http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/effexorssri-withdrawal-brain-zaps-peoples-pharmacy Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:58:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/effexorssri-withdrawal-brain-zaps-peoples-pharmacy/comment-page-1#comment-6563 Lucy Beam Hoffman Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:16:14 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/effexorssri-withdrawal-brain-zaps-peoples-pharmacy#comment-6563 I discontinued Paxil 2 weeks ago, cold turkey. My doctor had advised that I taper, but I didn't. I have, through today's research, discovered a "pooped-out" theory, which is what happened to me. Probably close to 2 years ago. But I didn't recognize what was happening, and continued with the Paxil. Even though I was aware that it wasn't doing the job anymore. I had realized that in the last few months, I felt more oppressively depressed when I took the paxil (meaning on occasion, I did not for whatever reason - run out of script, forgot, wanted to try life without it), I felt more down the next day. So I decided (while on a 2 week cruise) to stop. The after effects have been brutal. I am struggling with headaches, dizziness, nausea, exhaustion, scratchy eyes - everything that you can find on http://www.paxilprogress.org/forums/. I sound like a classic case. Now my dilemma is this - my doc wants to change me to cymbalta, go to a shrink, consider mood disorder drugs. I just want this crap to go away. Do I go back on Paxil and then try to gradually reduce? I'm only on 10 mgs a day (or at night). Everything I have read in my research states that it is the last 10-5 mgs that cause the greatest problems. I do NOT want to put my health in the hands of a shrink I may see once. I will keep reading. I discontinued Paxil 2 weeks ago, cold turkey. My doctor had advised that I taper, but I didn’t. I have, through today’s research, discovered a “pooped-out” theory, which is what happened to me. Probably close to 2 years ago. But I didn’t recognize what was happening, and continued with the Paxil. Even though I was aware that it wasn’t doing the job anymore. I had realized that in the last few months, I felt more oppressively depressed when I took the paxil (meaning on occasion, I did not for whatever reason – run out of script, forgot, wanted to try life without it), I felt more down the next day. So I decided (while on a 2 week cruise) to stop. The after effects have been brutal. I am struggling with headaches, dizziness, nausea, exhaustion, scratchy eyes – everything that you can find on http://www.paxilprogress.org/forums/. I sound like a classic case. Now my dilemma is this – my doc wants to change me to cymbalta, go to a shrink, consider mood disorder drugs. I just want this crap to go away. Do I go back on Paxil and then try to gradually reduce? I’m only on 10 mgs a day (or at night). Everything I have read in my research states that it is the last 10-5 mgs that cause the greatest problems. I do NOT want to put my health in the hands of a shrink I may see once. I will keep reading.

]]> http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcasesblog/effexorssri-withdrawal-brain-zaps-peoples-pharmacy/comment-page-1#comment-2473 Anna Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:39:24 +0000 http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/effexorssri-withdrawal-brain-zaps-peoples-pharmacy#comment-2473 Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day! Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day!

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