I have always been scared of taking anti depressants due to stories of people going crazy on them and killing someone/themselves. I have only been on them for 2 days and I feel an anxiety attack coming on. I feel like I am a robot and not really movie my body, like I am outside of my body. I have had this feeling a lot even off medication...so is it just that the pills haven't kicked in yet? Or am I already reacting to the medication? Some have said that I may be worrying about the side effects so much that I am giving myself anxiety attacks. I just don't see how after 2 days I can be feeling side effects. But I am scared that I should just get off of them in fear that something bad may happen. I also have ocd and have been having abnormal thought...What should I do?
Normally these types of drugs take 2-4 weeks to get into the system. Maybe you are just reading about the drug and worrying about what may happen. Please remember when you read up on drugs and the side effects they list may have only happened to 1 person in 100,000 people but they have to list it.
Please give it a chance. Normally your doc will then want you to try it for 3-4 months once it is in your system. However, if you are not comfortable with it, don't let your doc talk you into it. It may be that you need a different drug.
Take one day at a time and see how it goes. Keep posting and other people will share with you also.
I began to feel very different about 6 hours after my first dose of Paxil. I felt euphoric, anxious, high self confidence, and a little nausea. Within a day all but the anxiety disappeared. The anxiety gradually went away after a few weeks.
I doubt these side effects were the result of a placebo effect, but it is possible. You may need to lower the dose for a while, and raise it at a slower pace than is typically done. In my experience, many side effects lessen or go away over time.
Paxil is one of the stronger antidepressants out there and some of its effects can kick in rather quickly but it can take up to six weeks before the full therapeutic benifit becomes apparent. Paxil is also picky and only helps certain kinds of depression. My body tolerates meds very well currently I take three antidepressants, 1 mood stabilizer and a sleepind med before this combo was discovered I was going from one antidepressant to the next. When it was Paxils turn it took about a week before I was right off my rocker and ended up spending the next two months in a mental hospital. It is important to keep track of the side effects that you are experiencing and if they get to weird or strong get to you doctors.
take care
trg247
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Major Depressive Disorder With Psychotic Features
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
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Thanks guys for all your help. I think I may have found the cause of it. I drink coffe...A LOT. I had no clue that even on these pills I shouldn't have coffee. I just assumed my pill was doing it because an hour after taking it I got shaky and anxiety..but then I remembered I also have coffee the exact same time I take my pill. When i cut coffee out a day, the symptoms vanished. Who would of thought COFFEE can put someone though hell?! LOL.
Thanks guys for all your help. I think I may have found the cause of it. I drink coffe...A LOT. I had no clue that even on these pills I shouldn't have coffee. I just assumed my pill was doing it because an hour after taking it I got shaky and anxiety..but then I remembered I also have coffee the exact same time I take my pill. When i cut coffee out a day, the symptoms vanished. Who would of thought COFFEE can put someone though hell?! LOL.
Maybe the coffee is also the result of your decrease in appetite.
I would try taking your Paxil before bed, if it doesn't affect your sleep at all...
It took 1.5-2 weeks for my Paxil withdrawl to kick in. I thought I was having a stroke or sustained some brain damage. I had no clue it was from the Paxil.
