Considering stoping paxil.

[newbySmoker]

From what i have read paxil can be very hard ,almost impossiable to stop taking after you have been on it for awhile . And im considering trying to stop taking it soon . Of course i will be talking to my doctor , because you have to go little by little , no cold turkey . But the effects of stoping this med can be very hard to deal with . Just wondering If getting high alot during this hard time would be helpfull . What do you guys think ? Anyone else here ever been on paxil ?

[ladyM]

I came off paxil for a short time and couldnt wait to go back on it. I tried a different med and I was either laughing like an idiot or crying my eyes out, all very inappropriately I might add. It was Wellbutrin I tried. Most of the time Wellbuterin works very well, just not for me. Paxil can be very difficult to be weaned off, it turns your emotions into crazy things that arent easy to keep control over.

If this is the route you are going to be taking, do exactly as your doc tells you, and good luck!

[puff4twentynow]

Just wondering If getting high alot during this hard time would be helpfull . What do you guys think ? Anyone else here ever been on paxil ?

I don't think you would have to get high alot, maybe just a little when you feel the need for paxil. Cannabis makes me feel better pills. I hated the drowsiness in the morning and chemical hangovers from pills. That is why i don't take pills anymore.

Puff

[newbySmoker]

ah Thanks for replys guys , yea im a little scared about coming of paxil to be honest , but i think its time.

[RastaKaze]

try an ayahuasca session. you'll never need any meds again

[siSTARindigo]

Coming of of Paxil was the worst experience. There is actually an online support group for it. You imagine yourself doing things like stabbing, or punching people or animals or whatever that pisses you off. I had what felt like electric shocks going through my brain. This was Paxil CR I was on though, and I quite cold turkey. Just be warned because when you don't know what is going on you really think you might be insane. It is good to arm yourself with the withdrawl symptoms, because you could get sucked into the "trip" of it. One guy on the support website was an older military man, he started cutting up his face, and then went downstairs for breakfast with his wife like nothing had happend.

Weird shit they feed us at doc's office. Yet MJ is illegal? You wouldn't believe what is legal in our food, and cleaning products. America the free my ass, they are poinoning us, I am suprised organic food is legal :)

Eva

[sophiastarchild]

I stopped Paxil cold turkey and it was the most hellish month. Horrible. It was like having the flu and a nervous breakdown all at once. Please, if you decide to stop Paxil, wean off very slowly over a long period of time. That is the most important thing. As you're weaning off, and afterwards, smoking weed should help with any unpleasantness. Good luck!

[elane hunt]

I took Paxil for 2 years and went off with no withdrawal. Actually I was so depressed while on Paxil that I don't know if I would have noticed symptoms
unless they were very severe and different. Now going off Cymbalta was
another story. Do you think weed would help depression. Tramadol' a mild opiod painkiller did.

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

all in all, do not take perscription drugs, they will harm you more in the long run than they will help, they are designed to agitate your condition while masking the symptoms.


DO NOT TAKE PHARMACUTICALS!

[Shelbay]

Coming of of Paxil was the worst experience. There is actually an online support group for it. You imagine yourself doing things like stabbing, or punching people or animals or whatever that pisses you off. I had what felt like electric shocks going through my brain. This was Paxil CR I was on though, and I quite cold turkey. Just be warned because when you don't know what is going on you really think you might be insane. It is good to arm yourself with the withdrawl symptoms, because you could get sucked into the "trip" of it. One guy on the support website was an older military man, he started cutting up his face, and then went downstairs for breakfast with his wife like nothing had happend.

Weird shit they feed us at doc's office. Yet MJ is illegal? You wouldn't believe what is legal in our food, and cleaning products. America the free my ass, they are poinoning us, I am suprised organic food is legal :)

Eva
OH....this explains it...you stopped your psych meds...okay..now I understand. Did you really abuse animals when you quit your paxil? Just curious...our government might need to do a study on animal abuse while patients go AMA and stop their meds....very interesting subject.

[realgood]

Please keep the rantings to one thread. Some are trying to offer legitimate help and these childish comments are rude and simply uneccesary.

[mrdevious]

I was very displeased with the maker of paxil, since they, the pharmacudical companies, and my doctor all insisted it causes no withdrawl. When I finally decided to get off it I was so stressed and irritable I would BLOW UP, just flip out, over the most stupid little things. It lasted about a week for me, and thankfully near the end of it, when it still felt really bad, I went to a metallica concer and just let out a lot of my stress there (though I also wrecked my neck for a week from headbanging. My neck's injured, and while I tried to keep it to a minumum and do so carefully I still really paid the price lol).

[lemonboy]

I also experienced withdrawals when I stopped taking Paxil CR about 3 months ago. Stepped down to a half dose for two weeks and still had short bouts of vertigo for about a week after that. I didn't have any drastic emotional changes. I read a lot about it at the time and it seems a wide array of withdrawals are reported. I'm a much happier guy without the daily pills though so it was worth it.


try an ayahuasca session. you'll never need any meds againYou have a lot of really great things to say but that wasn't one of them. Depression is a serious illness and one size definately does not fit all when it comes to treatment.

[cjshamrock]

First, don't believe everything the doctors say without checking out the facts. We are lucky that we have the internet to show us the other side of things.

These meds are NOT harmless. In my case (and in many other people's lives), Paxil made things FAR, FAR worse.

After one month on it I was getting really aggressive, then sucidal. I had a 'manic night' and my doctor told me to stop taking the drugs pronto. I was so not thinking that I followed her recommendations. DO NOT quit cold turkey. You may or may not experience the hellish symptoms, but chances are you will.

These meds MIGHT work for you, but please be aware that you're messing with your brain big time, and the damage may be permanent. They don't tell us that.

Three days later, my depression is gone because I feel like complete shit. I have the Flu, I can't hear right, I'm speaking like a moron and I have horrible brain zaps. I wouldn't wish these BRAIN ZAPS on my worst enemy. I was actually missing my depression and being miserable just to feel a little bit normal.

I've taken a lot of hard drugs, I've had many bad trips, I've been in car crashes, but nothing was as terrifying as PAXIL WITHDRAWAL, nothing comes even close.

6 days later and I'm back on Paxil so I can taper off in about a month just to make sure. I still have (although less painful) brain zaps, zombie-like appearance, zero motivation, can't talk properly. I can honestly say that weed saved my life these last couple of days because it helped me distract from the excruciating pain.

I can't believe that this shit is legal and given to KIDS and weed is not legal.

Paxil did help me with not taking my life and sanity for granted though. I just want to feel normal and healthy again.

The same goes for Effexor and the lot of 'happy pills'.

[horror business]

I've been on Paxil for almost 5 years. I plan on visiting my doctor asap to discuss getting off of it, and getting a prescription for diazepam. As, I recently took one, and it made me feel normal for the first time in 5 years. Pardon my language but fuck anti-depressants. I've been dealing with it's side effects for too long.

[scStOnEr]

For me I wouldnt be able to stop antidepressants I need them to get through the day.. My anxiety was so bad that i couldnt leave the house for a long time, and lately depression been pretty bad. Good luck with the SSRI withdrawl, im going though benzo slow withdrawl 7month taper, just take the taper down slowly i've done it in the past original symptoms just came back and i felt out of it for a bit.

EDIT: off of paxil CR 45mg. stopped over 3 weeks.

[eg420ne]

Yeah Paxils bad! wonder if theres a way to sue the makers, not like i was already weird b4 paxil .lol

i just want to sue em to stop the production of them drugs and legalize cannabis..yeah thats it

[horror business]

I've been on Paxil since I was 13, and I'm 17 1/2 now. Paxil did what it was supposed to do for me, due to the circumstances that were the cause of my initial problems, they were resolved. As of now, I'm on 40MG full-release and have been on it for years.

When I go to the doctor to inform her I want off of Paxil, and don't want to replace it with another anti-depressant, but explain to her my overwhelming anxiety (not depression, or delusional anxiety, but ptsd anxiety which overwhelms my life), what are the chances she'll give me diazepam?

I recently took one, and like I said, it made me feel normal for the first time in years. Paxil numbs my emotions, and feelings, but the anxiety is still present. It also numbed me from depression. I want off anti-depressants and want on diazepam. How often is that requested, and do doctors usually grant that request?