Posted by CK1 on January 18, 2005, at 17:41:38
Hi all,
I started Paxil 10mg in high school for social anxiety with no depression and found it to be a wonderful drug for me! I no longer had any problem talking to girls or being sociable. It worked for a year and a half, but I decided to get off because I didn't think I needed it. bad idea. When I came back to college and lived in the fraternity house, I became extremely anxious in front of everyone and tried Serzone, Paxil CR, and Lexapro to no avail. Finally, last February, I went on Paxil 10mg again and, once again, it worked up wonderfully for 8 months. I was interning for a major advertising firm in New York and was doing great!
For the past month, I have been anxious around people again and depressed (sleeping 10-11 hours day) and still fatigued.
I upped the Paxil to 20mg and this simply made me more sedated and made the sexual SE's worse so I'm going back down.
Has anyone out there experienced this problem where the medicine that has been a wonder drug just stops working?! I'm scared because I have no desire to go through the process of weaning off Paxil and starting the search to find another SSRI that works. I have another internship this summer in NEw York and NEED to be better by then. Any opinions as to what I should do? Augment with Buspar, get off Paxil and try another SSRI, etc?? I just bought a SAD bright light but I'm afraid to complicate things right now. The excessive sleepiness might be worse than the anxiety!
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