Little: plz help me

[Little]

Hello everyone!!

I am really in need of huge huge help. Has anyone recovered from Paxil withdrawl. I took Paxil 5 mg and Mirtaz 7.5 mg  from May 2013 for OCD,Anxiety etc. Everything stopped working since Jan 2015. So i quit everything cold turkey from May 2015. Since then more severe OCD, anxiety, depression everything has copped up and I havent had even a single day of peace since 12 May 2015. Does this all go away. If yes, how long it takes. Plz guide me. plz plz plz

 

[Fresh]

Hi Little , welcome to the site.

 

Yes , all your symptoms will resolve , and many people on this site have recovered significantly from paxil

withdrawal.  As you've seen , changes occur over months rather than weeks , so it's a long process.

As one symptom goes away , another starts up.  That's how the recovery goes.

 

What is your daily symptom pattern at the moment?

 

Best wishes ,  Fresh

[Little]

Hello

My daily symptoms is OCD and severe anxiety. I had moments of peace that has lasted only for 3 days or max 4 days. Since 7 monts no single day of peace. I hvae constant images earlier. My OCD took a sexual form and I was not even  able to hug my brother. Its there since 7 months. I had constant songs in my head, obscene and vulgar thoughts, repetitive phrases and 24/7 anxiety. I still have all of them but the degree has lessened. OCD has really been a devil and still is. My sleep pattern also improved. But the derealisation and OCD is like hell to me. How to cope with this. I am very young and having these things at an age where evryone is enjoying disturbs me to bits. Plz help.

[Little]

Also taking these medcines only for 2 years can cause this much damage is unbelievable. How is your condition now Fresh?

 

 

Regards

[Fresh]

It really is bizarre isn't it?    I'm doing very well now , tapering slowly , but I've been where you are.  I got worse

for 11 months before reinstating.

 

The only known way to stop the protracted symptoms of withdrawal that you're having is to reinstate , and

at 7 months out that may not work.    But maybe it's worth a shot?

See  About reinstating and stabilizing to reduce withdrawal symptoms

[Petunia]

Welcome Little,

I'm sorry about everything you are going through, I agree its hard to believe these drugs can cause such symptoms after stopping them too fast, but we see it here all the time. We recommend careful, slow tapering for anyone who has taken them longer than a week or two.

 

As Fresh mentioned, the only way  to possibly stop withdrawal symptoms is by reinstatement, and then starting a proper taper, but in your case, I'm hesitant to recommend it. You wrote the medication had stopped working anyway, its been 7 months and it does sound like you are improving, although slowly. Its good your sleep has improved, that will help with recovery.

 

But do read through the link and think about if its something you would like to try, some people have been helped by reinstating after a length of time.

 

You will recover as more time passes, as you have noticed, there has been some improvement. This often happens in a windows and waves kind of pattern.

 

Here is the link to our symptoms and self care section, you may find some useful ideas to help manage symptoms as you recover.  Especially read the topics pinned at the top.

 

If you had OCD and anxiety before starting medication, its unlikely it will go away by itself and you might want to look into getting some counseling to learn how to manage it in another way. Withdrawal may be making it worse at the moment, but if its something you struggle with anyway, getting some talk therapy for it will be more of a long term solution for you without having to take harmful drugs.

 

Here are a couple of videos which explain more about how we heal from antidepressant drugs:

 

 

 

It would be great if you would put your drug and withdrawal history in your signature. Doing this helps people understand your context, it appears below each of your posts. Here are instructions for how to do it:

 

http://survivinganti...your-signature/

 

Do stay in touch and let us know what you decide about reinstatement, if you want to try, we can help you decide what dose to start with.

 

Petunia.

[Little]

But do u think reinstatement should be an option ?? what do u recommend?