Posted by sister on March 12, 2003, at 14:19:27
hi my husband quit paxil nov.11. He then had severe withdrawal side effects that were boardering on pychotic, although he never harmed anyone or himself he threated suicide, raged at everyone, had lightning going off inside his head, joints hurt, blinding headache ect...i called his dr i call everyone I could think of, finally the pych hospital asked if his dr knew of Clonidine, this guy would not treat my husband and our insurance would not admit him but he led me to investigate clonidine, I found out that the clonidine is a aplha blocker that is a surpressant to adrinal glands, ie: adrenilin, I found with him that he would get the paxil withdrawal symptoms any time he got upset, so it made sence. We got the patch of clonidine for him and after 3 days it worked, like a charm until it fell off then after replacing it, 3 days later it again worked like a charm...we changed to pill form, please if anyone does use this clonidine it can be deadly if overdosed so be very careful, it is a blood pressure medicine. he actually accidently overdosed after getting his pills mixed up and almost lost his life. He is still taking the clonidine and this is march. If he misses a dose he gets paxil withdrawal symptoms very severly. Anyone out there have any more information on this?
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