Hi,
i have add and depression! My doctor just
put me on paxil, after having bad side
effects from strattera. My biggest
problem was that it was giving me nausea
and an upset stomach. I'm afraid paxil
will make me sick too. I also heard of
bad withdrawal period when you stop taking
it. I was wondering if anyone has
experienced that with paxil?
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parentsofcole
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Virginia
Posted: 12-09-04 16:37pm
I took paxil had no withdrawal or side
effects, but I took effexor and had the
worst withdrawal you could think of. I
dont recommend anyone to take it! It
felt like shocks were going through my
brain. I have heard some do have
withdrawal from paxil but I didnt. Good
luck!
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sky
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 411 Location: oklahoma
Posted: 12-10-04 16:10pm
Hi I was just browsing through and saw
your post, im usually in the pregnancy
forum. Im not depressed and have not
taken paxil, but I watched a special last
night on primetime live, you can probably
go to their website for more information.
From what I saw it was really scary all
the withdraw effects especially on teens
wanting to commit suicide. My best friend
was on it for some kind of anxiety
disorder, it made her seem like a zombie,
like she had no emotions at all it was
very unlike her. After a few weeks she
switched to something else, I dont know
what its called, but its a small blue
pill, anyways shes doing great now, shes
like her old self again, her only side
effect is being tired all the time. I
would really suggest using your search
engine and look for primetime live and see
what you can find. It aired last night
atlike 9 pm central time. Good luck.
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lilgothchick
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Ontario Canada
Posted: 01-02-05 01:14am
I was on paxil for a while
i turned into a complete zombie
i weened myself off of it... I wasnt on
for that long and that might be why, but I
didnt have bad withdrawl symptoms
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mjk
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 8 Location: Baltimore
Paxil Posted: 01-07-05 02:21am
Hi
i don't have experience with paxil but my
mother had bad sleep side effects, night
terrors and sleep walking, that stopped
when they discontinued it. I tried
strattera not for depression but was given
that to help me stay awake, as I have
fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.
Strattera made me extremely ill, severe
heartburn, and heart arrhythmia, along
with sweating profusely. Didn't know
strattera would be prescribed for
depression. The paxil for you is at
least a more appropriate step for
depression it seems to me. If one of
your depressive symptoms is sleepiness,
maybe that's why you got the
strattera...Anyway, a lot of people say
paxil helps so try it. Acupuncture
helped me with depression before, better
than medicine, and I mean the traditional
five element chinese kind of acupunture.
It's really neat and no side effects at
all! Extremely effective for mood
problems. And for sleepiness!
