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Re: Paxil CR vs Paxil?

Posted by ELENI4 on September 27, 2003, at 19:45:00

In reply to Re: Paxil CR vs Paxil?, posted by kara lynne on September 23, 2003, at 17:34:28

> Hi,
> I guess I missed this last night when I was posting. This is the 2nd time I've tried cr, this time I'm giving it a better chance. In the end it might be too sedating for me, but actually some of the side effects seem milder for me than regular paxil.
>
> why did you go off effexor?
>
> fortunately or unfortunately, as you probably know by now, you could listen to a hundred people tell you they had a certain response and you might have a different one. I don't think you should necessarily give up on the idea of trying it based on that information. BTW my doctor has found that people have far fewer side effects with the c.r.
>

I'm not sure why I went off Effexor. There are a bunch of reasons, but I'm not sure which are most valid. I'll list some though.
I didn't want to be on something that led me to experience such horrible withdrawl. If I missed a dose or two, I'd get a headache, nausea, and a really bad spacey feeling. I didn't want to go somewhere, forget my pills, and be hit with God-awful withdrawl. I didn't want to be dependent in that way. However this was only the case with Effexor XR, not regular Effexor though I experienced withdrawl from that as well. So, I tried regular Effexor and though I was able to tolerate it in the past, it just felt like too much, like it was too strong. In general though, from reading all these posts, I'm now aware that withdrawl is most likely inevitable. Anyway, I gave up that idea and figured that since I made it through the withdrawl, I might as well see if I could find something that might be a little better. I also wanted to lose the weight I put on as a result of Effexor. However when I went off the med, I became extremely anxious and unmotivated, which completely foiled my attempt at weight loss. I also noticed that my anxiety level was increased while on Effexor. I don't know if it was poopout, requiring an increase in dosage (was taking 75mg XR for about a yr), or if all my other symptoms were being managed so well that my anxiety was way more noticeable. Either way, I was fed up with employers, friends, and strangers equating my anxiety-based hyperness, babbling, and joke-making with stupidity. I had just had enough and so was hoping to find something out there that helped a little more in that area. And so began my quest...which I'm currently rethinking since it's turing out to be more trouble than it's worth...or at least it seems that way now. I don't know if my anxiety is progressive or if it's some Effexor backlash that will remain with me for life, but after being off Effexor since early May, I have a much higher tendency to go into a panic. I was never that way before. I had panic attacks, but they were few and far between. I have mitral valve prolapse which causes a rapid heartbeat and palpitations at times and was never that afraid when it occurred. Now, if I get palpitations, I'm terrified. It's horrible. My anxiety and panic are stopping me from trying a medication that may help since I can't get past some of the more serious side effects listed. For example, with Celexa, heart attack and heart failure are infrequent, which means less than 1/100 but at least 1/1000 people experienced it. My mind always jumps to the fact that I could be the one in 1000. And heart failure just doesn't seem worth it. Things like that are just stopping me cold. It sucks.

> good luck!


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