Posted by JoniJ on April 3, 2001, at 15:18:27
In reply to Re: withdrawal, posted by Rhonda on April 28, 2000, at 7:17:12
I was lucky enough to have a friend on Paxil at the same time I was so all the funky side effects I was having he was having as well. My husband finally got to the point he couldn't handle my sexual dysfunction and disinterest. At this point I swapped the paxil for Effexor. I went cold turkey off Paxil and was immobilized due to possitional vertigo. I literally could not move my head. Effexor is not nearly as good for panic disorder as Paxil so I decided to just give the whole drug thing a rest. I tapered the dose, and although I did it slowly I still had what I called brain explosions, at one point so bad I had one every time my eyes went from one side to the other, buzzing in my ears, and the worst, which are persistant after 6 weeks off the drug, hot flashes and flop sweats. Discontinuing this drug should only be done when closely monitored by a doc. but it most certainly can be done. And dont expect the average MD to know ANY of this stuff.
Joni, free at last
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