eon337
07-05-2007, 08:23 AM
My doctor prescribed me with a Paxil knock off (same active ingriedients) called Pexeva about a year ago. When I asked if it had any addictive qualities, he basically went "Pffft, no".
Now, technically this is correct. But he never mentioned the withdrawl effects. Granted, I wouldn't have gone through withdrawl if I hadn't run out of meds and been 6 hours away and unable to return to get another prescription. In any case, even though the meds helped me 100% as soon as they wore off I was crying constantly, constantly anxious, I had no appetite and I felt nauseas, Oh, and I was sleeping 20 hours a day. It only lasted for a week or two, and my parents were able to get me more and send them to me, but... I wish he would have MENTIONED this. Apparantly Paxil is notorious for withdrawl effects.
All that being said: medication has helped me immensly, and I would recommend it to others.
One question I have though: How do doctors decide what dosage to prescribe? My doctor seemed to just pick one, and run with it. And then was suprised when I had horrible side effects untill we reduced the dossage.
Now, technically this is correct. But he never mentioned the withdrawl effects. Granted, I wouldn't have gone through withdrawl if I hadn't run out of meds and been 6 hours away and unable to return to get another prescription. In any case, even though the meds helped me 100% as soon as they wore off I was crying constantly, constantly anxious, I had no appetite and I felt nauseas, Oh, and I was sleeping 20 hours a day. It only lasted for a week or two, and my parents were able to get me more and send them to me, but... I wish he would have MENTIONED this. Apparantly Paxil is notorious for withdrawl effects.
All that being said: medication has helped me immensly, and I would recommend it to others.
One question I have though: How do doctors decide what dosage to prescribe? My doctor seemed to just pick one, and run with it. And then was suprised when I had horrible side effects untill we reduced the dossage.