Paxil(Seroxat) hell

[bintuae]

First of all, I have a mild level of social anxiety. I was 18 when I started to search for some kind of treatments. One day I saw this drug called Paxil CR on the internet, which has reviews of people swear by it and call it a magic pill. So I went to the pdoc and was excited to try it.

The first year taking it, it was working great. I felt REALLY confident and actually was excited to be with people. I thought I finally overcame anxiety. Heck, not until a year later the anxiety started to cripple back again. I upped the dosage to the highest 50 mg but no use, only felt a bit better for two days after I up it.

The social anxiety is even worse now than before taking medicine. I feel like its not me I used to be.. I started to fear people and when I’m around them, very negative thoughts come to mind. I even started avoiding eye contact which is new to me! The horrible side effects I experience are nausea, loss of appetite, lack of motivation, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, racing thoughts and agitation.


But what makes me really upset is every time I discuss with my pdoc about how sh*t this med is and that I need to taper it off, he would either convince me to continue or brush it all off. Thus, I decided to taper it off myself so I’m lowering the dose by 1- 2mg each 3-4 week which I heard is safe to do. But still im concerned.


Anyone going off Paxil?

[Paxiled]

Only trying it will tell you that, unfortunately.

[bintuae]

Thanks for your answer.
You know i need to get off this med so bad.
By the way, I tried taking 12.5 mg and I didn't feel dizziness or anything only increased sleep and felt sexual.so do you think its good to lower from there?

[Paxiled]

Be very careful with this drug.  Taper off as slowly as you need to.  Don't rush it.  If it gets bad, go back to the last dose at which you felt fine and go more slowly.  But some people also do this very easily, so you could just as well be one of those.