Paxil Is Freaking Me Out!

[~HOUNDOG~]

HEY everyone,I have been on paxil for 8 months at 20mg and 40mg dosages daily.
I am weening off,I am now at 10mg daily. I am tired,irritable and not focused and I get headaches.
Is there anything I can do to help remedy some of these symptoms?
The reason I am quitting is HELLA water retention and fat gains from it.But it was very helpfull to my life.

 

[~HOUNDOG~]

bump

 

[Mighty P]

I took that stuff for a while. I just quit it when I realized I didn't give a shit about anything. I never got happy or sad. Sitting in my room all day was fine. It was weird. Since you're done with it, I would do what the doc tells you to. It shouldn't take that long to ween off it. Or tell your doc about your sides, and see what they say. Glad you got good results from it though, it really fucked me up!

 

[~HOUNDOG~]

Hey man,
can you please elaborate on how it fucked you up?
I have become a hermit in some ways. I broke off all contact with my friends and I never like going in public now wtf?!?
BUT,i do focus on education now!!!!
But my dick can't focus on getting up,and I never get sad nor happy.
Just in the middle,kind of like all emotions are tranquilized.
Fucked up shit!

 

[seeseerider]

1000mg l-tyrosine daily will make a hell of a difference on your energy level..try it and keep me posted...

 

[~HOUNDOG~]

where would I find that man?

 

[~HOUNDOG~]

I've gained at least 60 pounds on paxil.
It sucks man. I am looking like fucking pillsbury dough boy and before I was cut.
I wonder if mod will chime in,I know he got off this shit!

 

[Hugh Gellatts]

Mighty P, I had a simular experience with SRI's


I found a drastic reduction in any creative enthusiasm, emotional involvement with people and situations (ask any girl I dated during this period), and a non-existent sex drive. I was prescribed this stuff from the age of 17-22 in a very misguided attempt by my parents to boost my cognitive organization levels or something (even though I was already a standout student). I had so little sense of self the last few years that I flunked out of the top tier college I was attending and was seriously considering suicide. I actually kept $800 in my car at all times in case I suddenly felt the need to buy a shotgun and cap myself. The funny thing is that an opportunity came up and I spent that money on my first cycle of gear. My psychiatrist got really pissed when I gained 40lbs, so I told him to fuck off, I wasn't gonna see him anymore and that he could shove my bottle of prozac up his ass (was on tren and anadrol at the time, LOL). I've been off SRIs for over half a year, and feel normal for the first time since I was 16. For example: When all that shit happened in NY last week I was very shaken and distressed. If I had still been on anti-depressants though, my first thoughts would be anger that the gym was closed and that the TV networks were delaying season premiers. I remember a few years ago a teamate of mine died, and I skipped the funeral because it was leg day. Looking back that reasoning seems very fucked up.


I really don't like to mention very personal stuff on this board. The only reason I'm telling you guys this is that you seem in the beginning stages of very simular situations.

I don't know the pharmacology specifics of Paxil, but I do know that the time I came off serzone (first attempt to get off the stuff) it felt like I had mono. I had bad cold-sores and extreme lethargy. Coming off prozac was much easier, but then again I was on a gram of gear a week, so that helped alot.

If you have any questions just PM me. I don't really like to talk about this stuff on the board.

 

[smallmovesal]

my sister was dizzy and stuff when she went off of paxil... i don't know that there's anything you can do about it. all i know is i'm on effexor xr and i'm now sleeping properly but my dreams have changed...

and i stilll have my emotions and drives... i'm not at all like hugh was describing.

 

[seeseerider]

1000mg l-tyrosine daily will make a hell of a difference on your energy level..try it and keep me posted...

at your local health store....

 

[seeseerider]

where would I find that man?

at your local health store....

 

[Weapon X]

Paxil has hellacious withdrawal symptoms. Even if you wean off, it can mean a few days to a week of headaches, nausea, head-spinning, and bad moods, including bad depression. Make sure you stay in touch with your doc if you're going off the stuff. Do a Web search at Google on "Paxil withdrawal."
There is a lot of info on the Web about it. Alot.
Also feel free to drop me a line at [email protected].
(For some reason, my PM box thinks it's full.)

 

[Zebo]

I got the hell off Paxil after only a few weeks.....

It turned me into a zombie. A zombie that couldn't have an orgasm...Fuck that..

Look into Wellbutrin too, I've had good results with it.

Good luck.

 

[musclebrains]

Do not go cold turkey off Paxil. Although many people have no withdrawal symptoms, it can produce severe effects in many other people, including strange neurological symptoms -- a kind of electrical buzzing.

YOu should give yourself at the very least a month to go off it, reducing your dose slowly. You should do this under a doctor´s plan.

Actually, I am wondering if your dosage, alternating between 20 and 40 mg daily, isn´t responsible for the side effects you experienced.

If you want to try an antidepressant, many people are having good experiences with Celexa.

 

[Weapon X]

Even weaning off over the course of 4 weeks, veeerrrry gradually, you can have about two weeks of horrible side-effects, regardless.
Watch that shit - that's when people are susceptible to suicide as well. Don't go off without a doctor's frequent contact and help.

 

[WODIN]

I had headaches, the razor shits, night sweats, cold treamors and a host of other fun and exiciting thing happen when I went through paxil wd. They should ban that shit....

Sucking down 10 tylenol , advil ...whatever a day helped with the headaches.

 

[Weapon X]

http://members.tripod.com/fstreicher/subpages/guide_to_paxil_withdrawal.htm

http://paxil.bizland.com/jbuzzw.htm

http://medhlp.netusa.net/HealthTopics/Paxil.html

 

[Weapon X]

They should ban that shit...

I respectfully disagree. That shit saved my life about 7 years ago.
They DO need to make people aware of what to expect from withdrawal, though. They probably downplay that to increase their market share, tho. That's bad.

 

[WODIN]

I respectfully disagree. That shit saved my life about 7 years ago.
They DO need to make people aware of what to expect from withdrawal, though. They probably downplay that to increase their market share, tho. That's bad.

Wellbutrin is just as effective and doesn't have all the sides that paxil has.

 

[Weapon X]

Wellbutrin is just as effective and doesn't have all the sides that paxil has.

But Wellbutrin is not as effective as Paxil for some people.
The docs still don't even completely understand why these meds work. Sure, they understand what is happening chemically, but they don't understand why the meds affect different people in such different ways, nor why they have the sides they do for some and not for others.
Some people have no sides from Paxil, and women usually have less instance of being anorgasmic than men do on these meds.

So, sides or not, Paxil is the best course of action for some people. For others, there's Celexa, Effexor, Wellbutrin, etc.

 

[WODIN]

Good point x.

 

[~HOUNDOG~]

LAST night,I had the weirdest dream,paxil wd induced.
A dog was biting my hand and I woke up and my hand was all cut from me biting it.
Then my vision went weird,it's hard to explain and a noise like a motorcycle was all I could hear!wtf!and i tried yelling for help and I couldnt make a noise or move,then some brainshocks hit and I thought I was gonna die.
I hate this shit.

 

[Weapon X]

Hang in there, HOUNDOG. I would awaken screaming at night. Sometimes I would yell and not wake up at all. And I would eat about a box of popsicles a day to help with the dry mouth.
My concern is that you may still need meds after your withdrawal is done. That's why you should stay in touch with a doc throughout this.
It's extra tough to go through this alone.

 

[Puc]

Effexor XR gave me a life I'd only imagined before.

It was perfect for me, the panacea I had been craving all of my life. An elixer of freedom. It removed a horrible eating disorder (NES) and antisocial tendancies bordering on agoraphobia.

I am not afraid anymore.

Puc

 

[Weapon X]

Good news, Puc!
Any sides??

 

[Hugh Gellatts]

"A zombie that couldn't have an orgasm...Fuck that.. "


Zebo, don't tell me you also had the problem of getting head and the girl giving up because it was taking so damn long. That should be one of the warning they put on these meds.

 

[~HOUNDOG~]

I went to a health food store and they said l-tyrosine was illegal in canada,imagine that,making an amino acid illegal,WTF!
They said to go to this other place and they would sell it to me out of the back. I went there and they said they'll have some friday. On another note,i definatley do not want to go on any more meds after I come off paxil for at least 2 months.The only thing I am concerned about is the weight gain I experienced on paxil.I cannot tolerate that again. Nor will I tolerate having to spend 18 days jerking my dick just for one orgasm then find that it was just premature ejaculation. I got dumped over that shit,I couldnt get it up and she left me 2 days later.
Does wellbutrin or effexor cause weight gain?
I tell you though,paxil sure did stop my horrendous panic attacks.
Thanks for all the imput guys.
-HOUND

 

[smallmovesal]

i'm on effexor xr... been on for a month. i have weird dreams and i cannot (clitoral) orgasm often which sucks (sorry tmi)... i'm not sure if the 75 mg is enough but i'm going to wait and see. i wish i weren't on anything.

i haven't gained any weight at all..

you have to remember though that everyone responds differently to these drugs also.

 

[BigDdaGanjalist]

Do not go cold turkey off Paxil. Although many people have no withdrawal symptoms, it can produce severe effects in many other people, including strange neurological symptoms -- a kind of electrical buzzing.

Oh yeah. . .

That shit's fucked, thought i was having an acid flashback. . . but then saw the pattern. . . and ruled it Paxil withdrawal

I cut that shit cold turkey as well as cigarettes and am feeling better than ever. . . still a hermit though

 

[~HOUNDOG~]

I remeber missing a dose once and was thinking what the fuck?electrical shocks!I thought it was from the mushrooms I did a couple days before!
My goals:
get off paxil
quit smoking
start cycle.
in that order,my motivation to quit smoking is I won't start cycle until I have quit.

 

[Chris V.]

Im takin Doxipen right now
Anyone had any sides or bad experience from it???
This thread got me worried since the above descriptions
pretty much sums up what Im going through
I have no emotions.. Its like I dont give a fuck about anything
and my social life is really suffering..
Been depressed for half a decade now.
Please reply any info will help

 

[Taps]

i'm on effexor xr... been on for a month. i have weird dreams and i cannot (clitoral) orgasm often which sucks (sorry tmi)... i'm not sure if the 75 mg is enough but i'm going to wait and see. i wish i weren't on anything.

i haven't gained any weight at all..

you have to remember though that everyone responds differently to these drugs also.

That's interesting. My girlfriend a few years ago was on effexor and acendin, and she had trouble orgasming. Oddly enough, her sister was on the same stuff and she said it made her more sensitve. MAOI's are very strange in the differnt reactions they produce in people.

I was on prozac for a while, and I din't like it much. No emotional highs or lows....just felt flat most of the time. Acendin was great though...sex drive went though the roof, but I couldn't cum to save my life. Eventually I got tired of the anit-d's and quit taking 'em. That was about 2 years ago, and I feel great these days. There's a lot of new info showing that MAOI's and AARI's can be very effective when taken for short periods of time, and then discontinued (which is wat I did).

The diversity of reactions is a bit scary, actually. I remember spending 6 hours on the phone with a friend who had become so paraniod he couldn't leave his house...and he was only on 20mg/day of paxil.

T.

 

[GaryWary]

try inositol for depression and anxiety. I cannot be bothered to explain too much, apart from the fact that it works better than most presrip drugs.

You have to take gram amounts...

do a search.

 

[Weapon X]

I'm wary of "natural" remedies after the big hype and huge letdowns of St. John's Wort, 5-HTP, and SAMe.
Tried 'em all and went running back to my MAOI before I slit my wrists.

 

[Lao Tzu]

i wouldn't know. my brother took SSRI's. i went the natural route



i took 100 mg 5htp. 5htp worked for my ocd, and it suppresses appetite.
but i got serotonin syndrome. so if you take 5htp, and you start to feel like there is a heavy weight on your chest, you are getting serotonin syndrome.

 

[musclebrains]

X is right that Paxil is quite effective when other drugs aren?Lt. For example, it often helps in high doses with people who exhibit obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, when I send a client for a psychiatric consultation, I ALWAY ask that Paxil be prescribed as a last resort. As someone mentioned, the relatively short half-life (which is why witdrawal can be so bad) often can produce symptoms when you miss only one or two doses. The short half-life, by the way, also means that the drug tends to work a little more quickly than, say Prozac.

I?Lm kind of surprised at the number of people reporting use of Paxil here. Is this depression following a cycle? I know I always feel depressed after a cycle.

 

[GaryWary]

I'm wary of "natural" remedies after the big hype and huge letdowns of St. John's Wort, 5-HTP, and SAMe.
Tried 'em all and went running back to my MAOI before I slit my wrists.

inositol is not hype. it works.

 

[Puc]

Good news, Puc!
Any sides??

My BP went up a couple points, and I yawned a lot. These occurred for the first week, since then I have had no side effects at all.

I am not kidding when I say this drug is PERFECT for me. I am never coming off of it.

Just a note... effexor is an SSNRI, it blocks the reuptake of norep as well as seratonin, so if you experience major depressive issues because of EPHEDRINE it could well eliminate those as well.... (ephedrine, among other things, raises the levels of norep in the body, which leads to fluctuations which can lead to depression and anxiety... ever wonder why you want to eat everything in site when you come off of that crap? this is why)

 

[WODIN]

Class action law suit filed against glaxosmtihklien about Paxil Addiction....X you'll appreciate this....

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/09/18/paxil-suit.htm

 

[notpuff]

Hey man,
can you please elaborate on how it fucked you up?
I have become a hermit in some ways. I broke off all contact with my friends and I never like going in public now wtf?!?
BUT,i do focus on education now!!!!
But my dick can't focus on getting up,and I never get sad nor happy.
Just in the middle,kind of like all emotions are tranquilized.
Fucked up shit!

i suffer from the exact same thing! i tired paxil it didnt do dick im gonna try l-tryptophan , to bad test aint legal i guarantee dat woudl cure us

 

[Raghead Remover]

I had experienced issues with depression and anxiety in the past but am somewhat against medicating the symptons and went toward identifying the problems.

Not to be a smart ass but have you considered LSD as an aid to identify what is going on in your life to cause this?

This drug could open up a whole new perspective on life for you (or throw you into a hellacious fucking tormented 8 hours or so) but either way you will find your demons.

In addition I have found that some HIGH GRADE herb every now and then will help alleviate the symptoms