Dosages range from 10-about 60 my a day,so 45 is not too high.
Paxil is a difficult medication to come off for some people. It is important to reduce the dosage slowly--maybe to 40 mg for a week then 30 mg for a couple weeks, then 20 mgs for a couple weeks and then 10 mg for a couple weeks, and maybe 5 mgs for a week.
Be sure to do it slowly.
There can be some rough side effects especially if you go off it quickly--like "brain freezes"--sort of strange feelings; dizziness, lightheadedness, headaches, etc....so follow the doc's advice carefully.
As for if you will "never" get off it--that may be the doc's opinion if s/he feels your depression is predominantly biologically based.
Michelle
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Why are you want ing to get off? Is it not working anymore.? I got off paxil by reducing, 5 - 10 mgs every week or so, but then I found that I had to go onto another AD. The reason I got off was that it wasnt working anymore and the HUGE weight gain.
Make sure your Doctor tapers it slowly. i went off Paxil last year under the supervision of a GP. He took me off cold-turkey. It was the worst physical experience of my life. I truly doubt that Heroine withdrawal could be much worse. Lisa --
Coming off of Paxil can be awful for some people, but others don't have a problem. What I've heard is that stopping Paxil can cause reversal/increase of symptoms and side effects. So depression might be temporarily worse than it ever was before the medication. A side effect example is that a patient with no libido might experience abnormally high libido. This could last 4-6 weeks.
Some patients might do best starting another antidepressant as you decrease/quit the Paxil. It would be best to work closely with a doctor during this time. If the new antidepressant doesn't treat your depression, you could be in for a rocky road.
Hi people hope im the right place but need some advice on the bad hapit of clicking my knuckles,toes,ankels,arms and well everything that i can really, ive been doing it for years with people telling me that i will suffer with arthritus when i get older im 28 and have no probs yet, but with so many confilcting anwers i was hoping to find the answer here,so does clicking bones really cause artritus or something????
W Bryant wrote in message ... >Hi people hope im the right place but need some advice on the bad hapit of >clicking my knuckles,toes,ankels,arms and well everything that i can really, >ive been doing it for years with people telling me that i will suffer with >arthritus when i get older im 28 and have no probs yet, but with so many >confilcting anwers i was hoping to find the answer here,so does clicking >bones really cause artritus or something????
> Hi people hope im the right place but need some advice on the bad hapit of > clicking my knuckles,toes,ankels,arms and well everything that i can really, > ive been doing it for years with people telling me that i will suffer with > arthritus when i get older im 28 and have no probs yet, but with so many > confilcting anwers i was hoping to find the answer here,so does clicking > bones really cause artritus or something????
W Bryant wrote in message ... >Hi people hope im the right place but need some advice on the bad hapit of >clicking my knuckles,toes,ankels,arms and well everything that i can really, >ive been doing it for years with people telling me that i will suffer with >arthritus when i get older im 28 and have no probs yet, but with so many >confilcting anwers i was hoping to find the answer here,so does clicking >bones really cause artritus or something????
>Subject: Advice on Finger Clicking!!! >From: "W Bryant" <wayne...@virgin.net> >Date: Sat, 12 June 1999 01:35 PM EDT >Message-id: <929208948.9239.0.nnrp-09.d4e5b...@news.demon.co.uk>
>Hi people hope im the right place but need some advice on the bad hapit of >clicking my knuckles,toes,ankels,arms and well everything that i can really, >ive been doing it for years with people telling me that i will suffer with >arthritus when i get older im 28 and have no probs yet, but with so many >confilcting anwers i was hoping to find the answer here,so does clicking >bones really cause artritus or something????
Maybe your question does belong here, although your symptoms are not what most of us consider "depressive." Maybe you are manifesting a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, that can respond to SSRI drugs (like prozac, zoloft, etc.) I have been reassured that knuckle cracking will not lead to arthritis: I once asked a rhuematologist (doc who specializes in arthritis). Doug Colton
W Bryant wrote: > Hi people hope im the right place but need some advice on the bad > hapit of > clicking my knuckles,toes,ankels,arms and well everything that i can > really, > ive been doing it for years with people telling me that i will suffer > with > arthritus when i get older im 28 and have no probs yet, but with so > many > confilcting anwers i was hoping to find the answer here,so does > clicking > bones really cause artritus or something????
