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Anxiety Community
This patient support community is for discussions relating to generalized anxiety, anxiety and eating, anxiety and sleeping, mood swings, and phobias.
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looked it up for you and yes its there
Good luck!!!
I am pretty sensitive to medications in general and on top of that, I'm not a good pill taker. I had to work really hard to take this every day. I didn't think it helped me, that's why I went off. After being off for almost seven months now I can see how it probably was helping me.
I could have easily stopped after the first couple days, I was out of sorts, but I didn't and it did get better. My pharmacist (who I ONLY go to for med questions) told me that this can last up to 14 days. Luckily for me, it didn't.
Generally, I felt okay on it. Initially I lost some weight. I was nauseous and didn't feel like I wanted to eat. I think I gained on it overall BUT I did not exercise my regular routine. I was taking it for a heart "condition" I thought I had and was scared to tax my heart. STUPID MOVE!! I would take it again, even with the weight gain BECAUSE I believe I didn't manage my exercise routine correctly. I don't think it would have MADE me gain weight but that is a personal thought. There is a lot of negative information out there, because as I've said before, most people who are doing well, aren't on websites looking for answers. I think that is why we hear FAR less positive experiences with the SSRI's. Again, just a personal thought.
I could go back on it, just haven't made that leap yet. Oh, and just another note. I had my doc prescribe 20mg for me. Then I broke them in half. My insurance is **** and I could basically get two months for the price of one. Not necessarily ethical perhaps but financial necessary for me.
Good luck.
Yeah, the nausea kinda feels like morning sickness! Yuck! No fun. I hope it gets better real soon. I am supposedly taking a low dose too. Can't imagine what will happen when the doc increases my dosage.
Anyway, my whole point to that was the day after we got back I went to the doc and he said I HAD to go up (to the therapeutic dose of 10mg) if I wanted to have relief from the "anxiety". So, I did that night. I was fine, no headaches, no nauseousness, nothing. I hope that you'll have the same experience. I have a friend of a friend who takes Paxil and never had ANY side-effects. Lucky, I guess!!
I found it pretty bad for the first week or so and needed to spend the day in bed around days 7 and 8.
Important to take it on a full stomach I found.
Good luck. It was a life saver for me and worth a bit of tummy trouble at the start.