Took last dose on Friday!

bon13 · 01-09-2006, 10:20 AM

Hi, everyone!
I had to share this with all of you since you have been here with me since August when I was having severe withdrawal side effects. You have given me such great advice and helped me to get where I am now, which is Paxil free! I took my last dose on Friday night without realizing it would be my last one. I'll explain. I feel asleep Saturday night without taking my shaved off pill and awoke around 2:00 a.m. realizing I hadn't taken it. I needed to cut some more pills but didn't feel like it at 2:00 in the morning. I told my husband I was going to see how I would feel if I skipped. Well, I felt fine all day yesterday. I awoke this morning feeling pretty good as well. It has now been 2 1/2 days since my last pill and I'm not feeling zappy, dizzy, and I'm not having any headaches. I know it's still early, and I will likely feel withdrawal side effects in the next week or two, but it's a good sign that I'm not having any of the weird head feelings since I haven't taken the poison in 2 1/2 days! If I get withdrawal symptoms that are intolerable, I know I can resume where I was and continue shaving the pills even more. But for now, I'm praying I am Paxil free forever!!! Thank you everyone, I'll keep you all posted.

Delynbetter · 01-09-2006, 10:26 AM

Congratulations! During this time that you're not feeling any side effects, don't worry yourself over them coming. When/if they do come, they will be NOTHING in comparison to what they were in the beginning.

scotty · 01-09-2006, 10:36 AM

Congratulations bon!!! Don't anticipate anything. Just roll with it.

elisa · 01-09-2006, 11:15 AM

Congratulations Bon!! You're on your way!!

feelin'_wiggy · 01-09-2006, 01:54 PM

Way to go, Bon!

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, but I think you're going to be just fine.

01-09-2006, 10:20 AM	#1
bon13 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: California Posts: 211	Took last dose on Friday! Hi, everyone! I had to share this with all of you since you have been here with me since August when I was having severe withdrawal side effects. You have given me such great advice and helped me to get where I am now, which is Paxil free! I took my last dose on Friday night without realizing it would be my last one. I'll explain. I feel asleep Saturday night without taking my shaved off pill and awoke around 2:00 a.m. realizing I hadn't taken it. I needed to cut some more pills but didn't feel like it at 2:00 in the morning. I told my husband I was going to see how I would feel if I skipped. Well, I felt fine all day yesterday. I awoke this morning feeling pretty good as well. It has now been 2 1/2 days since my last pill and I'm not feeling zappy, dizzy, and I'm not having any headaches. I know it's still early, and I will likely feel withdrawal side effects in the next week or two, but it's a good sign that I'm not having any of the weird head feelings since I haven't taken the poison in 2 1/2 days! If I get withdrawal symptoms that are intolerable, I know I can resume where I was and continue shaving the pills even more. But for now, I'm praying I am Paxil free forever!!! Thank you everyone, I'll keep you all posted. __________________ Prescribed 10 mg Paxil Jan 2001 for anxiety/panic Tapered 6 months with 2.5 mg cuts Pax-hell Free as of 1/6/06! COURAGE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF FEAR, BUT RATHER THE JUDGMENT THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FEAR -- Ambrose Redmoon

01-09-2006, 10:26 AM	#2
Delynbetter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 10,518	Re: Took last dose on Friday! Congratulations! During this time that you're not feeling any side effects, don't worry yourself over them coming. When/if they do come, they will be NOTHING in comparison to what they were in the beginning.

01-09-2006, 10:36 AM	#3
scotty Administrator & Advocate Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: new jersey Posts: 38,589	Re: Took last dose on Friday! Congratulations bon!!! Don't anticipate anything. Just roll with it. __________________ AKA Laurie "If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." ~Frank A. Clark

01-09-2006, 11:15 AM	#4
elisa Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,509	Re: Took last dose on Friday! Congratulations Bon!! You're on your way!! __________________ On A/D's since 1995, switching due to side-effects on 30 different brands of TCA's, SSRI's, SNRI's, Antipsychotics, Benzo's & Imovane. 6 ECT's. Tapering from 225 mg Effexor XR May 17, 2004. (Equiv. to 60 mg Paxil) Last taper Effexor XR Jan 17, 2006 down to ZERO. Currently protracted withdrawal. Sept 2006: 25 mg Doxepin. March 13/09: 10 mg Desipramine

01-09-2006, 01:54 PM	#5
feelin'_wiggy Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 3,301	Re: Took last dose on Friday! Way to go, Bon! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, but I think you're going to be just fine. __________________ *Deborah* Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage -- Anais Nin ...the most you can hope is to be a little less, in the end, the creature you were in the beginning and the middle. -- Samuel Beckett (The Unnamable) . 1998: Paxil prescribed during mother's battle with cancer. 07/03 thru 05/05: Poop out; 2 botched attempts at wd; bipolar dx; more drugs added 04/05: quit lithium, Adderall and Xanax 05/05: Began 3rd attempt at wd 07/22/05: Liberated! http://www.benzo.org.uk

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