. That's when I made the personal decision that the cost was not worth the benefit.

For the next few months, I am going to try to fight my depression and anxiety with exercise, nutrition, therapy, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Who know though how this will work? This is a long battle we are fighting. There is no perfect solution.