Jlynn Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Hope you are hanging in there! One thing I had to do was learn to focus on getting through each day one day at a time and not dwell on how long I might go though i or the future. One day at a time, tomorrow will be new and different. I do use the lavender Epsom salts along with the regular epsom and I have never experienced the rash. I had used it before withdrawal as well so if you think you might be sensitive then I would agree avoid it. 40 years old and have been on 20 mg of Paxil for the last 19 years. Multiple unsuccessful attempts to quit over the years.01/2015 Was tapering using liquid Paxil. MD has prescribed 1 ml = 2mg taper every two weeks or once withdrawal symptoms at that dose subside. Reduced from 20 to 10 mg using this method and at 10 mg severe withdrawal set in. 1.5 months of pure hell. Found SA, learned what was happening, and reinstated to 20 mg. After a month of severe symptoms recovered with the reinstatement. Fish oil - Multi Vitamin - Pro-biotic, amino-acid/B Vitamin supplement every day. Magnesium as needed.08/09/15 - 18 mg - 09/08/15 - 16.4 mg - 10/10/15 - 15 mg - 01/02/16 - 13.6 mg 02/15/16 - 12.0 mg - Bad symptom flare up 40 days into drop - Dizziness, panic/anxiety, overheating (esp at night), low appetite, headache, insomnia with bizarre dreams, internal shaking. 04/16/16 - 11mg - 7/17/16 - 10 mg holding..... Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Thank you Jlynn. I am trying to keep it day to day. I just don't know how much I can deal with the lack of sleep. Hope you are hanging in there as well. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Another night of fitful sleep and a full day of stressful work ahead. Did meditation at 7 pm while lying in bed. Had panic in the evening. Took trazodone and melatonin at around 9 pm then woke up at 1251. Then again at 3 am and have not been able to go back to sleep due to heart racing and panic. (Tinnitus also) Trying not to focus on symptoms and to focus on breathing. But not able to sleep. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 I feel like a complete loser but I had to increase my dose to 15 mg today. I was at risk of losing my job and sanity. I feel a little better if it wasn't for the excruciatingly stressful work that I do. I am now hoping to stabilize at 15 mg and will stay on this dose for a while (probably months) before attempting to go down by 10% at a time over a few years. No other choice,I feel I'm very dissapointed but could not afford to lose all that I've worked for. I am still 10 mg down from the start of my taper at 25 mg (well, at one point, I was on 85 mg years ago). So, reinstatement today Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
tgirl Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Hey QP, You are not a loser! Don't beat yourself up over this. It only make things worse. You will get through this. Everyone here understands. No one is disappointed. Let me know how you are doing. Tgirl April 2014 remeron 45mg. June 2014 abilify 2.5 remeron wasn't working so abilify was then added September 2014 woke up with anxiety x 100!!!! Pdoc then took me from 45 to 7.5 within a month and took abilify from 2.5 to 0 Currently Remeron 7.5 Vitamin d 5,000 iu taking for about 3 years October 2014 added fish oil/omega 3 1000 mg per day Levothyroxitine 100 10 years or so Dec 2014 started tapering 10% every 10 days-no problems. August 2015 down to 0.1 mg Woke up with severe anxiety-sleep issues-racing thoughts-depression. 9/9/15 up dose 1 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Thank you, Tgirl!! This really helps. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
Prestorb Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 You ARE very fragile right now QP, so handle yourself with great care. The kinder and gentler you can be to yourself, the better. I wear earplugs at night to sleep and they really help me. I am so sorry about your anxiety, I experienced that when I CT off Lexapro in 2009 and it is really awful. Hopefully, your reinstatement to 10 mg will help. Hang in there! 2005-2009, Lexapro 10 - 20 mg, CT WD w/severe depression and anxiety: 2010-2015, Paxil, 30 - 40 mg, tapered off at 10 mg/week, moderate anxiety and depression: 2010-2015, Clonozapam 0.25 mg, as needed for anxiety and sleep: 1/10/2015, Zoloft 25 mg, tried to increase to 50 and 75, but nausea and dizziness: 2/13/2015, Paxil 5 mg, added back after 2 weeks at zero to reduce WD: 2/28/2015, Paxil 10 mg, increased from 5 mg to reduce WD, HOLDING: 3/04/2015, Zoloft discontinued (reduced to ~12.5 mg on 2/19, ~6.25 mg on 2/26, then zero): 4/26/2015, Paxil starting 10% taper (no scale so was inadvertently at 20% taper, yikes!): 4/30/2015, Paxil 10 mg, reinstated (WD disappeared between August 2015 and May 2016) 5/02/2016, Started 10% taper, reinstated to 10 mg on 5/11/16: 4/29/2017, Last dose of Paxil (working with holistic psychiatrist, lots of supplements to aid WD): Primary symptoms: apathy, demotivation, anhedonia, fatigue, stress intolerance, moderate social anxiety 7/1/2018 Finally feeling like myself again, success!!! Praise God! Even with the stress of relocating recently, I am feeling pretty good most of the time now. Granted, I eat healthy, I exercise, I don't drink caffeine or alcohol and I try hard find a healthy balance of quiet and social times. Hang in there and keep the faith, you can do it too! Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus dalsaan Posted October 6, 2015 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 6, 2015 I feel like a complete loser but I had to increase my dose to 15 mg today. I was at risk of losing my job and sanity. I feel a little better if it wasn't for the excruciatingly stressful work that I do. I am now hoping to stabilize at 15 mg and will stay on this dose for a while (probably months) before attempting to go down by 10% at a time over a few years. No other choice,I feel I'm very dissapointed but could not afford to lose all that I've worked for. I am still 10 mg down from the start of my taper at 25 mg (well, at one point, I was on 85 mg years ago). So, reinstatement today That's not being a lister, that's about making good decisions for yourself. We are all about listening to your body, slow tapers and long holds to maintain health and functioning. I wish you the best D Please note - I am not a medical practitioner and I do not give medical advice. I offer an opinion based on my own experiences, reading and discussion with others.On Effexor for 2 months at the start of 2005. Had extreme insomnia as an adverse reaction. Changed to mirtazapine. Have been trying to get off since mid 2008 with numerous failures including CTs and slow (but not slow enough tapers)Have slow tapered at 10 per cent or less for years. I have liquid mirtazapine made at a compounding chemist. Was on 1.6 ml as at 19 March 2014. Dropped to 1.5 ml 7 June 2014. Dropped to 1.4 in about September. Dropped to 1.3 on 20 December 2014. Dropped to 1.2 in mid Jan 2015. Dropped to 1 ml in late Feb 2015. I think my old medication had run out of puff so I tried 1ml when I got the new stuff and it seems to be going ok. Sleep has been good over the last week (as of 13/3/15). Dropped to 1/2 ml 14/11/15 Fatigue still there as are memory and cognition problems. Sleep is patchy but liveable compared to what it has been in the past. DRUG FREE - as at 1st May 2017 >My intro post is here - http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/2250-dalsaan Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Prestorb, thank you for understanding my fragility. I am a pile of nerves and need to work so I'm hoping this new reinstatement will do the trick. Dalsaan, your message brought tears to my eyes. I feel so bad for going up twice. Just need to function. So very awful. I'm now hoping to stabilize with the 15 mg which is twice of the 7.5 I had dropped to. I should expect this would still take a few days right? Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
tgirl Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 QP, There is no way to tell you how long it will take you to stabilize after reinstating more Paxil. How long did it take you last time? Just hang in there and do the best you can to take care of yourself! Pamper! Please keep posting so we know how you are comming along. Tgirl April 2014 remeron 45mg. June 2014 abilify 2.5 remeron wasn't working so abilify was then added September 2014 woke up with anxiety x 100!!!! Pdoc then took me from 45 to 7.5 within a month and took abilify from 2.5 to 0 Currently Remeron 7.5 Vitamin d 5,000 iu taking for about 3 years October 2014 added fish oil/omega 3 1000 mg per day Levothyroxitine 100 10 years or so Dec 2014 started tapering 10% every 10 days-no problems. August 2015 down to 0.1 mg Woke up with severe anxiety-sleep issues-racing thoughts-depression. 9/9/15 up dose 1 mg. Link to comment
Prestorb Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Hi QP, it generally takes at least four days although like Tgirl said, it is very dependent on each individual. My experience is that I usually noticed a difference within four days, sometimes a lot sooner. I was also a complete basket case when I reinstated to 5 mg and then increased to 10 mg. Please try not to be so hard on yourself, it's obvious that you are definitely not a "loser" as you are trying so hard to WORK during this ordeal. Many of us would have found that to be impossible, I personally don't think I could have gotten through it if I had to work and let alone at a very stressful job. Unfortunately, the reality of coming off of these drugs often forces folks to work from home, takes FMLA, or just leave their jobs altogether - it can be very devastating. Please read BrassMonkey's thread if you haven't already. He has been very successful with working FT throughout, but he has tapered very slowly over a four year period. So it can be done, but very, very carefully. This is a process that requires the patience of a saint! And also one that really requires us to drastically lower our expectations of what we can accomplish each day. If you are the over achieving type, then you have to try to put those desires on hold for now because you are in survival mode. Just making it through each day in tact is the goal at this point. It takes a while to wrap our heads around how debilitated our nervous systems really are when we take these drugs away, but the LESS you expect of yourself at this point the better. And this is temporary, you will get back to your normal self eventually. But beating yourself up in the meantime is counter productive, this is why I like Baylissa Frederick's book so much. It really helped me to realize that I needed to stop struggling against the process and just let it happen on it's own timetable, because my struggling most likely made it take even longer. Hang in there QP, you are going through a particularly difficult step in the process but you will make it. You are stronger than you think! (((HUGS))) 2005-2009, Lexapro 10 - 20 mg, CT WD w/severe depression and anxiety: 2010-2015, Paxil, 30 - 40 mg, tapered off at 10 mg/week, moderate anxiety and depression: 2010-2015, Clonozapam 0.25 mg, as needed for anxiety and sleep: 1/10/2015, Zoloft 25 mg, tried to increase to 50 and 75, but nausea and dizziness: 2/13/2015, Paxil 5 mg, added back after 2 weeks at zero to reduce WD: 2/28/2015, Paxil 10 mg, increased from 5 mg to reduce WD, HOLDING: 3/04/2015, Zoloft discontinued (reduced to ~12.5 mg on 2/19, ~6.25 mg on 2/26, then zero): 4/26/2015, Paxil starting 10% taper (no scale so was inadvertently at 20% taper, yikes!): 4/30/2015, Paxil 10 mg, reinstated (WD disappeared between August 2015 and May 2016) 5/02/2016, Started 10% taper, reinstated to 10 mg on 5/11/16: 4/29/2017, Last dose of Paxil (working with holistic psychiatrist, lots of supplements to aid WD): Primary symptoms: apathy, demotivation, anhedonia, fatigue, stress intolerance, moderate social anxiety 7/1/2018 Finally feeling like myself again, success!!! Praise God! Even with the stress of relocating recently, I am feeling pretty good most of the time now. Granted, I eat healthy, I exercise, I don't drink caffeine or alcohol and I try hard find a healthy balance of quiet and social times. Hang in there and keep the faith, you can do it too! Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Pretorb and Tgirl, Thank you for the encouragement. I don't know how long it took me to stabilize last time. One experience I had was many years ago and I think I stabilized almost instantly after reinstating, but I had been decreased for only a few days. The problem now is panic almost constant and lack of sleep. Last night I took my trazodone 100 mg and a Xanax as well as the melatonin but did not sleep but 3 hours before waking up (9 something to 1251, I think), then I took another 50 mg of trazodone but was awake virtually all night. I can't function without sleep. I am considering medical leave but can't afford to chance loosing my job. I am also scared to work with no sleep. I see my psychiatrist on Thrusday but he is the one that put me in this mess in the first place. I don't want him to try and chance my medications as I think this will be detrimental. I will tell him as much. This is absolute madness! Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Had to go medical leave (1 month) and applied for STD. The severity of my symptoms was unbearable. Yesterday I sat in a meeting and someone asked if I was okay. They had to repeat themselves several times as I simply could not understand what was being said. Also, having trouble driving-both concentrating and with perception of space. Trouble with shaking; temperature regulation-one minute I'm hot, the next , I'm freezing; headache; panic attacks throughout the day, pulse 102 at rest, blood pressure was 160/94; crying; nausea; lost 6 lbs in 10 days due to inability to eat; diarrhea; etc. Not trying to duel on symptoms but documenting them. Had not slept more than a couple hours a night for the past week due to racing heart and abject panic when Iaid down. My doctor agrees that I need to hold at 15 mg of Paxil. Increasing the Trazodone by 50 mg did not help me (I tried it the night before) and so we are holding at 100 mg which is what I've been taking for years. I will continue to take melatonin and trying to meditate before bed. Dr. does not recommend using Xanax on a regular basis, which I completely agree with. I did take it last night for sleep and slept for a few hours. But I am not going to take it a lot. I am too scared of creating a new issue. Still taking extra magnesium and fish oil, I stopped the b vitamins since they at be stimulating. Maybe being out of the pressure cooker that is my job will help-this is what I'm hoping. I feel like I threw in the towel but I've also been told by those around me that I am doing the right thing. I hope the cost to my lively hood and career are not too high. Also the financial burden. I hope to make it and to stabilize. I see the psychiatrist today and know he will probably recommend more medication but I will try and educate him as I don't think nervous system needs anything added. Thank you for the support from all of you. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
tgirl Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 QP, I'm sorry to read that you had to go on medical leave. But, I think is is probably best and will help to eliviate some of the stress. Please don't try to drive while you are feeling this way. It is not safe for you or others. Please don't feel that you threw in the towel. You have done really well in all this. Keep your head up. You will stabilize! Keep us posted, Tgirl I am not a doctor April 2014 remeron 45mg. June 2014 abilify 2.5 remeron wasn't working so abilify was then added September 2014 woke up with anxiety x 100!!!! Pdoc then took me from 45 to 7.5 within a month and took abilify from 2.5 to 0 Currently Remeron 7.5 Vitamin d 5,000 iu taking for about 3 years October 2014 added fish oil/omega 3 1000 mg per day Levothyroxitine 100 10 years or so Dec 2014 started tapering 10% every 10 days-no problems. August 2015 down to 0.1 mg Woke up with severe anxiety-sleep issues-racing thoughts-depression. 9/9/15 up dose 1 mg. Link to comment
PapaBear Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Hi QP, I am also sorry to hear that you needed to take medical leave but I am sure that it will help you to stabilize and feel better. Don't beat yourself up for making this discussion. I think your health is more important at the moment. PB - Paroxetine since more than 10years - 20mg for the first five year, then 10mg since - Several attempts to withdraw cold turkey following doctor's advise - Last attempt in spring 2015 to reduce 10 -> 5 -> 2.5 -> 0mg within 2 months -> Extreme wd problems - Reinstated with 10mg then down to 5mg again 04/01 5mg (tingling and muscle problems) 07/20 5mg (less problems) 08/20 4.95mg (muscle tightness, no more tingling sensations) 12/28 3.27mg (muscle tightness, numb feeling in feet and hands, light tingling sensations Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Thank you Tgirl and Papa Bear. No, I am not trying to drive. Going on disability is hard. Don't know how we will make it. I am applying but there are so many missing pieces that I am not sure it will be approved. For now, I am trying to concentrate on getting better. I am in dire straights. I feel terrible for my husband who is having to deal with this. He is in the midst of changes in his own work and we are now having to content with this issue and my being out of work. He is still sleeping on the sofa so I can try to sleep. Sorry, I do not have the energy to keep writing right now. Thank you for your support. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
tgirl Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Hey QP, Just checking in to see how you are doing? Be easy on yourself! Tgirl April 2014 remeron 45mg. June 2014 abilify 2.5 remeron wasn't working so abilify was then added September 2014 woke up with anxiety x 100!!!! Pdoc then took me from 45 to 7.5 within a month and took abilify from 2.5 to 0 Currently Remeron 7.5 Vitamin d 5,000 iu taking for about 3 years October 2014 added fish oil/omega 3 1000 mg per day Levothyroxitine 100 10 years or so Dec 2014 started tapering 10% every 10 days-no problems. August 2015 down to 0.1 mg Woke up with severe anxiety-sleep issues-racing thoughts-depression. 9/9/15 up dose 1 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 Hi Tgirl, Pretty much the same. Slept for 3 hours last night then took another melatonin and I think I dozed off for less than an hour. Still waking up at all hours w panic and heart racing. Still out of work and trying to deal with the disability people but getting the run around. My last full paycheck was today. How are you? Are you able to work? Thank you for checking on ne Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 Suffering. Still several panic attacks a day. Sleep is fitful. Unable to cope. Head is thick, dizziness, etc. Nausea and forcing myself to eat smoothies and soft foods. Often have to wash down w water. Stomach issues w D, if you know what I mean. Severe WD still. Afraid to not be able to go back to work - and to loose everything. Need benefits to go to doctor and obtain prescriptions since I also have other health issues. Is this going to get better? I'm still at 15 mg Paxil waiting to stabilize. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus mammaP Posted October 10, 2015 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 10, 2015 Hi QP, I just read back through your thread and it seems that you were improving on 10mg and having some small windows. It looks like you have worsened since going up to 15 is that right? Sometimes people become sensitive and a dose increase has more side effects which can be worse than the withdrawal. It took several months for me to stabilise after reinstating effexor, before I could restart tapering. Your brain and nervous system need to revover at their own pace and it's different for everyone. I hope you start to feel better soon, it's not easy but it does get better. **I am not a medical professional, if in doubt please consult a doctor with withdrawal knowledge. Different drugs occasionally (mostly benzos) 1976 - 1981 (no problem) 1993 - 2002 in and out of hospital. every type of drug + ECT. Staring with seroxat 2002 effexor. Tapered March 2012 to March 2013, ending with 5 beads. Withdrawal April 2013 . Reinstated 5 beads reduced to 4 beads May 2013 Restarted taper Nov 2013 OFF EFFEXOR Feb 2015 Tapered atenolol and omeprazole Dec 2013 - May 2014 Tapering tramadol, Feb 2015 100mg , March 2015 50mg July 2017 30mg. May 15 2018 25mg Taking fish oil, magnesium, B12, folic acid, bilberry eyebright for eye pressure. My story http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/4199-hello-mammap-checking-in/page-33 Lesson learned, slow down taper at lower doses. Taper no more than 10% of CURRENT dose if possible Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Author Share Posted October 10, 2015 MamaP, Thank you for telling me that it does get better. I don't think I was doing better on 10 mg - I still have a couple of times during the day that my heart is not racing for about 1 hr at a time (windows?) I just don't feel any better period. I also have sweats and some other times when I get chilly. Where you able to work after reinstating? Was it better within the month? Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
Jlynn Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 It will get better! Just hang in there. I wish there was something magical that would be instant relief for you. Be kind and gentle to yourself right now. 40 years old and have been on 20 mg of Paxil for the last 19 years. Multiple unsuccessful attempts to quit over the years.01/2015 Was tapering using liquid Paxil. MD has prescribed 1 ml = 2mg taper every two weeks or once withdrawal symptoms at that dose subside. Reduced from 20 to 10 mg using this method and at 10 mg severe withdrawal set in. 1.5 months of pure hell. Found SA, learned what was happening, and reinstated to 20 mg. After a month of severe symptoms recovered with the reinstatement. Fish oil - Multi Vitamin - Pro-biotic, amino-acid/B Vitamin supplement every day. Magnesium as needed.08/09/15 - 18 mg - 09/08/15 - 16.4 mg - 10/10/15 - 15 mg - 01/02/16 - 13.6 mg 02/15/16 - 12.0 mg - Bad symptom flare up 40 days into drop - Dizziness, panic/anxiety, overheating (esp at night), low appetite, headache, insomnia with bizarre dreams, internal shaking. 04/16/16 - 11mg - 7/17/16 - 10 mg holding..... Link to comment
tgirl Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 QP, how long did it take for you too get better last time? You got better last time, you will again! Just hold on to that thought! Tgirl April 2014 remeron 45mg. June 2014 abilify 2.5 remeron wasn't working so abilify was then added September 2014 woke up with anxiety x 100!!!! Pdoc then took me from 45 to 7.5 within a month and took abilify from 2.5 to 0 Currently Remeron 7.5 Vitamin d 5,000 iu taking for about 3 years October 2014 added fish oil/omega 3 1000 mg per day Levothyroxitine 100 10 years or so Dec 2014 started tapering 10% every 10 days-no problems. August 2015 down to 0.1 mg Woke up with severe anxiety-sleep issues-racing thoughts-depression. 9/9/15 up dose 1 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Thank you Jlyn and Tgirl. No sleep last night. Maybe 2 hours. I have been having difficulty eating and this morning I fainted in the kitchen. I forced myself to eat yesterday but maybe did not have enough dinner. My husband caught me and made me eat stuff but I am beyond terrified. My pulse is still racing. I too wish there was something I could do to make it better right away. I am still listening to the meditation and increased my fish oil intake. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
AliG Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Hi Q.P. Just read a bit , here & sorry for what you're going through . Stay strong ! Ali . Many SSRI's and SSNRI's over 20 years. Zoloft for 7 years followed by Effexor, Lexapro, Prozac, Cymbalta, Celexa, Pristiq, Valdoxan, Mianserin and more - on and off. No tapering. Cold turkey off Valdoxan - end of May 2014 Psych Drug - free since May 2014 . Link to comment
tgirl Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 QP, How long did it take to stabilize last time! April 2014 remeron 45mg. June 2014 abilify 2.5 remeron wasn't working so abilify was then added September 2014 woke up with anxiety x 100!!!! Pdoc then took me from 45 to 7.5 within a month and took abilify from 2.5 to 0 Currently Remeron 7.5 Vitamin d 5,000 iu taking for about 3 years October 2014 added fish oil/omega 3 1000 mg per day Levothyroxitine 100 10 years or so Dec 2014 started tapering 10% every 10 days-no problems. August 2015 down to 0.1 mg Woke up with severe anxiety-sleep issues-racing thoughts-depression. 9/9/15 up dose 1 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Thank you Ali. Tgirl, in all honesty, I've never been this destabilized for this long. Normally, when I forgot to take the Paxil, I would take it later in the day and stabilize. I did not stabilize on 10 mg in several days and now at 15 mg still having all the symptoms and hyperactivity (increased heart rate, inability to sleep). Since April when I started the taper, I was able to decrease every 3 weeks during and felt better with those 3 weeks. But I am wondering if I was never completely out of WD before I dropped again and now it has caught up w me. I have now been in severe WD since 9/16. I increased my fish oil today and am hoping this will help? Also increased Magnesium chelates by another 400 mg (I have to take chelates calcium and magnesium anyway for my parathyroid). I am beyond scared. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
tgirl Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 QP, In your intro you said, a couple of years ago you tried to get off Paxil which ended when you hit an ATM. Can you remember how long it took you after that event to stabilize? Tgirl April 2014 remeron 45mg. June 2014 abilify 2.5 remeron wasn't working so abilify was then added September 2014 woke up with anxiety x 100!!!! Pdoc then took me from 45 to 7.5 within a month and took abilify from 2.5 to 0 Currently Remeron 7.5 Vitamin d 5,000 iu taking for about 3 years October 2014 added fish oil/omega 3 1000 mg per day Levothyroxitine 100 10 years or so Dec 2014 started tapering 10% every 10 days-no problems. August 2015 down to 0.1 mg Woke up with severe anxiety-sleep issues-racing thoughts-depression. 9/9/15 up dose 1 mg. Link to comment
ladybug Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I'm so sorry you are going through this. Paxil is one nasty drug! I've been doing a slow taper over several years and STILL have many issues. It's incredible really. Not that everybody has such trouble, but some of us seem to be more sensitive to drops I guess. I've been through a few periods of instability over the years, and once you've done an updose there is not much else you can do but wait and be kind to your nervous system. Whenever I've been unable to eat I will practically live on supplemental nutrition drinks like Ensure. Just make sure you sip it slowly or it can give you diarrhea. I learned that the hard way! Thinking of you and praying you get some relief soon. a.k.a JMarie Paxil since Mar.1998 2006-2007:40-20mg 2009: 20mg to 14mg 2010: 14mg to 10.5mg 2011: 10.5 to 7.6mg 2012: 7.5 to 6.8mg 2013: 6.7-6.3mg 2014: 6.2mg-5.8mg 2015: 5.7 to 5.15mg 2016: 5.1-4.6mg 1/19/17: 4.5mg 3/17/17: 4.4mg 6/15/17: 4.35mg 8/10/17: 4.3mg 1/29/18: 4.1mg 5/07/18: 4.0mg 7/31/18: 3.9mg Link to comment
dreamspirit Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Seems it takes forever to fully restablize when you reinstate. I reinstated back up by 10mg about 14 weeks ago and out of the 14 weeks it took 6 weeks just to feel better. Then I was fine for 2-3 weeks and then I had a stressful situation and that brought back some withdrawl symptoms. I've been staying away from anything stressful and just been taking it easy.. taking naps, some short walks. Haven't really been going out to stores much. Oh and staying off of Facebook as to me is nothing but drama most the time. I take some supplements like, magnesium, vitamin d3, multivitamin, vitamin E, fish oil and melatonin to help sleep. It definitely takes awhile to restablize that's for sure and I don't like one bit of it but it surely will get better.. we just need to hang on.. Been on Paxil since 96”-97”, 40mg tried 3 times to get off and didn’t work, started a very slow taper Jan 2016, have only dropped down by 3 mg.. on 37mg currently.. have very delayed withdrawals. Last drop was in July 2017.. still have waves and windows. Magnesium 200mg, foilc acid 1 mg, vitamin d3 5000iu, Blood pressure meds-Verapamil & Irbesartan... Smoke cbd flower once in awhile. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 QP, In your intro you said, a couple of years ago you tried to get off Paxil which ended when you hit an ATM. Can you remember how long it took you after that event to stabilize? Tgirl Tgirl, that took about 3 days and as soon as I took the reinstatement dose I felt better within 45 minutes. Pretty much back to normal. Not anything like this. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 I'm so sorry you are going through this. Paxil is one nasty drug! I've been doing a slow taper over several years and STILL have many issues. It's incredible really. Not that everybody has such trouble, but some of us seem to be more sensitive to drops I guess. I've been through a few periods of instability over the years, and once you've done an updose there is not much else you can do but wait and be kind to your nervous system. Whenever I've been unable to eat I will practically live on supplemental nutrition drinks like Ensure. Just make sure you sip it slowly or it can give you diarrhea. I learned that the hard way! Thinking of you and praying you get some relief soon. Thank you Ladybug. Are you able to work? Are your symptoms mostly hyperactivity such as heart racing-this is what keeps me awake. How long did it take you to stabilize after an up dose? Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
quitpaxil2015 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 Thank you dreamspirit, I'm glad you stabilized. i think you are right-need to give it time, but this is absolute torture. Username: quitpaxil2015 - Started antidepressants sometime in 1990. Misdiagnosed with Bipolar, but later with thyroid disease in1998 (8 years of being on several different psychiatric meds with several psychiatric hospitalizations). Total thyroidectomy in 1999. At the time, was on 85 mg of Paxil. In 2001, tried to get off Paxil and had car crash due to vertigo and w/d symptoms. Given more psychiatric meds including Prozac and Trazodone to treat SEVERE w/d from Paxil - which is the only reason I still take Paxil. Tried to taper off Paxil again in 2004 - from 25 mg to 20 mg (5 mg cuts) - had to go back on 25 mg on the 10th day of the taper due to inability to function (dizziness, vertigo, motion sickness, crying spells, depersonalization, etc). Currently on Paxil 25 mg and Trazodone 100 mg. Trying to quit Paxil in 2015. April 22, 2015 - Paxil 22.5 mg. May 13, 2015 Paxil 20 mg. June 3, 2015 - Paxil 17.5 mg. June 24, 2015 - Paxil 15 mg. Don't remember - 12.5 mg. August 5, 2015 - Paxil 10 mg. September 16, 2015 - 7.5 mg (considering going back up - severe anxiety/panic) September 28, 2015 - back up to 10 mg. October 6, 2015 - back up to 15 mg. Link to comment
dreamspirit Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 You're welcome! I'm not fully stabilized yet but getting there.. I did a long taper. I started in Jan 2014 and did 1mg drops every 4-6 weeks (Mostly every 4 weeks)and didn't get withdrawls until I crashed 14 weeks ago. When I taper next time I will be doing it even slower yet.. if it takes me 1 years to get off then so be it but I can't handle the withdrawls. . They are terrible ! Been on Paxil since 96”-97”, 40mg tried 3 times to get off and didn’t work, started a very slow taper Jan 2016, have only dropped down by 3 mg.. on 37mg currently.. have very delayed withdrawals. Last drop was in July 2017.. still have waves and windows. Magnesium 200mg, foilc acid 1 mg, vitamin d3 5000iu, Blood pressure meds-Verapamil & Irbesartan... Smoke cbd flower once in awhile. Link to comment
dreamspirit Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 If it takes me 10 years to get off.. I mean. Been on Paxil since 96”-97”, 40mg tried 3 times to get off and didn’t work, started a very slow taper Jan 2016, have only dropped down by 3 mg.. on 37mg currently.. have very delayed withdrawals. Last drop was in July 2017.. still have waves and windows. Magnesium 200mg, foilc acid 1 mg, vitamin d3 5000iu, Blood pressure meds-Verapamil & Irbesartan... Smoke cbd flower once in awhile. Link to comment
dreamspirit Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Stay away from any type of stress as you can and just try to relax and take it easy :-) Been on Paxil since 96”-97”, 40mg tried 3 times to get off and didn’t work, started a very slow taper Jan 2016, have only dropped down by 3 mg.. on 37mg currently.. have very delayed withdrawals. Last drop was in July 2017.. still have waves and windows. Magnesium 200mg, foilc acid 1 mg, vitamin d3 5000iu, Blood pressure meds-Verapamil & Irbesartan... Smoke cbd flower once in awhile. Link to comment
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