SarahB
01-02-2012, 12:10 PM
Hello,
New to this forum but have been lurking for a few weeks. I suffer from GAD, diagnosed 3 and a half years ago. Recently went off Paxil after three years of a low dose (12.5mg) once a day.
After doing some reading here, I have some lingering concerns about Paxil withdrawal. I was not made aware of this by my pysch (he told me to take a pill every other day for a month and then stop all together) and definitely experienced the withdrawal symptoms - mostly brain zaps and stuff. I made it through that, luckily only lasted about 2 weeks, and then was met with crazy over-emotional reactions to anything and everything. I'm weepy by nature, but oh my goodness!
I'm currently about 8 weeks out from the last time I took Paxil. Over the holidays I had a weirdly triggered panic attack and have been feeling anxious ever since. I started taking passionflower extract and True Calm to see if it would have an effect, because I really don't want to go back on an SSRI. I do have my Paxil with refills remaining in my bathroom- I don't want to take it but part of me wonders if it's necessary.
Any words of wisdom from former Paxil users? Thanks!
New to this forum but have been lurking for a few weeks. I suffer from GAD, diagnosed 3 and a half years ago. Recently went off Paxil after three years of a low dose (12.5mg) once a day.
After doing some reading here, I have some lingering concerns about Paxil withdrawal. I was not made aware of this by my pysch (he told me to take a pill every other day for a month and then stop all together) and definitely experienced the withdrawal symptoms - mostly brain zaps and stuff. I made it through that, luckily only lasted about 2 weeks, and then was met with crazy over-emotional reactions to anything and everything. I'm weepy by nature, but oh my goodness!
I'm currently about 8 weeks out from the last time I took Paxil. Over the holidays I had a weirdly triggered panic attack and have been feeling anxious ever since. I started taking passionflower extract and True Calm to see if it would have an effect, because I really don't want to go back on an SSRI. I do have my Paxil with refills remaining in my bathroom- I don't want to take it but part of me wonders if it's necessary.
Any words of wisdom from former Paxil users? Thanks!