Posted by Pam on April 20, 2000, at 12:12:01
In reply to Paxil withdrawal, posted by Pam on April 19, 2000, at 9:20:44
Yesterday I wrote here about my symptoms (problems distinguishing
between dreaming and waking, weird noises in my head, erratic
heartbeat).Then I went to the doctor, who said my symptoms were classic for
Paxil withdrawal (confirming my self-diagnosis).He said he could give me beta blockers, tranquilizers, or other drugs
to treat some of my symptoms, but since I seemed to want to get away from
drugs altogether, he'd just recommend that I avoid caffeine
and try to relax.BTW, my blood pressure and heart rate are VERY high
right now, but my doctor isn't concerned about any
long-term dangers, possibly because I'm pretty healthy
otherwise (apart from lifelong skrimishes with depression).Next week I'm seeing the shrink (as opposed to the internal
medicine guy of yesterday), and I'm hoping to get a better
sense of how long my withdrawal symptoms will last. (They're
bad enough to interfere with my work.)I have to say again that I still would go on Paxil if I
had it to do over. Yeah, no one told me that withdrawal
would be this unpleasant, but I've been suicidal, and it's
a hell of a lot worse than having light-saber WHOOSHes in
my head.Pam
poster:Pam
thread:18746
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