Please help me , i am afraid!!!

[Venuzia]

My doctor prescribed paxil to me yesterday, not knowing any better i took 10 mg (what she told me to) Then today i took another 10mg. But now that i read all kind of stories i decided i don't want to take this!!! I try vomiting 1:30 hour after taking the first pill but nothing came out. What will happen if i don't take it tomorrow and the day after and so on? Will i go into those horrible witrawal symptoms after just taking it twice??? Please help me!!!

[rdjanis]

Welcome Venuzia, and don't panic. Taking it for only two days is not a big deal. These medications should be used as last resort, have you tried therapy for what ever it is that is bothering you?

Read the faq page here, print off some articles and take them back to your doc. These are mind altering medications that should only be used last resort, and if medications were necessary, in my opinion, paxil and effexor would be wiped off the list of meds to use.

Take care.

[Venuzia]

No i haven't i wanted to to talk things out. I had worries a lot for the past years and i'm afraid of germs. My doctor in only 5 minutes decided i had OCD and needed Paxil for anxiety. I don't think i need it or want to take it ! I don't have OCD , yes i'm afraid of germs but i don't have ritual , it does not disturb me or my life, the only thing is a can't sleep , i haven't slep good in years! But i think this is a side effects of Depo ( wiche i'm off of that now too! ) i think when the Depo is out of my system i wil sleep again. Anyway i took the 10 mgr of Paxil yesterday at 5 pm , then this morning at 5 am. After i did some research and found that contrarely as to what my doctor told me there is side effects ( insomnia is one of them, and no sex drive, i already have that because of Depo i don't need anymore) plus she said i could stop anytime once i'm better ( i already think i'mnot that bad ,just talkign things out could help me a lot ) without any side effects or anything.
Anyway i don't want to take this sh*t, i only took it twice but i'm really really afraid of having stuff like you have, like brain zap and suicidal tendency and visions and stuff... Are you sure taking only twice and stoppingwil not affect me ? I'm sooo afraid now....

[Venuzia]

sorry it would post so i pushed the button more the once...

[Venuzia]

sorry it would post so i pushed the button more the once...

[Venuzia]

I need reasurring , i'm really afraid, went to the doc to get one poison out of my body (Depo) and ended up with one even worse!!! What will stopping after taking twice , 2 days , 10 mg each day for a total of 20 mg will do to me???

[Charlie]

Venuzia
I think you are going to be fine after only a couple of pills. Did you notice any problems from the two you took? I would just drink a lot of watter and let your body take care of the rest naturally. If you think you need some sort of help find a therapist, sometimes people have to go to moe than one to find someone they are comfortable with and that is very important in the overall success of talk therapy.

[rdjanis]

You will be fine Venuzia, it takes 6 weeks for this medication to reach it's potential, two days is nothing. Just be thankful that you searched the medication!! The docs should provide therapy before looking for answers with medication, these medications do not 'fix' things, they cover your emotions so you do not 'feel' what is troubling you. But it also touches all aspects of one's life.

Take care, and don't worry.

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by Venuzia

I need reasurring , i'm really afraid, went to the doc to get one poison out of my body (Depo) and ended up with one even worse!!! What will stopping after taking twice , 2 days , 10 mg each day for a total of 20 mg will do to me???

If you need perspective I would suggest that you ask someone you trust that can actually see and speak with you in person if they notice anything unusual about the way you are acting. Specificly agressive behavior. With 2 doses the reaction would come (1)if you were allergic or (2)if you simply could not matabolize and were very sensitive. I think you are absolutely fine though. In the words of Winston Churchill You have nothing to fear but fear itself.

[Venuzia]

tank you so much, i will drink a lot of water all week to try to flush this out! I didn't notice anything weird happening so far other then me freaking out when i found out what this drug really does to people!
I'm happy to know that you both think taking twice will not affect me or givve me writrawal symptoms like others. Also happy that i found this in time...
I have a little worries sometime and a fear of germs but its nothign that affect my life. It does affect my sleep but i feel like talkign things out with a terapist could make all of this go away... I don't think my doctor was right to give this to me after only 5 minutes consultation about me having muscle pain, anxiety and not sleeping well, then when i said i didn't like my job because i was dealing with the public and was afraid of germs she right away said paxil! She didn't listen when i told her that my fear is much better now, i can go into clinic and hospital and don't think twice about it, i can handle money and people and won't freak out if i use hand sanitizer afterward! I made a lot of progress in one year on my own , I feel like just talking to someone would help me do the last step not taking paxil....
thanks so much for reassuirng me that this wont affect me like seriously, brain zap wow! Hallucinations! scary stuff!!! And my doc said no symptoms when you use it, perfectly safe, mild, no addictive, will help me sleep, and help me lose weight , wil also help my sex life by helping m relax! Right!!! Thos are all side effects of it !!!
thansk again
Anyone who is willing to post ore reassuring is also appreciated because i'm still kinda scare...

[Scott]

you won't have withdrawal from 1 or 2 doses.. you may feel weird for a few days or more but nothing like what we talk about on this website.. you would have withdrawal if you were on it for a length of time. It takes months for the drug to change your brain, that's why we have trouble stopping.

[scotty]

"And my doc said no symptoms when you use it, perfectly safe, mild, no addictive, will help me sleep, and help me lose weight , wil also help my sex life by helping m relax!"

Relax, two doses won't make a difference. And the statement above has to take the cake as the BIGGEST group of lies by a pdoc yet!!!! This guys doesn't even listen to detail men!!! Lose weight.... OMG, even GKS doesn't take credit for this one.. paxil is KNOWN for it's weight gain!

[elisa]

Venuzia, you'll be fine....

Talk therapy or any kind of non-drug therapy works without side-effects and lasts a life-time. Unlike these drugs that cover up our feelings and are rife with side-effects.

These drugs can be compared to an elephant roaming around in a china shop.

[nicole55]

don't panic, your going to be ok. Only two days is not going to do anything.
You will be fine.

Why were you prescribed paxil in the first place? If you were there in the first place for depression/stress/anxiety/ obsessive thoughts? Remember these things are not just going away- and are probably making you panic/worry more about taking the paxil for only two days.

There are some other methods that you might be able to learn to deal with your problem ( sorry I don't know what it is right now) non -drug methods, relaxation techniques, therapy etc.

[zappelina]

Concratulations! You have made the right decision! Never take Paxil or any SSRI drug if you want to stay healthy!

[Venuzia]

I went there because i was on Depo Provera for 7 years. I recently found out that several side effects of Depo were exactly what i was living day to day for years now. I did a lot of research to back this up and took notes. I went to my doctor with my concerns about Depo and recent FDA + Health Canada Black Box Warning about it. I had 9 page of side effects and why i thought they were related to Depo from info taken directly form the Depo site ect. I also had done research about what bc pill i wanted now ect. Anyway one of the side effects of Depo is insomnia , she asked me why i wasn't sleeping for so many years, i told her because i worry about all kinds of things and can't stop thinking at night when i go to bed. I also told her i was afraid of germs and people sneezing/coughing around me but i can deal with that i just calm myself down by talking to myself and i use hand sanitizer if i touch somethign i feel is germy. It's not affecting my life that much and i don't have behaviors like people who have to do ritual and stuff. Plus anxiety is a side effects of Depo so i feel that once the Depo is out of my system i will be fine. But she didn't listen to any of this and said i needed Depo for my anxiety and to help me sleep. Plus she said all the other thign i mentionned like the fact that it was mild, not abit forming,and safe with almost no side effects. She wanted me to start with 10 mg for 1 week then go on 20 for 6 weeks then meet her again. So yesterday i though well if this is mild and can help me sleep why not give it a shot... Didn'thelp me sleep at all... This morning i took one more 10 mg and the i decided to look at their site and i saw that i had none of the things there, i even took their test and it cam out as me not having anything like that.... I think i could have very mild OCD and that's getting better and better all the time just with me talkign to myself and keeping calm . I can work now, i can go to clinic, hospital , touch doors and do all kinds of stuff and i didn't do that with pills. I feel like my OCD if this fear of germs is because i don't even think it is OCD i just think it's a fear of germs is getting better and better all the time. Once the Depo is out of my system i think the anxiety will also stop so i don't see why i need a drug as powerfull as Paxil! I just hope my doctor is not too mad at me for not taking it.... She just now agree to let me have my tube tied after me assking her for 12 years, i hope she doesn't get mad and now refuse to do that for me because i don't agree with her about the paxil thing... I had a headach all day today but other then that i'm ok Thank you so much for all your help And i hope that all of you will feel fine soon too , what you are doing for other by imforming them like you did me is awesome!!!

[Bern]

I wish that I could have stopped Paxil after 2 days of taking it. Don't freak out.....I've been taking Paxil for almost 8 years, and I'm okay.

I feel like doing the math:

365 days X 7.5 years= 2,737.5

I've been taking Paxil for the last 2,737 days. That's 2,735 more times than you.

Don't freak out. I'm okay.

[MizzT]

yeah....dont freak out. 2 pills and you should be fine. just stop taking them.

Read in the supplements forum about Magnesium and Fish Oil supplements for anxiety. The magnesium may...and probably will even help with the insomnia. Itll get you sleeping better in a short time....and no side effects. Unless you have constipation....and magnesiums side effect will HELP that!

The Depo sounds horrible !!! I had a weird feeling when i first heard about that a bunch of years ago. I never kept up on what it might do...but now reading about it...its as horrible as i imagined.

dont worry. you're in good hands here as far as the paxil is concerned....and nurse laurie (scotty) knows a whole lot about all sorts of meds and will give you accurate info.

have no fear!

[Venuzia]

Will magnesium decrease the effectiveness of my birth control pill? I'm on Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo ? And yes i am always constipated ( another charming side effect of Depo! I wish this drug get taken off the market!!!) so if it can help me sleep and help me poop and not mes up my bc pill then i'm buying some tomorrow lol!

[unique]

Venuzia - just whose body are we talking about here? What do you mean she wouldn't tie your tubes? Is she a surgeon? A pdoc? A gp? Who is in control here? You shouldn't be afraid of telling her anything. Print the most relevant things on this site about Paxil and take them to her.

[MizzT]

no....magnesium should have no effect whatsoever to your BC pill.
Get Magnesium Glycinate or Magnesium citrate (pills - not liquid). that seems to work the best for folks. Magnesium Oxide seems to be hard to absorb and will make you poop faster rather than absorbing and helping the nervous system.

It should totally help the anxiety and constipation. Its a VERY gentle supplement....causes very few problems. Here...read this
http://paxilprogress.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11035

[Venuzia]

She is:

Family Physician and Clinical Preceptor for the Northwestern Ontario
Medical Program and the Family Medicine North, member on the Ontario
Medical Association, the College of Family Physicians of Canada,
Associate Member to the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of
Canada. In 1995 was awarded the Fellow, College of Family Physicians
of Canada

I have been asking for my tube to be tied since i was 18 but she kept saying that i was too yougn ect... now i'm 30 and she finally agree to refer me to s surgeon (i have to have a referal from her to meet him) and be put on a waiting list but she will only do it the next time i see her in six week. Now i'm kinda afraid that i will piss her off by not taking the Paxil (really i don't feel that i need it! My goodness, my hair has been falling out because of Depo , and falling out a lot, i have been anxious because of all i found out about what being on Depo for so long could have done to my body and did too, found out that Depo has raised my risk for osteoporosis and there is a ot of that in my family, been trying to figure out the pro and con of being on and off depo and trying to figure out what bc pill i wanted to take after Depo,my father in law had surgery, my dog got poison, he is 8 and my baby and he almost died! All of that in a month!!! Anyone would get anxiety going trough all of that no? I'm not always anxious and sometime i can't sleep no because of anxiety it's just that i can't sleep that's all... And i don't think my fear of germs is OCD, it's just a thing i have and it's getting better and better every year by me doing it by myself with talking to myself ...I feel she put me on Paxil without all the facts... But i hope that she doesn't turn me down again for my tubal surgery because i'm so happy that she finally agree to it last time! Not taking Paxil will piss her off because when i saw the side effects i called her and told her i was afraid of the no sex drive side effect (i already have NONE because of Depo i don't need anything that will lower it event more lol!) she said that's really rare and i want you to take it anyway because you need to get your anxiety down ... Well i'm not taking it!!!! And that's it!!! Do you think she is allowed to refuse me tubal surgery or renew my bc pill if i don't follow her paxil prescription?

[MizzT]

Originally Posted by Venuzia

Now i'm kinda afraid that i will piss her off by not taking the Paxil

Do you think she is allowed to refuse me tubal surgery or renew my bc pill if i don't follow her paxil prescription?

remember who is in charge here of uh....YOUR BODY. that would be...YOU of course....not HER. piss her off because YOU wont put a poison in your body.....screw her if she gets upset. *sorry*...but seriously.....its YOUR choice to eat or not to eat the poison.

IF...she chooses to NOT refer you to your choice of elected surgery....i think you might need a new doc...despite her credentials. Other docs have letters behind their names too and they can just as easily refer you for surgery. my goodness....for someone to dictate what YOU Want done is just beyond me.
Yes...at 18...i probably would have said...dont tie your tubes yet...you are too young to make that final a decision....wait a bit and think on it. there are benefits both sides of that coin.

But after a decade + of comtemplation....go get whatever surgery you need...and a doc who will refer you.

I get upset about this because one of my GPs stabbed me with a needle and made my hand numb....and then wouldnt refer me to a neurologist. It was hell and high water....and YES...the GP was pissed at me for not taking Neurontin...*which causes hallucinations*....and as such would not refer me. That was the last time i saw Her!

Take control for yourself. you obviously can learn on your own about the effects...so why not be able to say yes or no to it also? never forget who has to endure the side effects...cause it aint the doc!

[unique]

About your last question - I know someone here will answer. I don't know the answer. It sure is difficult for me to understand how she wouldn't tho if it's what YOU want. Is she concerned that you might be sorry someday?

[Venuzia]

Thanks i will think of you at my next apointment We only have 4 doctor where i live and 2 of them are old men, the other one is a woman but i don't like her, when i talked to her about Depo she laughed in my face and told me i was imagining those side effects! And the other one is my regular doctor that one that i have been seeing for the past 7 years and the one i'm talking about now, so i don't have much of a choice in doctors up here . But i will think of you and be firm and strong next visit!