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Posted by joef on August 9, 2013, at 18:31:36
looks like viibryd will be dumped in 3 weeks...at 40 too activating...20 not enough....bottom line who has used paxil...symptoms trying the most to combat...severe anxiety(as in at times shakey) and ocd...has any males had experiebce with weight gain issues
Posted by Tomatheus on August 9, 2013, at 20:33:37
In reply to male paxil users, posted by joef on August 9, 2013, at 18:31:36
Joe,
I'm male, and I took Paxil for a few months for my fatigue, hypersomnia, and related symptoms, which at the time were diagnosed as dysthymic disorder. I eventually stopped taking the medication because I experienced a cyclical response to it that involved going back and forth between feeling more fatigued than usual and feeling either euthymic or hypomanic (depending on what dose I was taking). The cycling stopped after I discontinued the medication. The cycling response to SSRI medications is fairly typical for me.
I don't think that I gained any weight while I was taking Paxil, but that's not to say that others won't.
T.
Posted by joef on August 10, 2013, at 6:08:23
In reply to Re: male paxil users, posted by Tomatheus on August 9, 2013, at 20:33:37
can you describe what your fatigue felt like.....thanks
Posted by Tomatheus on August 10, 2013, at 14:00:32
In reply to Re: male paxil users, posted by joef on August 10, 2013, at 6:08:23
> can you describe what your fatigue felt like.....thanks
I'll see if I can describe my fatigue other than by saying that it involves having really low energy levels, which is probably rather obvious. Basically, for me, it doesn't so much involve being sleepy and drowsy as much as it involves a significant slowing of my thought processes and feeling run down, maybe in some ways similar to how I feel when I have a flu. When my fatigue is at its worst, I have a difficult time getting out of bed, and I also find waking myself up with an alarm to be a lot more difficult than it was prior to the onset of my fatigue.
T.
Posted by joef on August 10, 2013, at 20:48:36
In reply to Re: male paxil users » joef, posted by Tomatheus on August 10, 2013, at 14:00:32
do you get heavy breathing...almost like a deep sigh with your fatigue
Posted by Tomatheus on August 10, 2013, at 23:54:47
In reply to Re: male paxil users, posted by joef on August 10, 2013, at 20:48:36
> do you get heavy breathing...almost like a deep sigh with your fatigue
I wouldn't say that I do. I might sigh a little more than most people do, but I don't think I'd say that I breathe heavily.
T.
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