Posted by Liz from Phoenix on November 14, 2000, at 14:42:03
In reply to Paxil and Effexor Withdrawal Strategies - Input ?, posted by SLS on July 9, 2000, at 16:47:34
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> How did you successfully discontinue your medication?
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> 1. Which drug did you discontinue?
I discontinued Paxil.
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> 2. How did you go about it? tapered off paxil as I increased effexor for a period of 3 weeks.
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> 3. What withdrawal symptoms did you experience?
Until I began reading the posts about Paxil, I never thought I had any. I stopped paxil on several different occasions for different reasons, ie: 2 pregnancys, tried to quit smoking and skin picking, and hypomania. Everything I tried I gave up on, celexa, zoloft, now effexor xr which I have been taking 5 weeks now that I am considering discontinuing because of headaches, irritabilty, crying,. Perhaps these are paxil withdrawal symptoms? I also quit smoking a pack a day, and cut all caffien out of my diet. All I know is I feel pretty crappy and I want my Paxil back.
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poster:Liz from Phoenix
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