Posted by KimberlyDi on October 31, 2003, at 14:10:25
In reply to Off Paxil and I wanna smash something, posted by wordwitch on October 31, 2003, at 11:57:21
With no insurance, I would research a couple of generics with low prices and give them a try. For example, in the US, Trazadone 100mg is about $18.00 for 30. Lexapro was about $80.00 for a 30-day 20mg supply.
Good luck
KDi in Texas> Hi folks,
> I'm a newbie here so bear with me. I stopped Paxil (cold turkey--yeah, I know) on October 13. Stopped due to an insurance change (absurd deductible) but no intentions of resuming it. I wasn't crazy about the way it made me feel while on it and I'm even less ecstatic about the way I feel while withdrawing from it.
>
> Coupla questions:
> 1. How long can I expect to feel like this?
> 2. Is there anything (or things) I can either ask my doctor for, or purchase OTC in a vitamin store, that will help me with the following: a) a complete inability to focus on my work (or anything else, for that matter); b) a frequent (several times daily) desire to smash the living heck out of everything within reach; c) the feeling that I might as well take a nap because nothing I do has any meaning?
> 3. Are there any antidepressants out there that don't make you worse than you were before you started taking them?
> 4. Are there any natural/herbal drugs or supplements I can take that will keep my moods in relative control once the Paxil is out of my system?
>
> My original diagnosis, made two years ago by my doctor, who is an internist, was generalized anxiety disorder. I'm wondering whether I have some kind of rapid-cycling bipolar II thing going on, though. My mood shifts in about the same amount of time it takes to switch on a lamp. I go from cheerful, to fatigued/depressed, to irritable--all repeated numerous times throughout every day. Very short fuse, too, which I really detest.
>
> Any suggestions? (Other than moving to a cave in the Himalayas, that is.)
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