help please?

[LucidThoughts]

i'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this but anyway

ive ben trying to get off paxil for a while now decreasing my dose etc and now i havent taken any for about 4 days because i have to give an urine and blood sample in 3 days and i dont want them to know i'm on paxil.

so my question is if i havent taken paxil for about 7-8 days will it be out of my system so that they cant find any of it?

and the withdrawal symptoms are getting bad now and i wanna take a bit today so if i do will it be out of my body in 3 days?

i'm using the tablet version not the liquid and the last time i took it i took about 10 or 5 MG

[sherijo]

well, i don't know about that.. they are not going to find paxil if they are not looking for paxil.. it is dangerous to go on and off like that.. is it worth it?

sheri

[scotty]

Most routine drug tests don't include ssri's. I've never seen one in the hospital. If the paxil is prescribed by a doc, then it wouldn't matter anyway even if it did show.

[LucidThoughts]

they look for everything i think....both legal and illegal drugs.

if i take legal drugs i had to tell them what kind etc when filling out forms. i didnt because i know if i tell them i'm on anti depressants they wont take me for the job

[scotty]

This is something I found about routine drug testing.

"The routine drug testing module consists of four urine samples, which may contain any of the following drugs: amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, benzoylecgonine, ethanol, fentanyl, methadone, opiates, phencyclidine, propoxyphene, THC-cannabinoids, and tricyclic antidepressants."

It does mention the tricylics, but not ssri's. Hope this helps.

[LucidThoughts]

but if i havent taken it for 7-8 days before the test it would be ouf of my system by then yeah? i read it has a low half life

[scotty]

day one 10mg
day two 5mg
day three 2.5
day four 1.25
day five .75
day six .375
day seven .1875

This is using a 24 hour halflife. Paxil's is about 21 hours, so the numbers would be even lower.
I would think that that level is undetectable even if they did check for it, which I don't think they would.

[scotty]

Your concern at this point should be withdrawal symptoms.

[LucidThoughts]

sadly my concern is trying to get into a job =/

would they look for valium? i have to take one 5MG tablet at least once a day. but if they would look for it and found it i wont take it for the next 3 days

[punky]

You need to be more concerned about what could happen if you keep depriving your brain of serotonin. What you are doing is not safe. Don't worry about paxil showing up on a urine test. It isn't heroin, it's a legal drug. You will be fine so long as you take your paxil and stop playin with fire!

I'm not trying to be insensitive. Believe me I know what can happen if you suddenly stop taking it. Just be careful.

[sherijo]

valium they will find.. it is a benzo. isn't it discrimination not to hire someone if they are on anti-depressants?

sheri

[scotty]

Lucid, what kind of job is this??? A prescribed medication will NOT count against you on a drug screen.

[LucidThoughts]

i'm trying to get into the millitary

i know they reject and have rejected people who were on anti depressants or any drug like that

on another note what do i need to do so i dont get an email everytime someone replies to this thread?

[scotty]

Valium is a benzo.. yes that would show on a drug screen, but again if it's prescribed it's not a problem.

[LucidThoughts]

i didnt list it prescribed. i said i'm healthy as an ox so my chances will be better at getting in

would they still find valium if you dont take it for 3 days? and you only took a small 5MG ?

[sherijo]

lucid, my girlfriends son just got into the military and was booted out in 2 days for NOT taking his meds. he has been diagnosed bi-polar.

sheri

[scotty]

I'm don't know how long valium stays in the system. I wouldn't worry about it. You're doing yourself more harm than good by going off paxil cold turkey.

[LucidThoughts]

the thing is i dont need these meds. i only take paxil still cause of the withdrawal side effects and i'm taking a smaller dose using my pill cutter everytime i take it. and i know if i could get away from home my life would improve and i wouldnt need meds ever again. hence trying to get into the millitary

[scotty]

I understand where you're coming from, but just stopping paxil could be a bigger problem than the drug test. Why not put off the military until your completely off the drugs? Remember just getting off the pill doesn't mean that withdrawal is over. The brain needs time to readjust..being in the military is a stress that probably wouldn't mix well with this. I couldn't imagine being in boot camp in withdrawal. How did you wean off?

Be good to yourself... take the time to get off properly and then persue the military.. they'll wait for ya!!!!

[LucidThoughts]

if i knew paxil was like this i would of never started on it. my doctor was a complete useless **** who didnt do anything for me or tell me anything not even about the drug he put me on he just smiled everytime i signed his fat pay check. its doctors like that that mess people up

[scotty]

Oh, you're not alone in those thoughts!!!!

[LucidThoughts]

can you please tell me how to stop the emails coming everytime someone replies to this? i unchecked 'receive emails from adminstrators' and unchecked every other receive email option also i took this thread off my subscribed threads but i still get the emails

[scotty]

Make sure you check "no email notification".

[LucidThoughts]

i did that. i also keep clicking unsuscribe from this thread but it add itsel back to the suscribe list every time.

[scotty]

It will automatically subscribe you whenever you post. give the notification some time.. it can take awhile before it activates.