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    Default Re: I'm glad I'm off Paxil.....

    Did you have a hard time getting off Paxil Paige? I know I did.

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    Gah! When I was fifteen and my best friend was put on Paxil, she tried to commit suicide. She had been depressed before and a cutter, but it was the paxil that made her actually, physically try to kill herself. Later I read reports that prescribing that stuff to teenagers can actually make them suicidal. I have been so afraid of brain pills every since.

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    Default Re: I'm glad I'm off Paxil.....

    Quote Originally Posted by greenidlady1
    Did you have a hard time getting off Paxil Paige? I know I did.
    I actually didnt. I had no problems getting off of any of the anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, etc I had been on.


    Quote Originally Posted by mollyzmoon
    Gah! When I was fifteen and my best friend was put on Paxil, she tried to commit suicide. She had been depressed before and a cutter, but it was the paxil that made her actually, physically try to kill herself. Later I read reports that prescribing that stuff to teenagers can actually make them suicidal. I have been so afraid of brain pills every since.
    I had a bad timr with Prozac, both times I was put on it. I became SUPER hostile and violent towards others...
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    agh that fucking drug wrecked me.

    long story as far as how I was put on and the fact the dr didnt really pay attention to the doseage...

    I had the most horrific time coming off of it.

    I had these zap things going on inside my head ( tha'ts what it felt like. )

    loud ringing in my ears

    dizziness..etc etc

    I was bedridden for at least 2 weeks. I can tell you that it took a full year off of it before I felt myself. In that year I got social anxiety ( which I didnt have before. ) I could not work ..
    I refused to leave my house. I spoke to no one and just was miserable.

    god awful.

    I also became suicidal with 3 attempts. NEVER again.

    I was on 20 mgs for 3 or 4 months and it left me a fucking mess.

    But i'll add it wasn't the shit i shoulda been on ( i was put on it for anxiety attacks and being homesick. )

    Although when I went on it ..after about a month I began to not dwell on missing home ..or get so anxious that my chest hurt. Then the sexual side effects kicked in ( ie have sex forever with someone or yourself and never get off. ) I also started getting overwhelmed ..when they offered to up the dose I opted to go off of it because i didnt want to be dependant and i honestly felt at that point it was doing more harm then good.

    All in all , I should have been placed back on xanax with a revisit to the dr in 30 days to see if it was helping.

    :sigh: so so so very glad those miserable days are over.

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    I was put on paxil when I was about 16 or 17... i tried to O/D on any drug I could find, more then once, then I tried to cut my wrists... When the dr finally decided to switch my meds I had to be put in the hospital because I was going crazy. I finally stopped taking meds all together because I couldnt stand the way they were making me feel... and my experiance with Paxil scared the living daylights out of me.

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    It made me sleepy and dopey. I gained 20 lbs, which I lost in 2 weeks after I got off it. I also lactated. It was freaky.

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    OMG, I just pray these findings are going to be isolated to Paxil and not linked to other anti-depressants like Prozac and Zoloft.

    According to the recent studies, the major concerns associating it [Paxil] with birth defects are taking it during the 1st trimester. Well, this really sucks because the majority us women find out we are pregnant during the middle of the 1st trimester. Well, by the time you possibly find out that you're pregnant, it could be a little too late to eradicate the damage.

    I was put on Zoloft during my 3rd trimester because my OB was concerned about post-partum depression due to some emotional issues I had during my pregnancy. It was an EXTREMELY difficult decision for me to accept that I needed to take this medicine for my well-being, but I had such grievances on how it could affect my baby. I know my child is fine, but from a personal stand point, I realize how important the medication can be for the mother's health.




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    Default Re: I'm glad I'm off Paxil.....

    My parents wanted me medicated when I was 15-16 too. I got on Paxil and I became suicidal and insane. I get depressed now but I'm unwilling to try meds for this reason. I can't believe it's so common to put teens on Paxil.
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    I read that prozac is one of the "safer" anti depressents. It was in Time magazine or something.

    Paxil and Effexor I believe are in the same category ..

    Zoloft, Prozac are in another.

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    I was on Paxil for panic attacks when I was about 19 (the stress of being on my own and struggling to get by). I took it for about four days when I decided I'd rather have panic attacks than keep taking it. It took a couple months of weekly counseling sessions and I learned how to manage the panic, and I haven't had a panic attack in six or seven years.

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