Justice: 3 weeks off Paxil - still have agitation

[Justice]

So I started Paxil up again at the end of august ...soon after diagnosed with bipolar,  I realized when I started it worsened anxiety at first and I had daily rapid cycling moods .. it was intense but I continued.. finally panic attack 4 weeks in and my doctor said she knew this wasn’t for me..saw a pdoc finally and got off Paxil after 6 weeks..now it’s been 3 weeks and I still feel that agitation high stress body response like I had on Paxil ..of course I’m on lithium and seroquel too..I’m about to just give up on medicine..anyone felt like thier body was in constant stress mode ? Even after stopping? 

[ChessieCat]

Hi Justice and welcome to SA,

 

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[Justice]

Paxil admin early this year and supposedly caused hypomania after a few weeks .....stayed on for 3 months and was fine ..went off for two months with no side effects because supposedly I was still in hypomania ..noticed anger and irratbiloty symptoms after 2 months so started again and. The first week was the usually high stress mode but this time did not subside ..doctor detected bipolar ..but never told me to get off drug ..had to wait 6 weeks to see pdoc ..been on lithium for 4 weeks ..first two weeks I was numb ..but after two weeks my emotional were allowed back in and I have bad anxiety worse then before and depressive moods..think I may have delayed withdrawal from Paxil ..doctor said lithium and seroquel definitely don’t cause this 

[ChessieCat]

4 hours ago, ChessieCat said:

Please follow these instructions:

 

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[Altostrata]

Hello, Justice.

 

Having an adverse reaction to an antidepressant is not diagnostic for bipolar disorder.

 

We do need your recent drug history, as ChessieCat has requested twice.