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I first noticed

it when I tried withdrawing from Paxil several years ago. I got off the

Paxil but the "brain drain" continued.

And that brain drain continues for me today, six years later. It's only intermittent now, but it's still there -- if I get stressed, try to concentrate too hard, or have too much sensory overload. It's a very common problem for people who took Paxil.

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How long were you on Paxil?? Does anyone ever recover completely from this? I just HATE IT that I was a perfectly healthy person and drug happy docs convinced me I needed these drugs

I was on Paxil for 5 months, and that included two months of weaning off. I was told that I was bi-polar, schizophrenia, and a couple of other dx's that I laughed at. I think these symptoms fall into the category of PANES -- Persistent Adverse Neurologist Events and SYmptoms. We'd have all been better off if we'd taken rat poison. It has less side effects.

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What's "brain drain"? I never took paxil i don't think amamzinly enough.>>

It's not limited to Paxil. All psychotropic drugs can cause it.

For me, it's the inability to think -- to form coherent thought, to be able to think craetively, to have no memory of recent events, to have word retrieval problems -- sometimes my brain feels like some cotton batting taking up space in my cranial cavity and nothing more.

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What's " brain drain " ? I never took paxil i don't think amamzinly enough.

janet

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<<What's " brain drain " ? I never took paxil i don't think amamzinly enough.>>

It's not limited to Paxil. All psychotropic drugs can cause it.

[Guest guest]

Mine (the brain) just flies all over the place uncontrollably. some

brain drain in there when i set about a specific task-- like painting.

step one, step two step three etc. all the way through something that

would naturally be easy. ya i guess i got some of it too. janet

What's "brain drain"? I never took paxil i don't think amamzinly enough.>>

It's not limited to Paxil. All psychotropic drugs can cause it.

For me, it's the inability to think -- to form coherent thought, to be able to think craetively, to have no memory of recent events, to have word retrieval problems -- sometimes my brain feels like some cotton batting taking up space in my cranial cavity and nothing more.

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try to do all of my reading in the morning when my brain is fresher. By night, it is gone gone gone.

I have four good productive hours a day -- 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Before and after that I'm just taking up space and air. If I have anything at all to do of any importance it has to be done during that 4 hour window or fugetaboutit.

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What's "brain drain"? I never took paxil i don't think amamzinly enough.>>For me, it's the inability to think -- to form coherent thought, to be able to think craetively, to have no memory of recent events, to have word retrieval problems -- sometimes my brain feels like some cotton batting taking up space in my cranial cavity and nothing more.

YES....all of the above for me, too. Your brain feels so tired that you cannot focus to read even a page of material. Creates real problems at work. I try to do all of my reading in the morning when my brain is fresher. By night, it is gone gone gone.

Terry Woods

Chattanooga, TN

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What Glitter is describing here is one of the symptoms of autonomic

nervous system dysfunction caused by the drugs.

ARRRGGGGGGHHHHH!! Are you telling me there is an explanation for this? OMG! Now I'm really mad. But I just read the ANS article and I must be having one of those Paxil moments because I can't understand it. Is this typically the part of the brain that gets hosed by these drugs?

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Dear Cathrine,

Does that mean my chiropractor was right when he said something happened to me that made my cns go out of control and my body was not recieving the messages my brain was sending.Is this what is causing me all this pain because he checked over all my medical records and this is what he came up with.He searched to see if there was any test that they could have missed .I had every test except brain scan . Ros

Can the CNS realy cause all this pain and burning.

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Dear List Members,

Glitter said:

<<And that brain drain continues for me today, six years later. It's only

intermittent now, but it's still there -- if I get stressed, try to

concentrate too hard, or have too much sensory overload. It's a very common

problem for people who took Paxil.>>

** What Glitter is describing here is one of the symptoms of autonomic

nervous system dysfunction caused by the drugs.

I'm sending an ovderview of the autonomic nervous system under separate

cover.

Regards,

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Dear Glitter,

You said:

<<ARRRGGGGGGHHHHH!! Are you telling me there is an explanation for this?

OMG! Now I'm really mad. But I just read the ANS article and I must be

having one of those Paxil moments because I can't understand it. Is this

typically the part of the brain that gets hosed by these drugs?>>

Yes. The hypothalamus is one of the areas of the brain damaged by the

drugs. It is the master gland in charge of your sympathetic and

parasympathetic systems. Fight or flight (anxiety disorders) and

adrenalin over-production happen here.

Panic disorders are based on the fight or flight reflex. All of this

affects the adrenal system, the heart, kidneys, liver, etc.

I'd love to go into it more but I'm trying to finish some other posts. We

can look at it in-depth after the holidays if you want.

You probably need to read the article between 10A and 2P.

Regards,

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<<Can the CNS realy cause all this pain and burning.>>

Yes, it can and does, Roz.

C

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Fight or flight (anxiety disorders) and

adrenalin over-production happen here.

Panic disorders are based on the fight or flight reflex. All of this

affects the adrenal system, the heart, kidneys, liver, etc.

***Well, I have these things, and have had these things since taking Paxil but never before. Inositol helped tremendously for that constant feeling of being chased by the tiger.

I'd love to go into it more but I'm trying to finish some other posts. We

can look at it in-depth after the holidays if you want.

You probably need to read the article between 10A and 2P.

***I saved the articles, will print it out and read it when I have my window of proper brain functioning (10 - 2) LOL Working on kickstarting my cognition right now. LOL Thanks.

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