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help with paxil
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help with paxil
by Amy, Jun 10, 2000 12:00AM
Hi, I have been on paxil for about 6 months now. I am still having really bad sweats & a lump in my throat. The sweats are driving me crazy. It happens where, ever and it gets really bad to where I have sweat running down my face. I have went off paxil and tried Celexa, but that did not work. I am on 20 mg of paxil a day. and take it in the morning. I also take wellburtin 300 mg SR. I take 150 mg in the morning and 150 at night. I cant go off paxil, it has really helped and my life has changed so much from it. Thank you, Amy
Doctor's Answer
by HFHS MD - RG, Jun 10, 2000 12:00AM
are other ways you can overcome it. a good psychologist
or psychiatrist. excuse my spelling. would not prescribe you of
paxil without informing you the horrible side effects of it. and if they have prescribed you the paxil within the first two or three visits of your meeting then that psychotherapist or whatever should be shot. because the HORRIBLE WITHDRAWL OF PAXIL . which plainly makes you a SLAVE to the drug. now i know it does help a great bit and i have heard sucess stories of people ganing confidence and overcoming their anxiety. but is it really worth being a slave to the drug? if there is a class action lawsuit against it or someone is starting one let me know.
because id gladly lend support to it because the DRUG companies cannot get away with it! I wish all the people withdrawing from paxil the best of luck and wishes!!!
All I can say to those of you that are having trouble with withdrawl is to stick it out and switch to another SSRI. Being addicted to PAXIL is as bad and degrading as any other kind of addiction.
To help alleviate unwanted side effects of Paxil, try using it in conjuction with one of the two lastest Anti-depressants(non-SSRI). Either Serzone or Remeron. This approach is actually being used, and does help is some cases. The only problem with the Remeron is that it is a potent antihistamine. Remember, that this approach is to block unwanted side effects, not the increase the antidepressant effect.