Dear Cathy,
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Paxil cr does not have a "withdrawal" syndrome per se, but some patients will develop physical symptoms when discontinuing it, especially if the medication is abruptly stopped or tapered too rapidly. In thoroughly assessing your condition, it is important to consider other
factorsFactor ix complex such as your age, other preexisting illness, and other medications that you are currently taking.
However, if you have do not have any of the conditions mentioned, you may be suffering a withdrawal like syndrome. It is helpful to slowly taper all antidepressants to prevent recurrence of depression as well as to prevent any "rebound" physical symptoms. How slow the taper should be depends on the dose of the antidepressant, as well as other medications and illnesses you may have. If the dose has been tapered too quickly, it is sometimes helpful to reintroduce a lower dose, and then taper off more slowly. For most people the physical discomfort stops within a week or two. I advise you to see your physician to be reassessed.
The information provided in this forum is presented for general educational purposes only. Specific questions you have pertaining to your health should always be directed to your personal physician or you may call Henry Ford Behavioral Health at (248) 689-7476.
I wish you the best,
HFHS MD - RG
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I do believe I quit way too suddenly; should have tapered off more. But I think I have made it through the worst part.
PAXIL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS MIMIC HEROIN WITHDRAWAL! posted by Shawn Allen on September 06, 1999 at 04:24:49:
: Tell your Doctors, and perhaps they will make the connection! How hard has it been for you to wean yourself from Paxil? It's as agonizing as coming off of heroin..and shares most of the same symptoms and long term effects! While researching an answer to all of the awful symptoms I experienced during my Paxil withdrawal, I was unable to find any medical resources listing Paxil as a source of these particular symptoms we all experience. Guess where I kept finding my search results directing me to? Heroin withdrawal. The symptoms associated with heroin withdrawal that are similar to Paxil withdrawal are: nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, restlessness, and leg movements, or jerking. While heroin produces muscle and bone pain, insomnia, and cold flashes with goose bumps ("cold turkey"), which are not identical to Paxil withdrawal, the Paxil symptoms of headache, "electric shocks", dizziness and hot flashes as well as psychotic mental state (violent anger/hopeless depression, unwanted suicidal/homicidal thinking) are similarly debilitating and certainly result in the return to the use of the drug (paxil) in the same way that heroin produces that result! Most experts agree that the major withdrawal symptoms peak between 24 and 48 hours after the last dose of heroin and subside after about a week. However, some people have shown persistent withdrawal signs for many months. I think that most of us (the "experts" on paxil withdrawal!
I am currently taking it and have had this fear that when I stop taking it I will really feel sick. I read another message by Jaime of 9/27/99 and she says that her withdrawal is like a "heroine" withdrawal. That has me scared. In fact last week I had some "ocean-like, dizzy spell, and like a buzzing in my head that is not real pleasant and I was taking my regular dose of 20mg a day. What will happen when I stop taking them at all? I think I might have taken them a few hours later than usual - I was traveling and sorta forgot, but only a few hours and I'm dizzy and almost feeling "high" or something. That's not so good to me.
I'm not sure I will try to go off it anytime soon, but I'm not one for staying on meds very long and believe that some is okay to get you through a hard time, but I don't intend to be on it for a long time. I've only been on it for 5 months. I am also taking Wellbutrin (150mg/day) to help with the lack of sexual drive. It's not that I'm not interested, but it's not the same as before I was taking any of these meds.
Anyhow, I was just wondering about those two questions at the beginning and would love to get a response. You can email me at ***@****.
Thanks and I wish you well in your efforts to get through this "withdrawal" that they seem to not want to believe is a reality for us.
Guin
However the down side is the weight gain- I have gained a tremendous amount of weight in the year that Ive taken this.
This is very sad to me- for fear that if I keep going I could weigh more and more. I do exercise (not as much as I should), Ive just started back and I hope this will help.
I want to eventually get off the Paxil, however I dont know if I can ever be off an anti-depressant.
Carol
Thanks ,
Justin
Then the side effects hit. I couldn't sleep for a full night (a problem I have NEVER had, I can nap anywhere, anytime) and I was constipated for days. I took laxitives and fish oil up to four times a day as my doctor advised and nothing. I looked 6 months pregnant. It also became very difficult to have an orgasm.
I told my doctor that I wanted back on Prozac, but she insisted that the "grandfather" of SSRI's wasn't as good. After I couldn't stand the Paxil anymore I called my doctor that I was going to quit the Paxil and that she had to get me back on Prozac. She never told me of the withdrawls I would have!! This should be a cause for a doctor to lose their license!
Lori, I completely understand where your coming from. I, too, couldn't describe my symptoms, I could just say I was feeling woozy. I felt like my head and limbs were disjoined from by body and I was nauzeated all the time. My heart raced and I becamed paranoid. I no longer trusted my self to drive. Thank God I had friends to get me through this. It felt like I was withdrawing from heroin or something.
Any doctor that doesn't acknowledge that there are severe effects to the discontinuation of Paxil should have their license revoked. To top it off, my doctor said that I was probably the only person in America that had these side effects. Thanks to this Forum, I know I am not alone.
A few weeks ago, I decided to stop taking it. I didn't know of any side effects, nor did I anticipate any. After the second day, I started having symptoms of dizziness, nausea, disorientation, confusion, sleepiness, and vomiting. I thought I was getting sick, and after the third day, thought I should go ahead and take Paxil again to see if it was the cause. Sure enough, after taking it, I started feeling better. I stopped again two days ago, and it's starting to hit me hard again.
I'm dizzy, disoriented, confused, cannot focus, and feel like vomiting. I have some Prozac (which never seemed to do anything for me) and was wondering if I could use it to wean off Paxil, and if it would help with any of the symptoms? I have to get off this stuff, I need my "productive" self back again.
I am not a regular user of anti-depressants
although I have had major depressive "episodes" in my life,
one during which I was hospitalized.
What I do with prozac (2 times a year) is take
it for a while until the placebo effects
kick in ;-) (or real effects?
The anti-depressant effects are supposed
to kick in after 3-4 weekgs, with me
it takes 3-4 days !!!)
I took paxil ONLY once before(three years ago) but
did not get
to the third of my prescription because
of nightmares and zombie feeling.
SO 4 WEEKS AGO, I took Paxil for 3 weeks, not from
a prescription but from someone else's
(my dad).
I was better quite quickly (although I
first woke up at 5h00 every morning
and had weird dreams - it didn't matter
cause it made me feel better altogether.
Placebo? Umm... I don't think so.)
After 3 weeks, I ran out of what
I had taken from my father's
and did not want to get
a prescription of my own because
I felt STRONG and better, felt
I was able
to be happy without meds.
So I went cold-turkey...
from an alternative dosage
(from beginning of the 3 weeks
I had taken the drug) of 10 than
20 than back to 10 than 20 and so on
all through my taking the drug.
First 3 days = just fine.
Than.......
On the 4rth day, horrific nightmares.
Mood swings (I snap when I can't get to
swim one day, cry for an hour, my
face muscles ache form the sobbering....)
Feel nauseatous but mostly
DIZZY
First I felt dizzy when standing up and moving
my eyes or head.
It has gotten worst and worst...
no longer crying of nauseatous
but MORE AND MORE DIZZY.
It has been more than a week
and now I am afraid to walk outside,
I have the feeling I a swimming in zig-zag.
(Swimming has helped me a lot
though, it makes me feeeel GOOOOOOD
mood-wise).
I am paraplegic and use a chair once in
a while and the rest of the time -almost always-
use braces and crutches.
Well nowadays, I use my wheel chair most of the time.
Waking up in the morning is very difficult
because it's like my ear-equilibrium is
not functioning.
It's hard to sit in my bed.
I am afraid to fall from the toilet....
If that's not an addictive drug,
what is ?
If you get severe withdrawal
symptoms from discontinuation of a drug,
then that's addictive, no?
Excuse my english.
I am French.
that I think was linked to my
paxil (taking AND withdrawal)
but I'm not sure...
it is TOOTH ache.
I feel like I have a few cavities in
my mouth near the back...
the pain is spread
in my jaw.
Anyone else has that feeling?
My 2 cents :
usually, tooth ache goes
hand in hand with flue-like
symptoms.
But I don't have the flue
(I am happy that it's not winter
(I am in quebec) and
that germs are not floating aroud me.)
I was fine for a few days after that. My stomach pains stared going away and I thought I was getting better. Until I started having withdrawls. I constantly felt dizzy, I had a bad head ache and I felt like I was going to throw up. I am usualy fine if I sit or lay down, but I can't walk. In fact I fell down the stairs twice yesterday because I can't walk good because of dizzieness.
I have missed a couple weeks of school already. Since this is my first years of high school my grades are really important,. Myt mother went to the school to get my school work, but I am so dizzie I can't consintrate. I am lookining through this thing and I can find lots of errors. I can't even type good.
Paxil worked good for my face twitching and it helped with social anxyity, but it is not worth the side effects. Any suggestions about how to lessen or stop the side effects e-mail me at Playstation-***@****. Thanks!
just wanted to say thanks for the accounts here of paxil withdrawal. if you've read this page this far, you know the drill about the drug and its withdrawal symptoms. it's just nice to know that i don't have the flu, and the brain flashes will go away.
and it really is pretty excellent to enjoy sex again. i'll weather the swimmy feeling.
xox,
dn
Detached from my body
Light head
Faint feeling
Tingling in my head
Like if I cut myself I would bleed forever
Those are just some of the symptoms. I was rushed to the doctor and he mistook the feelings for anxiety since I had stopped the Paxil. The moment I took the pill again, I began to feel better. Just yesterday I had stopped taking Paxil, I was out. Man, the feelings start to come quick.
One thing I suggest, and one thing I did, taking a Metabolife. This helps immediately and gets you off of the antidepressants. Thanks.
Good luck to everyone else trying to get off.... Just hang in there. A body without Paxil is MUCH healthier than a body with Paxil.
After 20mg, I went down to 15mg for 2 weeks, then 10mg for almost 2 weeks. Next I planned to go to 5mg, then start skipping days. But around that time I got VERY depressed and my doctor recommended stopping the Paxil altogether immediately and starting a different drug. Now my physical symptoms are much worse. Has anyone else started another antidepressant during Paxil withdrawal?
Besides snacking, my suggestions for partial relief of withdrawal symptoms are decongestant (Sudafed) or Dramamine (for motion sickness). One or the other of these usually helps.
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my stomach. I am still dizzy,when I shift my eyes,there
is a popping in my head,and I havent lost any of the 25
pounds I gained.
my stomach. I am still dizzy,when I shift my eyes,there
is a popping in my head,and I havent lost any of the 25
pounds I gained.
www.biochemimbal-behavior.com /you may also link it to
your web if you wish also look up on any search
engine abram hoffer /also look up www.orthomed.com /
also look up crimetimes( the fellow who has it has
spent years with biochemical behavior research / there
are many correct answers out there if you know where
to look-we didn't know what to do either-we have had 5
schiz in our family and all are totally functional and
going on with life. we were truly stupid,ignorant,self
absorbed with our own pains much less recognition of
our loved one's pains-finally we got some answers
after much struggle for all concerned. there is a
spiritual reason why you have to see and experience
these pains but you as we will probably only see
behavior as good or bad and from that you judge your
loved ones. that is is extremely arrogant and faulty
reasoning and is a big waste of time and energy for
all. if i can help- 270 684 9233 correct
biochemicals first,including anything that goes into
the organism including food,air,liquids,thoughts-find
out if certain conditions exist such as brain
allergies from foods,find out if electrial stimuli is
trapped,find out about pyrroles in
urine,bacteria,fungi,parasites, etc/ get them away from
all sugar,gluten products and don't forget rye.oats
are also gluten,get them away from all dairy
products,food coloring dyes,food additives and
phosphates and sugar in soft drinks fruits should only
be eaten in between meals and not everyday -any sugar
eaten with a meal will take over all digestive time
and stop all other foods and liquids until that sugar
is digested and this causes stagnant foods and luquids
because ogf the digestive waiting time and then
fungi,bacteria etc -all from eating sugar at a meal
with the meal.- you should be having bowel movements three times per day.the fellow who invented gatorade bob cade at the univ of fla. took all of his royalities
from gatorade sales and spent it on his own research
into cassemorphins7 from dairy products. for example
some autistic children have 46 times more powerful
than morphine reactions at the synapsis levels in the
brain and we wonder why a autistic child may not speak
or react in a certain way./and stay away from doctors
who are not doing continuing research now since most
allopathic doctors in this country don't even know how
a cell functions.your reaction to them is extremely
important since if you use talk therapy or talk
yourself to them they are in fact reduplicating new
cells which also have emotions attached that are
harmful and cause even farther damage. the more you
talk to them the worse the cells duplicate. however
you have to be compassionate and understanding for
them so you must allow them to talk about whatever is
the problem for sometime. however you don't bring up
past difficulties at all period.try always to calm
their spirit which calms their organism and starts to
bring about new cellular growth even though the
damaged cells are either there as real cells or by
memory of those cells. we all have different levels of awareness or enlightment on many levels including physical,mental and spiritual. try talking to someone who is mentally retarded and see if you get through. however they may have far more spiritual awareness than you have. so please get away from judgements and harsh evaulations about everything in the world and get on with helping someone with a different level come to a higher level.for all the cells in the
body-organism it takes 6 years for all to duplicate
themselves into new cells-some are nano-second
reproductions and some take 6 years- also a startling
bit of information is that even though the cells have
been replaced by new cells the emotions of the
original cells is still alive and stays with the human
forever and i mean forever. if you are also so
inclined to believe in past energies such as karma
then you have even more emotions from past experiences
in different humans for past times. any foreign body
entering into the organism must be readable by the
cellular blueprint in our bodies. the body only and i
say only reads simple molecular
structures.example,there is a big difference between a
cooked apple and a raw apple because of its molecular
structure. when it is simple molecular structure it
goes counterclockwise into the center of the cell and
the next generation of cells is correctly duplicated.
however if it is a complex molecule(and if you have
ever seen ssri such as ritalin,prozac,soloft etc you
will know what i mean by complex molecule. these
complex molecules spin off their electrons clockwise
away from the nucleus of the cell-thus denying growth
for the cells and future cell divisions plus cause
free-radicals which then bind to other protein
molecules throughout the body and cause these other
cell to disfunction-all diseases have a cellular root
cause either by deficiency or dependency. Also all and
i say all diseases whether or not we are talking about
schiz or cancer have a acidic condiction at the
cellular level. disease doesnot exist withour an acid
condition period. however the margin of balance is
very difficult to maintain. get away from your own
pains and start looking for the real reasons why you
have to figure these things out. everyone since ovum
and sperm has a an ongoing search for health and
prevention of illnesses for the sole purpose of intent
and purpose on a spiritual level .the body is only a
case to carry the spirit but the spirit can be highly
damaged by a bad carrying case-your body if you have
bad health. learn from why you are searching-there is
a reason. we know of 40+nutrients that every cell in the body must have-some need large amounts of this and that and others cells only trace amounts-there may be 500 more nutrients we have not found that cells need but these 40 we do know are needed in each cell.step one-the nutrients that are all
non-toxic at these amounts regardless of body size are
vitamin b1 400mg,b2 400mg,b3 3000mg,b6 2000mg,zinc
100mg,and vitamin c 3000 to 20,000md start at3000mg
and then add 1000mg each day until diarrhea-loose
stool is fine and desireable but not diarrhea-it may 6
or 7 weeks to work up to 20000mg but very important.
vit b3 works in the nadh pathway which then creates
trypophane which then creates seretonin which is
extremely essential to thought processes.take all
nutrients after meals in 3 divided doses.step 2 addmanganese 30mg every
otherday,calcium-magnesium1000-500mg(2:1
ratio)efa(essential fatty acids)omega 3/6/9/ balanced
and gaba 500mg,glycine 500mg,lysine500mg and taurine
500mg allopathic doctors will say vit b3 will hurt
your liver-vit c will cause kidney stones-that is
total nonsense and shows how stupid the doctors are.
start readin everything you can get your hands on by
abram hoffer and doris rapp. check out quarry press in
ontario canada for hoffer. testing contact dr wm shaw
at the great plains lab in overland park kansas.also a
wonderful doctor who has had outstanding results in so
many diseases from schiz to cancer is hugh riordan at
the center for the improvement of health internationalin wichita kansas. for the benefit of your loved ones please utilize this information-ronald dishinger
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