Posted by JennyAnn on June 2, 1999, at 11:14:45
hiya kitties..after a year on paxil and a failed trial on zoloft, I have cylced myself off of SSRI's. I took 40 mg of paxil for 4 weeks...30 mgs for 3, 20 mgs for 1 and 10 mgs for 5 days...today is the second day paxil-free...I am dizzy, but expected this. I am not sure why I am posting, but I feel very balanced right now...aside from my dizzyspells. I have begun a spiritual journey, which I think has motivated my current decision to end my SSRI therapy. I have expereinced the most incredible lethargy and emotional apathy on SSRI's ...my whole life I have been motivated by anxiety, fear, etc...the lack of these driving forces (or numbing of such) was a relief for while, but i do believe there is a reason that my psyche has evolved the way it has...which is not to say that I always enjoy my psychological pain...but...I am a complicated woman..and I want am now ready to spread myself into my own void...rather than peer at it through the pinhole of paxil...sigh. any feedback? support? I always need it:)
<3<3 JennyAnn
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