Posted by cab on October 15, 2002, at 9:31:44
In reply to Re: positive paxil experiences?, posted by amy_oz on October 14, 2002, at 18:38:58
Thanks -- that helps! I'm not sure what this 'apathy' side-effect is that I keep hearing about. Is it that you don't care about things like your family, work, hobbies, etc.? That sounds like a form of depression in itself. Or is it that you don't get upset or anxious about things that would normally upset you? (E.g., a friend of mine stopped prozac when she got into a car accident and didn't get upset about it because she thought she should feel bad about something that traumatic.)And does sam-e help with that?
> Hi,
> There are many, many people with positive Paxil experiences. Please remember that people tend to come to this board for help when medications haven't worked and are looking for alternatives. I am currently on 20mg Paxil a day. Paxil was chosen as I had a dx of anxiety/severe depression with psychosis and Paxil tends to work a bit better for those with anxiety/depression. Also a few people in my family have responded well to it.
> The first month was hellish cause I was getting panic attacks from the side effects (you can use bzd's with SSRI's if you have this problem). Also the apathy side effect reared its ugly head and with my other problems I just completely detached from life for a little while. My family were incredibly supportive though and I kept going.
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> 3 months later I've changed my lifestyle completely with healthy food, exercise, vitamins, fish oil, a little SAM-e and the Paxil. I'm back at work, living a close to full life and feel something close to content. and yes I have problems with less sex drive but it is nothing compared to what I was going through.
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> Other people with positive paxil experiences include my sister (7 years on) and my cousins (3 of them on Paxil for at least 2 years.) All the people I know who had the best experiences seem to be women...one of my male cousins switched to Prozac after he had sexual dysfunction woth the Paxil (it did work for him AD wise).
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> You will always find a mix of people who do well on it and other people who have bad experiences (I have a friend who literally couldn't stand up while she was on it). The trick is to try for your self and give it a decent go.
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> Good luck and keep in touch with us.
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> Cheers,
> Amy
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> By the way I noticed someone else posted something about the man/woman differences with Paxil. What are other people's experiences?
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