Getting off Paxil??? HELP!

[Phil]

Dear Group,

I am currently taking 45 mg of paxil daily.

1. Does anyone know if this is a high dose?

2. How long does it take to get off of it? (My Doctor says quite a long
time, and that I may not ever be able to get off the Paxil)

Any help would be appreciated!!!

Phil...

[Michelle]

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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[Poirier's]

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.
Phil wrote in message <6sF53.11143$4b.2...@news2.giganews.com>...

[Lisa D. Grubbs and Anita Alexander]

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
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[Toes]

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.

[W Bryant]

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????

Please someone tell me..

many thanx

wayn...@virgin.net

[W Bryant]

W Bryant wrote in message ...

[JimiJames]

Why don't you try alt.amusingpartytricks

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[joan]

This ng is for medications that affect depression. Your question might do better in a ng dealing with arthritis. good luck....

[DCDJC]

>Subject: Advice on Finger Clicking!!!
>From: "W Bryant" <wayn...@virgin.net>
>Date: Sat, 12 June 1999 01:35 PM EDT
>Message-id: <929208948.9239.0...@news.demon.co.uk>

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

[Darren James Hutchison]

Funnily enough, I have that habit too although most of the time it's
just my ankles which seem exceptionally 'clicky'.

No doubt it is related to depression because when I'm most bored and/or
depressed my ankles get a real bashing!

Thanks to DCDJC for the advice though.