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Re: 8 Week Update » humbly72

Posted by jack smith on April 10, 2003, at 15:04:12

In reply to 8 Week Update, posted by humbly72 on April 10, 2003, at 11:28:17

If I were you, I would get a new doctor, if Effexor is working for you, there is NO reason to switch to paxil. I can see no reason why Paxil would be better for you than effexor. Both are ssris (effexor is also affects the reuptake of norepinephrine). As far as I am concerned, your doctor is just plain wrong. Stick with what works, trust me, it's hard to find something that does.

JACK

Hi all,
> Most of you probably don't remember me, since I last posted four weeks ago. I had been documenting my side effects and improvements in a journal. Well, I finally got to see the psychiatrist today, except she didn't tell me the whole diagnosis directly, it's in a form with some numbers (codes). What she did tell me was that I had depression/obsessive compulsive disorder/social anxiety disorder. And she switched me from Effexor to Paxil. I loved the Effexor, since many of the side effects subsided within four to six weeks--tiredness being the longer lasting. But it did make me extremely disinhibited. It also, I think, made me want to drink alcohol more often (don't know how or why).
> Does anybody have any suggestions or comments about the Paxil, and why I may have been switched?
> Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long post.
>


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