hello everyone. I started taking paxil like 4 or 5 months ago. I really thought it was a life saver. I was sufferering from depression and anxiety. For the past few weeks, it seems like the medicine is not working well anymore. I am probably getting depressed because i'm falling into my old self. I really dont like going to doctors, phsychologists etc because i feel like a loser, not normal etc but i know i probably will have to go. At first i thought maybe i'll lower my dose.. i cut my pills in half so they were about 12 mg instead of 25. Did that for a few days and didnt' notice much, but i'd have to do it a lot longer. I am constantly worrying about figuring out a dose that will work, it's causing me a lot of anxiety. I dont know if i should keep experimenting with taking only 12 mg or not. Whatever i do, i do not want to take anymore than 25 mg. Maybe i'll try a Benzo. Another thing is that the 25 mg's have been giving me gut rot... ewww and it's not fun. I have Irritable Bowl Syndrom so it makes it horrible. I am thinking about getting my thyroid tested... i have a hard time concentrating, forgetful, always hot, and etc. I just had to vent so i'm not expecting replies. http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/smile.gif Thanks for reading!~
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the smallest effective dose is given as 20.
you could swap to another paxil type med in the hope it wouldnt cause stomach problems
on only less than 20 of paxil, you can expect the depression and anxiety to return

Thats not totally true, 10mg helps some people with anxiety and social anxiety.

Thanks for the replies guys. I am going back to the 20 mg and i'm taking it at night. For some reason, it doesn't upset my stomach than. If things don't get better, I might try the 10 mg. After that I'll need to try a different type of medication I guess. This sure sucks. It worked so great at first and felt so great. Cant wait until it get's like that again! Have a good 4th guys,
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