Re: Re: Nervous Paxil User

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Cherry, Please pay attention and withdraw as directed. I did not and stroked out while trying to withdraw. Now 3 years post paxil I am starting to get my logic back. I will never ever go back to a mind altering drug. You will like yourself so much better when you're off. Ellen Heath Psychiatric Drug Survivor Transformers Support Groupccreel_04064 wrote: Dear Cherry, You said:Hi all this is my first post. I have been taking Paxil, 60 mg/day for 5 years. I will say that it did the trick for my problem which was chronic worry, and psychosomatic tendencies. What started me looking online for info on weaning is the HUGE amount of

weight i have gained in that time. It's not just the chronic feelings of hunger, but the shakey low blood sugar feelings i get between meals like eveyday. Theres no mystery where the weight came from, but now i want to stop the craziness. I am nervous to go off the medicine for a few reasons, because i dont want to live the way i did before the Paxil where I was always checking myself for any sign of illness and always living in fear of something bad to happen. I hated that, it stole my life and then after Paxil came I got my life back. Yes it did come with "extras", like forgetfulness, fatigue, and the worst is the FAT! I never had depression at all, just the OCD. I dont know what to do, i really want to be off this drug and get my energy back and not be starving all the time, but will it be at the expense of my sanity. I mean, i was not just a worry-wart, i was a "sit in the

bathroom checking all over my body to make sure everything looked ok person", and as soon as i was convinced it looked ok, i would need to start over again. My Dr said it was a form of OCD. I desperately do not want to live like that again, there was no joy in my life. At the same time I am very interested in getting off the Paxil even though I dont know if i will go back to my old crazy ways, then i would have to take something else because i refuse to live like that again, now that i know what it's like to not be obsessed all the time, i am not willing to go there again.>> ** Fortunately, you don't need to go there again. OCD is simply a sign of nutritional deficiency. But after a while, it does tend to become a habit so even when addressing it nutritionally there is a behavioral component that needs to be addressed, too. We can do this with

you, too. Please post a five day food (and drink) diary (it can be from the past 5 days) and please list any supplements currently being taken (and dosages). You said: <<Weaning is not my forte, i always wean too dang fast and I keep reading here to convince myself to take it slow. I am planning to drop tomorrows dose to 45mg, i dont want to be 80 before i get off the crap (I am 39 now).>> ** You can't go from 80 mg to 45 mg. Well, you can, but you'll cause more harm to yourself than the drug has already caused and end up in prolonged withdrawal that is unnecessary. You can safely do a 10% reduction. That would be 8 mg. Then, just wait, and report back to the list how you're feeling. Don't decrease again until guided to do so. After the first few decreases you'll get

a handle on how it's done and will be able to do it yourself.Regards,

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