Posted by Laney on May 3, 2011, at 12:00:07
I gave up on Nortriptyline about two months ago. I had the most intense craving for sweets. Gained 20 lbs in 9 months and had severe constipation! Well, my sweet tooth went away instantly and I started losing weight.
My doctor added Celexa and we started weaning the paxil (20mg.) that I had been on for years. Well, as soon as I got below 10mg. on the paxil, all the lovely withdrawl crap appeared. Negative, irritable mood, no motivation, feeling like crap, etc.
At first I thought the Celexa would buffer the withdrawl. Ha! So far the Celexa had just made me tired and numb! My doc raised it to 30mg. and I just started that last night.
What to do?? I was feeling pretty damn good. Social, motivated (planning on going to school to become an RN), all of the good stuff and over the last two weeks - ugghh!
I want to prove to my doctor that paxil withdrawl is HELL for me! That I'm not going to be anything in the "norm" for that. Never have been. This drug has bound itself to me like no other. If I thought it was temporary, I could endure it. But with paxil withdrawl, a lot of folks get protracted withdrawls and I've put too much of my life into that scenario.
So, what would you do? Forge ahead with the withdrawl to prove to the doc that this isn't going to be some easy thing? Go back up to 10mg. and add???
What do you know about pritiq or abilify? Would they be valid choices to add to paxil?
Thanks for listening and for your help,
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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