i'm goin' off the paxil and i'm goin' insa-a-a-ane

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GhostUser

Discussion Starter · Apr 16, 2003

day four with no paxil. things aren't looking so good from here. there really should be laws about this stuff - that and warnings about what trying to get off this devil's drug does to people before prescribing it. this is my second attempt - the first time i only lasted about two days before hopping back on the paxil train. anyone interested in the hell i am currently living in can visit www.quitpaxil.org.

i am presently self medicating with soy delicious chocolate obsession. had to leave work today. would like to leave life and hide under the covers for eternity. tried that but couldn't sleep. bawling my eyes out.

began this nightmare because i was under an extreme amount of stress after beautiful baby was born. couldn't handle it and started getting angry. loved baby too much to not do anything and so agreed to the paxil. breastfed while on it. "horrible mother" comments can ensue - i deserve it.

don't know where i'm going to go from here... st. john's wort? valarian? those comfy white rooms where the walls are all padded and the required dress code includes jackets that do up in the back?

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rainbowmoon

· #2 · Apr 16, 2003

Relax, my dear. I promise it will be alright and that this will end. I feel for you so deeply right now. I've been where you are- went off Effexor, one of the more addictive- and it is very hard. You truly feel that you are going to lose it. Remember that you are still all there, its just a reaction to going off those meds. Hang in there!!!!! I heard SAM E is good stuff....I'd go up to the health food store in your town and ask them for a combination of herbs meant to deal with anxiety/depression. I used to take something like that and it really helped.

lovenlight,

linz

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rainbowmoon

· #9 · Apr 20, 2003

How are things going for you? I just wanted to check in and see how things were going.

lovenlight,

linz

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rainbowmoon

· #18 · May 9, 2003

I'm really happy that things worked out for you. That is one TERRIBLE experience- going off the meds. I'm glad you pulled through it, and I know I will never, ever, take another psychiatric med again!!!

lovenlight,

linz

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