kregg: 26 years on Paxil, 60 days tapering off now for 6 months

[kregg]

i took 1/2 pill of Clonodine (sp.  Clonidine)  = blood preasure pill, and for anxiety yesterday morning then 1 whole pill this morning than one half pill just now of 0.1 mg

 

So is this bad for me ? maybe I should Stop, and never take it before it gets in my system .... sigh...

 

im scared now, what should I do, I use it for anxiety only,,,,, the last 5 days iv been waking up with horrible depresion...

 

Iv been on paxil 26 years, Off it now for 6 months and 1 day I got off it ct in 60 days, BIG MISTAKE! any way you can help me ?

 

what to do when the awful feelings come over me when i 1st wake up or the horrible anxiety ?

 

The depression is new, it started showing up 5 days ago, full fledge when i 1st wake up, its the most awfull feeling, what do I do ?

 

and my vision is all grainy, how i see, my vision changed, withdraw SUCKS! Help please ... I get burning skin pain, all started after i did not sleep for 5 days ina row

 

Edited February 24, 2019 by ChessieCat
removed phone no? and added spacing, removed bold font

[ChessieCat]

Hi kregg and welcome to SA,

 

What you are experiencing is withdrawal symptoms from having cold turkeyed the Paxil.  Please see this topic:  are-we-there-yet-how-long-is-withdrawal-going-to-take especially CT and Fast Tapers

 

Dr Joseph Glenmullen's Withdrawal Symptoms

 

The only supplements which SA recommends are Magnesium and  Omega-3 Fish Oil.  Try a small amount one at a time.

 

 

Please create your drug signature using the following format.   Keep it simple.  NO diagnoses or symptoms please - thank you.

• details for last 2 years - dates, ALL drugs, doses
• summary for older than 2 years - just years and drug/s

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I will provide some additional information in the following post.  This is your own introductions topic where your can ask questions about your own situation and journal your progress.

[ChessieCat]

Here are links to topics which might be helpful:

 

antihypertensive-clonidine-withdrawal-psych-meds-not-the-only-drugs-to-cause-paws

 

Is it withdrawal or relapse?  Or something else?

How do I know it's withdrawal and not relapse?

 

Sleep problems - that awful withdrawal insomnia

 

waking-with-panic-or-anxiety-managing-cortisol-spikes

 

vision-symptoms-floaters-snow-blurreddimmed-vision-twitching-dry-eyes-and-pain

 

burning-skin-burning-feet

 

Edited February 26, 2019 by ChessieCat

[ChessieCat]

Here's some additional information which might help you to understand what is happening:

 

Recovery isn't linear it happens in a Windows and Waves Pattern

 

Withdrawal Normal Description

When we take a psychiatric drug, we are adding chemical/s to the brain.  The brain then has to change to adapt to getting the chemical/s.  It might have to change something to do with A and then once that change has been made it affects B so another change has to be made and so on down the line.  It is a chain reaction, a domino effect.

 

The same thing happens when we take the drug away.  That's why it's possible to experience such a vast array of withdrawal symptoms, and they can change, and be of different intensity.

 

These explain it really well:

 

Video:  Healing From Antidepressants - Patterns of Recovery

 

On 8/31/2011 at 5:28 AM, Rhiannon said:

When we stop taking the drug, we have a brain that has designed itself so that it works in the presence of the drug; now it can't work properly without the drug because it's designed itself so that the drug is part of its chemistry and structure. It's like a plant that has grown on a trellis; you can't just yank out the trellis and expect the plant to be okay. When the drug is removed, the remodeling process has to take place in reverse. SO--it's not a matter of just getting the drug out of your system and moving on. If it were that simple, none of us would be here. It's a matter of, as I describe it, having to grow a new brain. I believe this growing-a-new-brain happens throughout the taper process if the taper is slow enough. (If it's too fast, then there's not a lot of time for actually rebalancing things, and basically the brain is just pedaling fast trying to keep us alive.) It also continues to happen, probably for longer than the symptoms actually last, throughout the time of recovery after we are completely off the drug, which is why recovery takes so long.

 

AND

 

On 12/4/2015 at 2:41 AM, apace41 said:

Basically- you have a building where the MAJOR steel structures are trying to be rebuilt at different times - ALL while people are coming and going in the building and attempting to work.

It would be like if the World Trade Center Towers hadn't completely fallen - but had crumbled inside in different places.. Imagine if you were trying to rebuild the tower - WHILE people were coming and going and trying to work in the building!  You'd have to set up a temporary elevator - but when you needed to fix part of that area, you'd have to tear down that elevator and set up a temporary elevator somewhere else. And so on. You'd have to build, work around, then tear down, then build again, then work around, then build... ALL while people are coming and going, ALL while the furniture is being replaced, ALL while the walls are getting repainted... ALL while life is going on INSIDE the building. No doubt it would be chaotic. That is EXACTLY what is happening with windows and waves.  The windows are where the body has "got it right" for a day or so - but then the building shifts and the brain works on something else - and it's chaos again while another temporary pathway is set up to reroute function until repairs are made.  

 

Edited February 26, 2019 by ChessieCat

[kregg]

Topic title:  Ct 30mg paxil was on 26 years off now 6 mo

 

Help  plEase.. Suffering bad..

What should i do to stop my suffering?

 

Im Extremly scared and feel getting much worse!! Massive anxiety and panic attacks.

 

Head preasure burning skin pain mental anguish please help me

 

Edited February 27, 2019 by ChessieCat
added topic title

[ChessieCat]

Hi kregg,

 

Please create your drug signature as previously requested so that we can assess your drug history and offer suggestions.  Thank you.

[ChessieCat]

You might find these helpful:

 

We strongly encourage members to learn and use non drug coping techniques.

 

Understanding what is happening helps us to not get caught up with the second fear, or fear of the fear.  This happens when we experience sensations in our body and because we don't understand them we are scared of them and then start to panic.

 

This document has a diagram of the body explaining what happens in the body when we become anxious:

 

https://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/AnxietySelfHelp.pdf

 

Audio FEMALE VOICE:  First Aid for Panic (4 minutes)

 

Audio MALE VOICE:  First Aid for Panic (4 minutes)

[ChessieCat]

On 2/26/2019 at 7:44 PM, ChessieCat said:

Please create your drug signature using the following format.   Keep it simple.  NO diagnoses or symptoms please - thank you.

• details for last 2 years - dates, ALL drugs, doses
• summary for older than 2 years - just years and drug/s

Account Settings – Create or Edit a signature

 

as an example:

Drug name:  date, dose; date, dose; date, dose;

 

We need details of the drugs you have taken like the example above.  It will appear below every post you make.  It means that we can see your drug history at a glance and not have to read through your posts.

 

Please DO NOT include your full name and/or phone number in posts on SA.  Members should protect their privacy and remain anonymous.

 

Edited February 27, 2019 by ChessieCat

[Altostrata]

Welcome, kregg.

 

Have you had withdrawal symptoms since you went off Paxil 6 months ago? How have your symptoms changed? Are your current symptoms better or worse at any particular time of day?

 

About 5 days ago, did you do anything to trigger these symptoms? Did you take an antibiotic, drink alcohol, try recreational drugs?

 

Please stay calm. Can you get a prescription for liquid Prozac from your doctor?

[kregg]

I have had horrible withdrawal symptoms from Paxil extreme blurred vision eye floaters pain I'm about everywhere nerve pain burning pain lightheadedness dizziness sick to my stomach bladder spasms unable to urinate sleep insomnia contrast issues blurred vision grainy vision

Delirium with fear anxiety panic attacks nerve pain burning nerve pain some days are getting better at times some days get worse back and forth I wish I had a cure

[kregg]

What Will Liquid Prozac do for me in what milligrams would I start at and how do I taper it I know nothing about this and how would that help me?

[Altostrata]

Have your symptoms changed over 6 months?

 

Did you recently take an antibiotic, drink alcohol, try recreational drugs? 

 

Are you taking any other drugs now?