Hello all,

I'm new here, on this forums.

I've a problem and I want to take the information from various sources.
I consider starting taking some paroxetine cure (not the gsk's one but a generic) for my social anxiety. It is said that paroxetine is a safe and nearly ideal cure for SA-ers. I've heard that it changes one's personality which is something pretty well-looking for me; I dislike my current personality and behavior. Other its curing effects also seem as wonderful for me.

But recently I've found some opinions about paroxetine which are quite alarming; that there are severe problems with withdrawal and other horrible symptoms. It has surprised me a lot! This cure was always thought as safe. I know about a person who withdrew it suddenly after over a year and had no side effects!

The additional problem for me is, that I've also ulcerative colitis. It causes, saying generally, anemia & general weakness pretty often. It also demands taking pretty many cures (antiinflammatory, immunosupressive ones) and I don't want to additionally "overload" my liver and kidneys! if it would be effectless (I doubt if curing the phobia would be effective during the anemia duration)...

And it's said that SSRIs can cause the alimentary canal bleeding as well, what would be very undesirable for me...

I am afraid a lot that paroxetine could impact negatively on my ulcerative colitis; the information I've found is poor and not definite...

What I should do?

Could you advice me somehow? I know that the problem is quite rare, but there are also such people who have more than 1 severe diseases simultaneously...

See you, I'll appreciate all of your advices.