Posted by chiaratara on July 9, 2001, at 13:35:30
In reply to Paxil vs. Celexa concerning sedation, posted by ben on July 8, 2001, at 10:40:01
paxil takes some time to get used to. i did feel similar effects on 40mg (i am now tapering off.) my doc told me that at a higher dose, the sedation goes away-sounds weird. i think that you need to be on it a bit longer. it takes a while for the fogginess to go away. when i went up to 40mg, i felt like i was stoned and had the munchies. that went away after a couple of weeks at that dose. hang in there.
chiaratara
> I am on 40 mg Paxil for three days now after slow titration of the dose during 4 weeks. I feel very fatigue . In the morning I feel that I didnt sleep and have a fog with stiches in the brain which lasts the whole day.
> When I started with Paxil it made me initally calmed and sedated, then with each increase I felt agitated and now on 40 mg I feel sedated again. I had up to 100 mg Celexa when I felt like this.
> Is Paxil causing more sedation than Celexa ?
> For me Celexa was the more sedating the longer I took it and the higher the dose. So I decides to take it before sleeping. Now I take Paxil in the morning
> and it makes me drugged. Perhaps 40 mg is too much.
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