Feel like s**t again!!

squirrel · 02-17-2006, 08:20 AM

Head feel full ,ears feel full like I have a real bad headcold.Balance is awful (feel like I am on a boat) all the time this week.Also a bit of anxiety creeping back.BUT
No tears for 2 weeks!
Does anyone else find their symptoms shift, tail off and then come back. I keep thinking I will have a good bout soon but I am fast losing all hope.

punky · 02-17-2006, 08:55 AM

Squirrel,

As abnormal as it seems, i think it's normal for us. I'll be feeling actually ok and it'll go to crap in less than 2 seconds. Don't lose hope. I think it's just part of what we're gonna be going through for a long time. But it will eventually be over. So i keep tellin myself!

rdjanis · 02-17-2006, 09:08 AM

These espisodes come and go. You will eventually get some good periods, the bad days will get farther and farther apart until they disappear. Use the good days to carry you through the bad ones.
Take care.

Healing · 02-17-2006, 10:51 AM

Definitely, squirrel, bouts of anxiety and depression for tiny reasons or no apparent reason, the return of physical symptoms that had left. As has been said on this board, we have to look at our progress in terms of months, not days -- that's the best way to see that change really is happening. Or as Shea has said -- we are healing but it's so hard to detect, it's like trying to catch grass growing.

velveteengreen · 02-17-2006, 11:00 AM

My symptoms definitely ebb and flow. I think that's part of what makes it so hard. You begin to have good moments and days and then the bad moments seem like such a setback. At the beginning of withdrawal it was easier in a way because every day was awful. Now, 8 months off the bad days return with a vengeance and I start to get upset that maybe withdrawal will never end. It's really frustrating when I'll have a week of good days and then all of sudden BAM; panic attack out of no where, or I"ll wake up twitching real bad. But that fact that you're having symptoms recede and then come back is a sign of healing, in my eyes. Just very slow healing

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rangerNY · 02-17-2006, 11:31 AM

Same exact thing here. This week has been a thick-headed, off-balance mess for me. Its uncomfortable and induces a bit of anxiety now and then. I hate the feelings, but I keep reminding myself of how much worse things were even 6 weeks ago.

Symptoms come and go. The improvement curve is not perfectly smooth. Its really a jagged line full of peaks and valleys. One can only see the continual upward trend (feeling better) when viewing the WHOLE picture.

babydoll · 02-17-2006, 04:59 PM

Hello -
I have gone from 20 - 10mg in about one month..
The first week was MISERALBLE.. I am doing really well this week... But I have this strange EYE twitch.. Feels really strange.. I was only nausaus three times today.. But I am very tired.. I am fearing the next drop in my dose.. I have not determind that date yet...

I read that thread about only decreasing the dose by 10% per time..
How often are you dropping your doses? I am shooting for next week to drop to 5mg?? What if any are your thoughts and suggestions?

sherijo · 02-17-2006, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by babydoll

Hello -
II read that thread about only decreasing the dose by 10% per time..
How often are you dropping your doses? I am shooting for next week to drop to 5mg?? What if any are your thoughts and suggestions?

That is brand new info, from someone we believe has a serious clue in this process. i would go for only 10% drop if you can.. they say from 10mg down is the worst.. so you might as well try and alleviate withdrawals any way that you can!

sheri

scotty · 02-17-2006, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by sherijo

That is brand new info, from someone we believe has a serious clue in this process. i would go for only 10% drop if you can.. they say from 10mg down is the worst.. so you might as well try and alleviate withdrawals any way that you can!

sheri

Exactly!!! The lower doses are the hardest. You should wait at least 3-4 weeks in between weans.What were you planning on dropping to?

02-17-2006, 08:20 AM	#1
squirrel Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: merseyside uk Posts: 743	Feel like st again!!** Head feel full ,ears feel full like I have a real bad headcold.Balance is awful (feel like I am on a boat) all the time this week.Also a bit of anxiety creeping back.BUT No tears for 2 weeks! Does anyone else find their symptoms shift, tail off and then come back. I keep thinking I will have a good bout soon but I am fast losing all hope.

02-17-2006, 08:55 AM	#2
punky Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 834	Re: Feel like st again!! Squirrel, As abnormal as it seems, i think it's normal for us. I'll be feeling actually ok and it'll go to crap in less than 2 seconds. Don't lose hope. I think it's just part of what we're gonna be going through for a long time. But it will eventually be over. So i keep tellin myself! __________________ 7/00-1/1/06 Paxil 20-40mg 1/2-2/18 Paxil CR 25mg 2/19-5/3 Paxil CR 12.5mg 5/4-5/9 Paxil CR 25mg 5/10-5/15 Paxil CR 12.5mg 5/16-6/10 Paxil CR 10mg 6/11-7/13 Paxil CR 6.25mg 7/13-7/31 Paxil CR 3mg 8/1-9/5 Paxil CR 6.25mg 9/6 to 9/11 Paxil 10mg/5ml Suspension 5mg (2.5ml) 9/12 to present Paxil 10mg/5ml Suspension 7mg (3.5ml)**

02-17-2006, 09:08 AM	#3
rdjanis "has a lavender scented keyboard" Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ontario Posts: 22,238	Re: Feel like st again!!** These espisodes come and go. You will eventually get some good periods, the bad days will get farther and farther apart until they disappear. Use the good days to carry you through the bad ones. Take care. __________________ Rita

02-17-2006, 10:51 AM	#4
Healing Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 736	Re: Feel like st again!!** Definitely, squirrel, bouts of anxiety and depression for tiny reasons or no apparent reason, the return of physical symptoms that had left. As has been said on this board, we have to look at our progress in terms of months, not days -- that's the best way to see that change really is happening. Or as Shea has said -- we are healing but it's so hard to detect, it's like trying to catch grass growing. __________________ 1996-97 - Paxil x 9 months, tapered, suffered 8 months withdrawal but didn't know it was withdrawal, so... 1998-2001 - Zoloft, tapered, again unwittingly went into withdrawal, so... 2002-03 - Paxil x 20 months, developed severe headaches, so... Sep 03 - May 05 - Paxil wean took 20 months, severe physical, moderate psychological symptoms Sep 03 - Jun 05 - took Prozac to help with Paxil wean - not recommended Jul 05 to date - post-taper, severe psychological, moderate physical symptoms

02-17-2006, 11:00 AM	#5
velveteengreen Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 490	Re: Feel like st again!!** My symptoms definitely ebb and flow. I think that's part of what makes it so hard. You begin to have good moments and days and then the bad moments seem like such a setback. At the beginning of withdrawal it was easier in a way because every day was awful. Now, 8 months off the bad days return with a vengeance and I start to get upset that maybe withdrawal will never end. It's really frustrating when I'll have a week of good days and then all of sudden BAM; panic attack out of no where, or I"ll wake up twitching real bad. But that fact that you're having symptoms recede and then come back is a sign of healing, in my eyes. Just very slow healing .

02-17-2006, 11:31 AM	#6
rangerNY Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 658	Re: Feel like st again!!** Same exact thing here. This week has been a thick-headed, off-balance mess for me. Its uncomfortable and induces a bit of anxiety now and then. I hate the feelings, but I keep reminding myself of how much worse things were even 6 weeks ago. Symptoms come and go. The improvement curve is not perfectly smooth. Its really a jagged line full of peaks and valleys. One can only see the continual upward trend (feeling better) when viewing the WHOLE picture. __________________ - Drew Paxil free since September 2005. "I enjoy throwing food. Especially after a cocktail or two." - Babs

02-17-2006, 04:59 PM	#7
babydoll Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 30	Re: Feel like st again!!** Hello - I have gone from 20 - 10mg in about one month.. The first week was MISERALBLE.. I am doing really well this week... But I have this strange EYE twitch.. Feels really strange.. I was only nausaus three times today.. But I am very tired.. I am fearing the next drop in my dose.. I have not determind that date yet... I read that thread about only decreasing the dose by 10% per time.. How often are you dropping your doses? I am shooting for next week to drop to 5mg?? What if any are your thoughts and suggestions? __________________ Begain Paxil Summer 1993 Off Paxil Cold TurkeyWinter 1996 no isurance, no money. Found out I was pregnant too... Late Fall 1996: Suffering PPD - Back on Paxil 20mg Spring 2001: Manic Episoide - Off Paxil Cold Trukey without even knowing it... Summer 2001: Back on Paxil 20mg, somtimes 40 if needed... Winter 2006: Weaning has begun... Feb 2006 found THIS SITE... Its week Four now on only 10mg... March 18th 2006: Dropped to 5mg....... April 12th - OFF PAXIL

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