IVE BEEN ON PAXIL SINCE 2003 , PUT ON IT TO HELP WITH THE ANXIETY OF A NEW JOB. I WAS ON 10MG. A YEAR AGO I MOVED,MY DOCTOR'S PARTNER SUGGESTED I DOUBLE UP ON THE PAXIL TO COPE. FOR THE LAST YEAR I'VE BEEN ON 20 MG. I'VE OFTEN FORGOTTEN TO FILL MY PRESCRIPTION IN TIME AND SUFFERED 2 WEEKS WORTH OF WITHDRAWLS AND THEN GOT BACK ON. FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW I'VE BEEN WITHOUT THE PAXIL, DETERMINED TO NEVER GO BACK ON IT, BUT I FEEL LIKE I AM AN EMOTIONAL WRECK. I RECENTLTY LEARNED PAXIL CAN CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN ( MAYBE THAT'S WHY IVE BLOWN UP 85 POUNDS IN THE LAST 3 YRS) SO I AM DETERMINED TO GET OFF OF IT. RIGHT NOW I FEEL FINE, AN HOUR AGO I WAS YELLING , FRUSTRATED ,HATING LIFE AND EVERYONE IN IT.
HOW LONG WILL THESE WITHDRAWLS LAST? IT IS SO UPSETTING THAT IT TOOK A NURSE PRACTIONER AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD TO MENTION THAT PAXIL COULD CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN. MY FAMILY DOCTOR NEVER MENTIONED IT AND BECAUSE OF THAT I HAVE SPENT MUCH OF THE LAST 3 YEARS SEMI DEPRESSED BEATING MYSELF UP OVER HOW FAT I'VE BECOME. WHEN JENNY CRAIG, WEIGHTWATCHERS, HIRING A PERSONAL TRAINER AND DIET PILLS DON'T WORK , WHAT IS ONE TO THINK.? I THOUGHT ITS ALL MY FAULT, IM DISGUSTING AND HOPELESS.
NOW THAT I KNOW PAXIL WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR , ITS TAKEN A BIT OF THE PRESSURE OFF, BUT IT MAY BE TOO LITTLE TO LATE.
WHAT CAN I DO TO MINIMIZE MY OUTBURSTS, CLOUDINESS, ANGER AND SADNESS RIGHT NOW? I NEED ANSWERS ,... QUICK
i have a friend that was lexapro and had to suddenly get off cause she was pregnant and she was on 24 hour sucide alert...It ws terrible..
i got off mine just becasue i wanted to see if i could do without it..I had sweats , achs , just like opiates., or worst...so i hope it is safe to stay on this for a long time..
Well I thought it was the cause of my loss of libido. so my doc told me to switch from it to Wellbutrin... bad idea... first of all you can't just stop lexapro.. and the Wellbutrin made me speedy and gave me an awful headache.. so i had to go back on Lexapro taper and then went on Trazodone.. which sucks.. so I am either gonna go back on it or try out the amino acid thing.. I am reading a book called Depression Free Naturally... I may give it a try.
just wondering why you wanted offf of lexapro...i take it and have been for about 3 yrs..of course doc never said it was addicting..but i do feel i need it, because i have severe depression..i don't plan on wanting to get off so just wondering why?
thanks
Its not that it is not safe, its just that anything that changes your brain like that is gonna be hard to come off of..just like opiates.. our neurotransmitters get changed by these drugs so when the brain no longer has the drugs it gets freaked out.. I have been doing research on how anti depressants don't actually fix the problem... thats where the amino acids come in.. so I am considering giving it a try..
Yes this is from the Paxil... please see a doc asap... I withdrew from Lexapro and was so miserable going cold turkey that I had to take even a sliver of a pill to wean myself.. How often are you making cuts in your taper?? Perhaps you are going to fast?? Using the liquid was a good idea.