Posted by JohnFromCalifornia on February 25, 2004, at 20:49:53
In reply to Re: paxil user/withdrawals?, posted by Metalblade on February 25, 2004, at 17:58:19
Not everyone suffers a relapse of depression when stopping SSRIs. After two months of miserable side effects on Paxil I switched to Lexapro, and endured different but equally unpleasant side effects. For my chemistry, the side effects WERE the antidepressants, and vice versa.
I stopped all SSRIs two months ago and after 12 days of nasty withdrawal, have had no return of depression. (Important note: My depression was not severe or chronic.)
While I readily acknowledge that some people who are prone to depression need to be on SSRIs all the time, I suggest that not ALL of us do. For those of us fortunate enough to suffer from only periodic and/or exogenous depression, meds with strong side effects to not HAVE to be part of the treatment.
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