Posted by calaway on September 13, 2002, at 0:36:29
I stopped at the pharmacy to get my new prescription of effexor. The pharmacist asked how I was feeling. I mentioned all the numerous side effects I was experiencing, sweats, heart pounding, nausea, nightmares, ups and downs, ect. She asked if I was weaning of my paxil. I said no I just stopped on an started the other the next day. She said no wonder I was feeling so awful. Between starting the effexor and it's side effect, I was going through major withdrawl of the paxil. She told me to reduce my paxil by half (15mg) and take it every other day for 2 weeks and continue to reduce it until I was able to handle the final withdrawl easily. Well I ran home as fast as I could and took the paxil and now two hours later, I have not only come back to earth, but I'm also not so aggitated that my husband can actually sleep tonight with both eyes close with no fear of me attacking him in a paranoid state. The past 3 days have been a real experiance that I hope no one else has to go through. I just wish my doctor had also thought of the withdrawl effects and suggested the same procedure. I'll speak to her next week.
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