Should I be optimistic?

pattys. · 03-15-2006, 03:30 PM

Today began very slowly and cautiously - opened one eye a crack, then both eyes, then sat up, then got up, and HELLO! the room wasn't spinning and my brain stem wasn't zapping. Thank you, powers that be! I had a good, energetic, productive day, and only a few mild whooshes. HOWEVER, I felt this good on Day 4 after stopping Paxil, and as you all know, I then rebounded into whooshing/zapping/dizzy/diarrhea hell for three days. Is there any predictable pattern to this? I am really afraid to be optimistic. One day at a time, I guess.

Patty S.

Prescribed 10 mg Paxil in February 2000 for PMS.
Increased to 20 mg Paxil in February 2003.
Weaning 2.5 mg at a time since January 1, 2006.
Paxil free since March 1, 2006.

Lilly · 03-15-2006, 03:35 PM

I had to learn to enjoy my good days, but to keep in mind that bad ones would return. There was no predictable pattern for me really. I just learned to recognise things when they kept happening over and over.

Lilly

scotty · 03-15-2006, 03:37 PM

Enjoy the good days without worrying!!! They will come more frequently.

rdjanis · 03-15-2006, 04:48 PM

Yep, enjoy the good days, and let them carry you through the difficult ones!

mach3939 · 03-15-2006, 11:00 PM

Enjoy and hope that it is over! Good Luck!

Debbie

mkmullan · 03-16-2006, 12:51 PM

The good periods get longer and longer. I'm actually waiting for the first good day!

tcl18 · 03-16-2006, 05:23 PM

ALWAYS BE OPTIMISTIC. ALWAYS LOOK AT THE POSITIVE IN EVERY SITUATION, NO MATTER HOW BAD. When you do this a postive aura comes over you and you begin to see good, feel, good, etc. It's just postive energy!!! If you had a great day celebrate and tell your self that there is more where that came from - don't worry about what "might" happen, instead engage in what IS happening - a great positve day. Cheers for you and your ongoing success!!!

03-15-2006, 03:30 PM	#1
pattys. Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6	Should I be optimistic? Today began very slowly and cautiously - opened one eye a crack, then both eyes, then sat up, then got up, and HELLO! the room wasn't spinning and my brain stem wasn't zapping. Thank you, powers that be! I had a good, energetic, productive day, and only a few mild whooshes. HOWEVER, I felt this good on Day 4 after stopping Paxil, and as you all know, I then rebounded into whooshing/zapping/dizzy/diarrhea hell for three days. Is there any predictable pattern to this? I am really afraid to be optimistic. One day at a time, I guess. Patty S. Prescribed 10 mg Paxil in February 2000 for PMS. Increased to 20 mg Paxil in February 2003. Weaning 2.5 mg at a time since January 1, 2006. Paxil free since March 1, 2006.

03-15-2006, 03:35 PM	#2
Lilly Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Northwest Posts: 7,188	Re: Should I be optimistic? I had to learn to enjoy my good days, but to keep in mind that bad ones would return. There was no predictable pattern for me really. I just learned to recognise things when they kept happening over and over. Lilly __________________ 1 .5 Xanax a day for one month. C/T. Same year, 3 .5 mil Xanax a day, 4 by the end. Pooped out on me. 1 1/2 years on the drug. Doctors taper. Very bad w/d. 9 months later took 10 mg Paxil and my Xanax w/d dissapeared. On 20 mg by end. Pooped out on me. C/T then restarted it again after 3 days and big blow up. 6 months taper, never feeling much better. 2 1/2 years solid w/d then sporadic stuff for 5 years. Completely recovered! Drug free since June 2001.

03-15-2006, 03:37 PM	#3
scotty Administrator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: new jersey Posts: 47,162	Re: Should I be optimistic? Enjoy the good days without worrying!!! They will come more frequently. __________________ AKA Laurie "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." MLK

03-15-2006, 04:48 PM	#4
rdjanis "has a lavender scented keyboard" Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ontario Posts: 22,214	Re: Should I be optimistic? Yep, enjoy the good days, and let them carry you through the difficult ones! __________________ Rita

03-15-2006, 11:00 PM	#5
mach3939 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Romulus, Michigan Posts: 1,088	Re: Should I be optimistic? Enjoy and hope that it is over! Good Luck! Debbie __________________ Antidepressants since 1997 Zoloft, Serzone, Paxil for 7 years, Effexor for 9 months of that Welburtin & Lexapro mixed in too. Paxil 30mgs July 8 till Aug 6th, 15mgs Aug 7 till Sept 14, 10mgs sept 15 till Nov 14, 5mgs (Oct sinus infection 10 days antibiotics), Nov 15 thru Now, 2.5mgs (Dec sinsus infection 20 days antibiotics) Last Paxil 1/10/06 (Feb Bronchitis & URI 7 days antibiotics and Inhalers) (March Severe Sinus infection 5 weeks antibiotics & diflucan)

03-16-2006, 12:51 PM	#6
mkmullan Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 105	Re: Should I be optimistic? The good periods get longer and longer. I'm actually waiting for the first good day!

03-16-2006, 05:23 PM	#7
tcl18 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 656	Re: Should I be optimistic? ALWAYS BE OPTIMISTIC. ALWAYS LOOK AT THE POSITIVE IN EVERY SITUATION, NO MATTER HOW BAD. When you do this a postive aura comes over you and you begin to see good, feel, good, etc. It's just postive energy!!! If you had a great day celebrate and tell your self that there is more where that came from - don't worry about what "might" happen, instead engage in what IS happening - a great positve day. Cheers for you and your ongoing success!!!

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