Posted by Susan J on October 4, 2003, at 14:10:36
In reply to Re: New Question for Larry -- Paxil , posted by Searchlight on October 4, 2003, at 13:50:53
>>and it made me into a complete sickly zombie, and I packed on the pounds like never before. ..... If you can stay away from it, I am inclined to think it is one of the more dangerous ones on the market.
<<Yeah, what's *with* that? In my large circle of *acquantances* that admit to SSRI use, they are all being prescribed Paxil! And it was just so horrible for me. I hope it's working for others, but I had what sounds like a very similar experience to you. For the first 3 months, nothing much happened. My doc said it would take some time to feel better, but all the inserts say 6 weeks! I was on 20mg, my doc upped me to 30mg, and that's when all weight he** broke loose. As soon as the dosage was increased, I began gaining weight.
Then my doc kept telling me I *wasn't* depressed, yet I still felt horrible. Then, I started feeling even worse, would sleep, I kid you not, all but the 10 hours I was at work, and that was a struggle to stay awake. And it was a profound, deep sleep. I didn't eat more and often ate *less* cuz I was sleeping. In the spring, after being on Paxil about 8 or 9 months, I began feeling suicidal for the first time in my life. This was just before they linked Paxil to possible suicidal ideations in kids. And all the time my doc kept telling me I was doing better. As horrible as I've felt in the last 20 years from various bouts of depression and dysthymic depression, and of all the times I just wanted to die, I have *never* really considered killing myself until I was on Paxil.
This is why I think doctors are necessary, but not they are not God, and everyone knows their own bodies/minds the best. Doctors really should respect that. I self-weaned off Paxil against my doc's advice, and for the first 2 weeks off of it, I felt better than I have in 15 years! But then I plunged back into depression. I can't explain that either. The doc of course said it was the absense of Paxil. Maybe Paxil relieves certain things causing depression but aggravates other things that cause depression. But I'm on Wellbutrin now and feeling sooooo much better.
I hope you feel better too. These drugs *are* messing with our minds, after all. We need to attack these things with all the knowledge we can get.
Susan
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