Metsavana: Seroxat, I'm done with you

[Metsavana]

Hi! 

I'm very happy to be apart of this community. I want to start off by saying that I've been taking Seroxat for 8 months now and there's been a little change for the better and now it's back to nothing. I orginally started taking Seroxat in 2015 after a near death experience involving alcohol. I took Seroxat for 2 whole years and I could see over time how the effects started to gradually wear off. I also felt better and decided to get off the medicine with the help of my psychiatrist. Now the psychiatrist advised to start taking the medicine again in November of last year and I'm starting to come off of it on my own volition. The pills no longer work, I feel emotionally numb and I've learned that I have do learn to accept myself and make improvement, not wait for someone or something to do it for me. Does this make any sense, is there true power in oneself to let go and improve your own life by yourself without pill numbing you to the point where you feel nothing?

 

Sunshine and Love!

 

 

[Gridley]

Hello, Metsavana, and welcome to SA.  To start with, in answer to your question, what you say about learning to accept yourself and making improvements without a pill to numb you makes perfect sense and is what this site is all about.  A little later I will give you some links to non-drug coping skills.  You can also find many helpful posts in our Symptoms and Self-Care forum.

 

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You wrote that you have started coming of the Seroxat (Paxil).  When did you start this taper and how fast are you tapering?  Please include this information in your signature.

 

At Surviving Antidepressants, it is recommended that a person taper by no more than 10% of their current dose with at least a four week hold in-between decreases.  The 10% taper recommendation is a harm reduction approach to going off psychiatric drugs.  Some people may have to taper at a more conservative rate as they are sensitive to even the smallest drops.

  

Before you begin tapering what you need to know

Why taper by 10% of my dosage?

 

Brain Remodelling

 

Tips for tapering off Paxil (paroxetine)

 

Many members have found the non-drug techniques in the following links helpful.

 

The Dr. Claire Weekes Method of Recovering from a Sensitized Nervous System

 

Non-drug techniques to cope with emotional symptoms.

This is your introduction topic -- the place for you to ask questions, record symptoms, share your progress, and connect with other members of the SA community.  I hope you’ll find the information in the SA forums helpful for your situation.  I'm sorry that you are in the position that you need the information, but I am glad that you found us.