jeff2

Yahoo, I'm finally off of it. I was trying to taper but it just seemed to
perpetuate the horrible feelings I was getting. It was like my body or
nerves were short circuiting. And I didn't like the weird diarrhea I had.
Basically I would just get a very loose stool output with no real urgency. I
just thought I had to pass a little gas but when I sat down (on the bowel)
the bowel material would just shoot out sometimes at a fairly high
velocity - just weird.

Anyway the physical and emotional feelings of getting the Paxil out of my
system where absolutely horrible - like you said. I'm lucky I'm not the type
of person to do anything rash because otherwise I may have. I started taking
the Paxil when my mother's health was rapidly deteriorating and also after a
very stressful year at work. It did seem to help at first, for about 2-3
months, but after that I couldn't tell if it was helping. Also my mother
passed away and I got laid off so neither of the problems that were
contributing to my depression existed anymore, and I had also made progress
in dealing with those issues internally (psychologically).

So I decided it was time to kick the Paxil, but it kicked back during the
process. I was trying to taper by doing it every other day and reducing the
amount, but then finally went cold turkey. I know that is a bad way to go
but I just could not deal with having it in my system any more. Finally
after about 5 days of hell I felt something really lifted and it was such a
relief.

Just my opinion, but I would not recommend this drug for anyone who can find
other methods of dealing with whatever situation they are dealing with. It
may be good in some cir***stances but for me the effects of getting off of
it were worse then what I was taking it for. I believe there are other drugs
out there that do a better job and don't have those negative side effects.
Or perhaps therapy might be a better approach. In any case I would check
other avenues first.

Wow, it feels great to feel normal again. Still have a few little twitches
but nothing compared to what it was, and my energy is vastly improved.

Hope you are all doing well too.
Take Care,
Jeff 2

jeff2

Yahoo, I'm finally off of it. I was trying to taper but it just seemed to
perpetuate the horrible feelings I was getting. It was like my body or
nerves were short circuiting. And I didn't like the weird diarrhea I had.
Basically I would just get a very loose stool output with no real urgency. I
just thought I had to pass a little gas but when I sat down (on the bowl)
the bowel material would just shoot out sometimes at a fairly high
velocity - just weird.

Anyway the physical and emotional feelings of getting the Paxil out of my
system where absolutely horrible - like you said. I'm lucky I'm not the type
of person to do anything rash because otherwise I may have. I started taking
the Paxil when my mother's health was rapidly deteriorating and also after a
very stressful year at work. It did seem to help at first, for about 2-3
months, but after that I couldn't tell if it was helping. Also my mother
passed away and I got laid off so neither of the problems that were
contributing to my depression existed anymore, and I had also made progress
in dealing with those issues internally (psychologically).

So I decided it was time to kick the Paxil, but it kicked back during the
process. I was trying to taper by doing it every other day and reducing the
amount, but then finally went cold turkey. I know that is a bad way to go
but I just could not deal with having it in my system any more. Finally
after about 5 days of hell I felt something really lifted and it was such a
relief.

Just my opinion, but I would not recommend this drug for anyone who can find
other methods of dealing with whatever situation they are dealing with. It
may be good in some cir***stances but for me the effects of getting off of
it were worse then what I was taking it for. I believe there are other drugs
out there that do a better job and don't have those negative side effects.
Or perhaps therapy might be a better approach. In any case I would check
other avenues first.

Wow, it feels great to feel normal again. Still have a few little twitches
but nothing compared to what it was, and my energy is vastly improved.

Hope you are all doing well too.
Take Care,
Jeff 2

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