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08-27-2006, 08:52 AM
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"colors outside the lines"
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Issues
been having a rough go..thought it was frmo missing a dose but it carries on, and as I posted in another thread, actually has been going on for a month.
ZAPS galore..i mean tons of them...feels like someone is squeezing my head, not a head ache just really unfomcfortable....also the usual symptoms of derealization, dispersonalization...comeplete loss of sexual libido... I have been at 10mg for a year and two months..i started on generic to save money about 7 months ago I sense poop out...  I hate paxil  
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08-27-2006, 09:16 AM
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Re: Issues
awww homer i sense poop out too,after my cold turkey stint i went back on 20mg my normal dose and yeah it was better than cold turkey but still had a lot of withdrawal symptoms,i functioned but got bad hits now and again but with continuing headaches,noise intolerance,racing thoughts ect ect,so sorry you are having this its so not fair.How long have you been on it altogether,how many times have you tried to stop?
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September 2009, not in severe hell just moderate hell, still recovering  Joanne.LITTLE EVIL MEN HIDE BEHIND BIG COMPANY NAMES................QUOTE BY......MOI 
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08-27-2006, 09:19 AM
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Re: Issues
Aw, Homie...yuck! I know that head feeling. And the disconnected feeling. All sucks! I tjink you're right about poop out. Sounds to me like it's time to bite the bullet and start moving forward with your taper. You're having wd symptoms, anyway. To paraphrase what Terra said in another thread, each decrease is a step closer to freedom.
Go slowly, but go forward, and be really, really kind to yourself. 
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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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08-27-2006, 09:20 AM
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"Everybody poops" 
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Re: Issues
I'm very sorry to hear this, Homer. But, there is a bright side (yes, I always manage to find a bright side.) You're only at 10 mgs, so I'd get the liquid and just start weaning down from there. Of course, my advice is going to be 1 mg at a time, but that's just me. I think this is your sign to finally be free of this poison.
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aka LC aka Laurie C. Paxil, 20 mg since 1997, for IBS Two unsuccessful attempts to quit. Started tapering 11/27/06 PAXIL FREE 12/29/07 If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. ~Kevin James |
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08-27-2006, 09:47 AM
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"colors outside the lines"
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Re: Issues
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thanks guys..means a lot as per usual...the quote above I have printed in big black letters and posted to desk top....yes it is a sign isnt it... 
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That's one of the curses of anxiety--we make possibilities into certainties.....Tim |
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08-27-2006, 10:15 AM
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Re: Issues
Very cool Homer! As per Laurie... there is always a silver lining isn't there!
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JoAnn 4/04-7/06- 20mg 7/06- 10mg 4/07- 5mg 7/07- 0mg 7/07- back to 5mg  9/09- 0mg 
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08-27-2006, 10:41 AM
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"has a lavender scented keyboard"
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Re: Issues
You can do this Homer. Go very slowly, but get done with it so you can move on.
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08-27-2006, 11:15 AM
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Re: Issues
Homer, your body is telling you that it's time. The only way out is down. You have all of the knowledge and know the techniques. It's time to put this into action. Let the healing begin!
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Katesmom aka Kim started Paxil Oct. 2003 for PIH Paxil free since 19 Jul 2005 ". . .the cruelest lies are often told without a word. . .the kindest truths are often spoken, never heard." -- Ben Folds |
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08-27-2006, 11:21 AM
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Location: New Orleans
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Re: Issues
Homer, here' another one you might want to post somewhere. I put it on my fridge recently.
FOCUS: Follow One Step Until Successful It has helped me stay on track with my projects.
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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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08-27-2006, 11:21 AM
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Re: Issues
How about a 1mg taper... add or increase your dosage of fish oil, and start an exercise program? You may find as you taper that your energy will come up a little and the old sex drive will make a comeback. Best of luck.
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08-27-2006, 01:04 PM
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"Dancing Queen"
Join Date: May 2006
Location: USA
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Re: Issues
Homie,
I try to tell myself that poop-out was FINALLY my sign from a divine power that it is TIME to be me again. Time to quit hem-hawing around, like I did for years, and go for it. In the past 4 months, I feel like my whole being has changed. It is so hard to go down in dose, especially when you're aware that it's gonna hurt. So I wouldn't go down in dose - when I came down from 60 mgs to 40 mgs, I figured paxil was going to be the microchip implanted in my neck - always there, and not removable upon pain of death. But then look at my signature! I'm at 14 mgs, the lowest I've ever been on. I'm doing it!!!! You can do it, you can do it! Yeah, it's not gonna be fun, but you know the mantra - go slow and BREATHE. That's right, BREATHE. And, if you need to, come here and VENT. That's right, VENT. You're an amazing man. When the time comes, you will have a lot of loving support.
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95' - started paxil, 20 mgs; up to 30. two ct's, then 60 mgs for years. 40 mgs in '02, poop-out in '05 start taper= 5/8/06 at 20 = 6/17/06 at 15 = 8/8/06 at 10 = 10/15/06 at 5 = 12/14/06 Paxil free as of 3/8/08 (drops were done gradually - not from 20 to 15 and so on) Smoke-free as of 2/27/08 Still doing well, no smoking yet and I haven't been hospitalized - 10/2/09 "You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you!" Job 13:4, KJV Bible |
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