Posted by Mr Cushing on November 28, 2002, at 18:51:38
In reply to Paxil for the 4th time, posted by Suzi on November 28, 2002, at 16:53:00
Hey, I went through the exact same thing with paxil. I found that it slowed me down waaaaay too much and that after 3-4 weeks on it, I'd be lucky if I just laid on the couch all day watching TV. But see... here's the thing, the TV part was only so that the other people living with me wouldn't be too concerned. My attention span was so shot that it was trouble just following the commercials.So, I tried Effexor and that worked amazing but it started making me hypomanic. But the thing is that while Effexor cleared out my head and really helped stabilize my panic/anxiety symptoms, we continued to dig deeper to find out exactly what was going on. Now I'm DX'd as being Bi-Polar with an adjunt Panic Disorder. But you know what, I believe that DX 100%.
Anyways, you could try switching over to Effexor to get rid of that annoying side effect. It only takes a 2 day dry-out from the Paxil before you can start up. Effexor is amazing while you're on it, but the start-up and the withdrawal are VERY bad. But I guess you can weigh the pros and cons on that one. Taking paxil, you feel retarded and can't get out of bed. Taking Effexor, you'll eventually go through some rough side effects, but when it stabilizes in your system, you'll feel amazing.
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