Hello all,
I wanted to thank all those who gave me support during a few hard weeks of starting my paxil. it certainly was very rough for me. i wanted to let you know that you were all right i did level out and this week it just started working. it was like one day i woke up and i felt good not spacey or anxious or depressed. then i had another day and another. if it wasnt for everybody on heres encouragement, support and sharing their stories i think i would have quit the first week. im so glad i didnt. i havent had panic attack in 4 days and i really feel like myself. yea!!!!! i will keep visiting the board.
i just wanted you to know how much it meant to me i was in such a dark place and thought it would never work and ssri was really my last hope. so if anyone out there is thinking about starting one and are scared such as myself let me tell you it is worth going through the side affects for awhile to get the benefits. it dont seem like it when you are going through it but when you get so far down that you cant pull yourself back and your quality of life is non existant it is so worth it.
thank you all ,
tami

Hi Tami, I'm happy to hear you were able to get use to the paxil and are feeling great. Did you stay on the 20mg or did you decrease the amount abit? Also, did you sort of just wake up one day and noticed you were feeling better? I am taking 5mg and have been thinking of either upping it to 10mg or switching to Lexapro. The only problem with my doing either of these things though is that I would barely be able to function until i got use to it. You are so lucky you were able to get through the initial effects and are now feeling good. I wish this could happen to me.

Hi,
I actually moved right up to the 20 mg. It was pretty crappy feeling to do that but i knew i wasnt getting enough of the med in me to work so i knew i had to do it. I know how hard it has been for you to increase and i know how scary it is but i think if you get up there in dosage it will start working for you.5 mg is really not a theraputic dosage. let me know if you decide to everyone here helped me through it including yourself so i would like to do same for you when you are ready.
actually i really did kinda just wake up one morning and i felt good and it was like the side effects were just gone. Thank God. Please think about it now looking back it was so worth it.
Keep in touch,
tami