Posted by Laney on November 25, 2010, at 18:47:47
In reply to Re: Do you think psych drugs cause the very problems, posted by huxley on November 25, 2010, at 16:21:31
Thank you everyone who chimed in! I know all about the withdrawls from paxil and hence that is why I am still on it. What is so frustrating to me is that I went on it not for anxiety/depression but for what I thought at the time was this wierd head thing. Now when I look back, the wierd head thing was probably anxiety/adrenal or thyroid in nature and absolutely not depression. Prior to meds I have had bouts of depression that I would consider situational and knew it would take some time to recover, etc. So when I attempted a couple years ago to go off of the paxil because I simply thought that the wierd head thing was probably long gone and that's when depression hit. So in a sense, it definitely caused the problem it was supposed to fix. Doctors want to say that your just getting breakthrough depression or that your illness is coming back until I tell them that I didn't go on it for depression to begin with.
I guess all I can do is to educate my friends and family on it. I tell them make drugs an absolute last resort because they can be setting themselves up for a lifetime of worse problems.
Thanks again guys for listening. Now to go eat some turkey and stuffing! LOL! God bless you all.
Laney
Have taken paxil for 13 years. Is no longer working. My own diagnosis is depression. Have tried Lamictal, Wellbutrin and Now Zoloft all with the 10mg. paxil.
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