Posted by TylerJ on March 8, 2006, at 10:06:41
In reply to REALLY CONFUSED NOW~, posted by NEEDHELPPLEASE on March 8, 2006, at 9:14:41
> I HAVE RECENTLY posted about the terrible side effects that 20 mg. of paxil seemed to have stirred up in me in only a few days, i stopped the 20mg. after 5 days and went down to 10 mg.
> the over anxious feeling and restlessness tension has subsided but i still have not slept more than
> 3 hours for almost ten days now. the strange thing is i'm really not even that tired and worn out(and i have a pyysical job) so yesterday i went to my family dr. and told her the deal and she added ambiencr to my already 1mg. of xanax at bedtime and i was so expecting to finally sleep a whole night last night and i STILL woke up after 3 hours and was wide awake and anxious and couldnt fall back to sleep. even with ambien/xanax
> i am now so frustrated so i called my pdoc to tell him something had to be done and of course he's on vacation till the 20th but his receptionist heard my complaints/symptoms and immediately told me to STOP TAKING ALL SSRI'S and
> call back in a week. so now i am confused where i stand. does this make sense to anyone what is going on??
> sorry so long but i'm really struggling here!
Did you have trouble with insomnia before you started Parnate? I know a lot of people will tell you not too, however, I agree w/ the receptionist, go off the Paxil-it just might be causing more harm than good. I would cut your med in half and taper off the next 2-3 days. Paxil has sedating properties, and for you it seemed to do just the opposite. The receptionist probably has orders from the doc concerning bad reactions to meds while he is gone. I would do what she said, but taper slowly, because Paxil does have the highest incidence of discontinuation symdrome of all the ssri's because of it's short 1/2 life and anti-cholinergic activity. If you taper down slowly you should be just fine because you were on a small dose for a short time. In the meantime I would use a little more Xanax ( if possible, and if it helps ) to help until you get into see your doc and take ambien cr for sleep. Best wishes.Tyler
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