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Posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 15:06:28
I know now you shouldn't go off Paxil cold-turkey, but this is what I did about 6 to 7 weeks ago. Is there anyone out there reading this who has gone off Paxil and then at any point later, stopped having withdrawal symptoms (without having gone on another SSRI)? I cannot find anyone out there. I tried to register on paxilprogress but could not. Please- any help would be appreciated. My psychiatrist only wants to write more prescriptions. Thank you!
Posted by Lou Pilder on October 28, 2012, at 16:11:07
In reply to Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 15:06:28
> I know now you shouldn't go off Paxil cold-turkey, but this is what I did about 6 to 7 weeks ago. Is there anyone out there reading this who has gone off Paxil and then at any point later, stopped having withdrawal symptoms (without having gone on another SSRI)? I cannot find anyone out there. I tried to register on paxilprogress but could not. Please- any help would be appreciated. My psychiatrist only wants to write more prescriptions. Thank you!
Martha,
You wrote,
[...Please- any help would be appreciated...].
There is a way to get through the great tribulation that you are in, if you are still having wihdrawal symptoms. The drug, Paxil, has a similar horror in withdraweal as some other drugs that are given to people by psychiatrists. Some people kill themselves and/or others during this period. So it is important that you understand where you are at and where you ae going.
I am prohibited from telling you a way that you could get through the withdrawal period by the nature of prohibitions posted to me here by Mr. Hsiung. Yet in this month alone, another 3600 people or so will be killed by psychotropic drugs by one means or another, statistically that is.
The drug Paxil is a fluorinated drug. The active metabolite in this drug is 35 times more toxic than the fluoride before the liver metabolizes the drug. So it is no wonder that a site is devoted to those that want off this drug and it out of their body completly.
Fluoride is the main ingrediant in a nerve agent used for mass-murder. They are found in insecticides to kill. Each pill taken rolls the dice of death and the drug can induce a mind-altered state to compel one to kill themselves or others. The physiological effects of the drug could be life-ruining such as diabetes, movement disorders and huge weight gain. The drug could debilitate one to be in a state of indifference. The drug could attack parts of one's humanity, such as sexual loss. There is a line of marketing tha this is all in the name of medicine saying that your depression is a chemical imbalance so in your case, a Paxil deficiancy which will correct the imbalance. Really? Do you swallow that?
You want the drug out of your system. Some here will advise you to take another drug but would that not be replacing one addiction for another? And some could tell you to take a combination of drugs that could kill you.
But I could tell you how to have life and life more abundently. It would come from a Jewish perspective which I am prohibited from posting here due to prohibitions made to me by Mr Hsiung in relation to the foundation of Judaism as revealed to me. But there is a way for the withdrawal to stop without killing yourself or others, for there is a road that leads to life and peace and brings you out of the darkness of withdrawal and into a marvelous light.
You may see posts directing insults and hate to Judaism and me as a Jew here. This is all allowed by Mr Hsiung here. So just remember whose posts that you are going to see, and save the last post for me.
Lou
Posted by Phillipa on October 28, 2012, at 16:50:41
In reply to Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 15:06:28
Hi Martha at one time was on l0mg of paxil and just bit a piece of the pill off each day smaller & smaller dose and didn't take any ad's for a few years. I was also on xanax. Small Dose. At first I tried to quit it cold turkey and got the brain zaps feeling like you move your head and kind of feel out of it. The doc said that to take the paxil and it would go away the zaps and they did. Just to take a smaller dose each day. Phillipa
Posted by schleprock on October 28, 2012, at 19:03:18
In reply to Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 15:06:28
> I know now you shouldn't go off Paxil cold-turkey, but this is what I did about 6 to 7 weeks ago. Is there anyone out there reading this who has gone off Paxil and then at any point later, stopped having withdrawal symptoms (without having gone on another SSRI)? I cannot find anyone out there. I tried to register on paxilprogress but could not. Please- any help would be appreciated. My psychiatrist only wants to write more prescriptions. Thank you!
Welcome to the Psychobabble community, Martha Courtney. Have you met our new welcome bot Lou Pilder. We're still making some tweaks here and there to his programming in an effort towards constructing the most hospitable demeanour. Honestly, it's been a bit of a crapshoot lately. As we're asking all new members, please rate "Lou's" welcome message on a scale of 1-10. (10 being you've just met your favorite Facebook(tm) friend, 1 being just plain disturbing. We really appreciate your input and cooperation, Martha. WELCOME TO PSYCHOBABBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-schleprock
Posted by bleauberry on October 28, 2012, at 19:44:38
In reply to Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 15:06:28
Maybe start prozac at micro doses, goal is only to ease some or all of your ssri symptoms, and then slowly in tiny steps wean off of it. Prozac is especially good for this purpose. It's long half life make the weaning process easier, a smoother journey. I'm thinking small, like maybe 10mg every 3 days, once a week, 5mg every 2 days...not looking for therapuetic, just looking to hit rewind and get a second chance in getting off ssris.
If you do nothing, in my own experience your symptoms should be mostly gone in about another 6-8 weeks. So it's hard to know what to do. I know for sure, time alone will do some healing and lessening of symptoms, but we're talking months and years, not weeks.
On the health side, give the body everything it needs and extra, in terms of vitamins, minerals, oils. Give it all the support you can in terms of nutrition, water, rest, stress.
Posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 20:19:48
In reply to Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 15:06:28
Thank you for the responses. I will keep posting my original question in hopes that someone out there will identify themselves:
"Is there anyone out there reading this who has gone off Paxil and then at any point later, stopped having withdrawal symptoms (without having gone on another SSRI)?"
Thank you so much!
Posted by Lou Pilder on October 28, 2012, at 20:52:47
In reply to Re: Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 20:19:48
> Thank you for the responses. I will keep posting my original question in hopes that someone out there will identify themselves:
>
> "Is there anyone out there reading this who has gone off Paxil and then at any point later, stopped having withdrawal symptoms (without having gone on another SSRI)?"
>
> Thank you so much!Martha,
Your original question concerns Paxil. I was addicted to another psychotropic drug given to me by a doctor without any explanation as to what would happen if I stopped the drug.
When I stopped the drug, I entered the horrific state of withdrawal from the drug that you also may be in. Today I am free from the drug and the withdrawal state that you might still be in. There are , however, some things from the drug that could be with you for life, such as damage caused by the drug. What I mean is if , lets say, the drug gave you diabetes, what I could tell you will not cause that damage to be restored. But there is other healing, healing of the mind and nervous system that could give you a new life, free from the effects of withdrawal. The drug was not Paxil, though, but the aspects of healing are the same.
I know of two ways for one to overcome addiction and withdrawal. One is by hunman achievement and the other by divine accomplishment. The way that I could show you to be in peace and be free from the effects of your brain and body not having the drug, involves having a new heart, a new spirit, a new mind, that is free from mind-altering drugs. You may think that one has to take drugs to be free from a drug and others could tell you that here and that may be what you want. And you may want only to here from people that have taken only Paxil. The release from the bondage of one drug is much the same for the other mind-altering drugs in which I mean that what I could tell you would not matter as to if the drug was Paxil or Klonopin.
Lou
Posted by Phillipa on October 28, 2012, at 21:15:39
In reply to Re: Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 20:19:48
I did as posted above. Phillipa
Posted by Emme_v2 on October 28, 2012, at 23:05:13
In reply to Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 15:06:28
> I know now you shouldn't go off Paxil cold-turkey, but this is what I did about 6 to 7 weeks ago. Is there anyone out there reading this who has gone off Paxil and then at any point later, stopped having withdrawal symptoms (without having gone on another SSRI)? I cannot find anyone out there. I tried to register on paxilprogress but could not. Please- any help would be appreciated. My psychiatrist only wants to write more prescriptions. Thank you!
Hi there. Welcome to Psycho-Babble.
When I went off of Paxil, my withdrawal lasted about a week and consisted of some electric head zaps that petered out. I was already at a fairly low dose, and I did a taper for a week or two before stopping. I do understand many people experience difficult withdrawal symptoms. I did go on another SSRI, but my Paxil withdrawal was completely done before I started another.
The other poster was right about Prozac being an option to help ease off of Paxil. Good luck. Hope things get easier for you.
Posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 23:37:34
In reply to Lou's reply-original question » Martha Courtney, posted by Lou Pilder on October 28, 2012, at 20:52:47
Thank you for your responses.
Posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 23:39:51
In reply to Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 15:06:28
The "thank-you" was meant for all, btw. I realize it appeared to be to one person.
Posted by schleprock on October 29, 2012, at 0:02:07
In reply to Re: Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 23:39:51
> The "thank-you" was meant for all, btw. I realize it appeared to be to one person.
I'm sure that somewhere deep within his source code Lou, our official welcome bot, is touched.
Posted by TemporarilyBob on October 29, 2012, at 2:27:21
In reply to Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 28, 2012, at 15:06:28
Take this for what it is --- a one-time experience. Who knows if it was just me or what should be typical or what. Quite frankly, single drug therapy on either of these scares the bejezub out of me so I will never be willing to try either of them, even in combination, again. This is pure, arm-chair back-seat psychofarming.
Paxil was an absolute nightmare for me. My pdoc at the time, wanted to try something different than SSRIs (since they had failed so miserably for me ... still checking out single drug therapies at this time). He wanted me to try Wellbutrin, but he wanted me to wash the Paxil out of my system first. Well, withdrawal from Paxil for me was worse than being on it -- and being on it including hallucinating that NYC highrises I was walking next to were starting to curl over at the top and getting ready to fall on me ... thank god for subways!
So, I demanded we start the Wellbutrin earlier than my pdoc planned. We titrated up the Wellbutrin as we titrated down the Paxil. As some point, we reached this "golden moment" when my depression and anxiety were both gone. Vanished. Truth be told with 20/20 hindsight, I could have been manic since I have a history of SSRIs inducing mania. But if not, I had some combination in my bloodstream that really really worked. In the end, the Wellbutrun got me through my Paxil withdrawal astonishingly well. What wellbutrin did on its own to me, once the paxil was out of my system is a completely different scary story, best reserved for telling on a night a few nights from now (yes, that spooky). Even tho I may have felt the most relief in my entire life with both in my system, what they do to me own their own is enough for me to never want to try it again. But just wanna toss out my thought on the subject.
Posted by Martha Courtney on October 29, 2012, at 2:56:18
In reply to Re: Paxil withdrawal question. » Martha Courtney, posted by TemporarilyBob on October 29, 2012, at 2:27:21
Oh my gosh. That sounds awful. I've been on wellbutrin, as well as many, many other psychiatric medications over the last 25 years (they started me a few years before adulthood). Luckily, I've never hallucinated. I hope you are doing much better now. Are you?
Posted by Phillipa on October 29, 2012, at 18:09:11
In reply to Re: Paxil withdrawal question., posted by Martha Courtney on October 29, 2012, at 2:56:18
How are you feeling today? Have tried any of above suggestions? Phillipa
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