Posted by Racer on September 18, 2004, at 18:54:27
In reply to Re: Emotionally Flat on Paxil - is Lexapro Better?, posted by love bites again on September 18, 2004, at 18:32:49
Don't beat yourself up over this one -- just be glad the internet is here so that you can find this information now. When I took nortiptyline ages ago, I truly believed that I was getting horribly fat because I was unable to control my eating because I was such a rotten person! NOT exactly therapeutic. When I took Paxil, the weight gain hadn't shown up yet, so -- again -- I thought I was just a rotten person, unable to control my impulses. (At least the sexual side effects were known -- otherwise I'd have been as despondent without the depression as with it.) And I had no idea how much the Paxil was draining me of anything like normal energy until after I stopped it. (I stopped it when my friend's son committed suicide and I found I couldn't grieve for him -- and for her. I wanted a "normal" reaction, and couldn't see how to have it with the drug.)
So, cut yourself some slack, be glad you do have the information now, and best luck to you.
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