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Posted by Laney on February 10, 2010, at 11:54:28
Sorry if this seems close to the above but really would like and need the help from anyone with experience on this one.
Thanks!
Laney
Posted by Phillipa on February 10, 2010, at 12:23:40
In reply to What worked for you to get off of paxil??, posted by Laney on February 10, 2010, at 11:54:28
Laney when went off first time bit a tiny piece off the paxil as did have the brain zaps and it worked well about two weeks. Second time was a direct switch over to luvox. Love Phillipa
Posted by mellow on February 10, 2010, at 12:50:07
In reply to Re: What worked for you to get off of paxil?? » Laney, posted by Phillipa on February 10, 2010, at 12:23:40
When i went off Paxil i did a direct switch to Lexapro + Risperdal...This was done during a hospitalization and my condition improved dramatically within a few days...I took Paxil for about a month and that drug just did not agree with me (hence i ended up in the hospital)...
Just make sure you are working with a doc and aren't trying to do this on your own...I've gone that route before and the results weren't good...I always try and remember during a med change or a dosage adjustment that i just need to get through a few days until my body learns what to do with the new chemicals (or lack of the old ones)...that's pretty hard to remember when you are feeling really bad but sometimes just letting your body take care of things and riding it out is the best thing to do...
I wish you the best getting off Paxil...SSRI's have always thrown me for a loop anytime i adjust or eliminate them...so i feel your pain.
Peace
Posted by mystified on February 10, 2010, at 18:54:09
In reply to What worked for you to get off of paxil??, posted by Laney on February 10, 2010, at 11:54:28
Benadryl
Posted by Maxime on February 11, 2010, at 9:03:24
In reply to What worked for you to get off of paxil??, posted by Laney on February 10, 2010, at 11:54:28
I switched to Prozac and then got off the Prozac since it stays in your body for 5 days. It's easy to come of the Prozac.
Posted by stargazer2 on February 12, 2010, at 19:33:18
In reply to Re: What worked for you to get off of paxil??, posted by Maxime on February 11, 2010, at 9:03:24
I did the same as Maxine.
I believe the switchover from Paxil to Prozac was fast and quick. I did not have any tapering of Paxil, just stopped it and went to Prozac the same day. I can't remember anymore than that.
It must have been in the mid 90's. It's all in my drug archives, begun in the late 1980's...Nardil, Marplan, Prozac, Paxil...and so on. Paxil I only tried once with marginal effects, so it doesn't hold a memory for me like some of the others. I finally have stopped my med merry go round. I thought I'd never get off of it.
I stopped it on my own with lots of research. It is not an easy road but avery long one. Once on it, you will never get off it. For so many of us, my life has been defined by depression, but I'm finally out from under it. May not be permanent, but it feels very good.
One thing I've realized that even when depression is under control, life is very, very hard. There is no easy road in life. But depression makes life unbearable and not worth living.
Persistence to find answers is the only way and to find something valuable to do with your life once you recover.
Posted by DStupid on February 14, 2010, at 16:37:25
In reply to Re: What worked for you to get off of paxil??, posted by stargazer2 on February 12, 2010, at 19:33:18
I was taking an XR version and I went from 37.5 (highest) to 25 (medium) in several days, and down to 12.5 (lowest) in a week. And then I quit. I felt terrible for a month. Then started on Prozac 10 mg. If I were not taking an XR version, I'd have switched to it before discontinuing.
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