Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal

Gino · 05-24-2007, 12:23 PM

I have been off things for 7 months. Most things are better but still have some same symptoms. Morning Anxitey is the worse. Is this normal?

pax80 · 05-24-2007, 01:06 PM

I'm also 7 1/2 months off and anxiety is getting better, but it was/is the worst symptom. I can manage the other... Just hang in there...

mapleleafgirl25 · 05-24-2007, 01:11 PM

the one thing i have noticed is have not had any anxiety in almost 2 years..and since being off paxil for 4 months..no anxiety or panic..but ...i do know my triggers so that helps out ALOT!!

michele

tybr61 · 05-24-2007, 01:19 PM

Morning anxiety is extremely common in withdrawal. Most people here have experienced it. Mine began at about 7 months after my last dose of Paxil.

roy100 · 05-24-2007, 09:02 PM

The same with Remeron withdrawal, starting to get better during the 8th month. Magnesium helps a lot. !

jenS · 05-24-2007, 09:18 PM

I am 15 months off and have battled anxiety a LOT. Magnesium helps me but I can only take about 125 mg because it gives me bad stomach. I have to really concentrate when I feel it coming on. I get butterflies in the stomach and a heat flash. It really makes me mad. Frustrating as hell. I often wonder if it will always be with me. It started about 5 months off with me.

babs · 05-24-2007, 09:25 PM

Yes, it's normal to still have anxiety at 7 months off. I still have morning anxiety and I've been off 2 years. I KNOW this is still withdrawal as I never had this problem before Paxil ... I slept like a log and nothing could wake me up. Now I wake every morning at the crack of dawn, feeling worried and nervous for no reason. But it has gotten a lot better since the early days.

Johnnny off Paxil · 05-25-2007, 12:01 AM

Yes it is I am afraid so.. remember Gino these things come and go in episodes.

Are you doing any pro-active things to help your health?

Regards, Johnny

tcl18 · 05-25-2007, 06:30 AM

the 6-7 month mark an be particularily bad. Morning anxiety can be intense - almost like pressure on your chest. It is completely normal and will pass eventualy.

05-24-2007, 12:23 PM	#1
Gino Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 102	Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal I have been off things for 7 months. Most things are better but still have some same symptoms. Morning Anxitey is the worse. Is this normal?

05-24-2007, 01:06 PM	#2
pax80 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portugal Posts: 3,696	Re: Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal I'm also 7 1/2 months off and anxiety is getting better, but it was/is the worst symptom. I can manage the other... Just hang in there... __________________ 2002- 10mg diazepam(for a neck pain) 2003- 20mg seroxat(for benzo wd) 2005-stopped diazepam (1 year taper plus acupuncture) 2006-stopped paxil (1 year taper) 3 years free from drugs

05-24-2007, 01:11 PM	#3
mapleleafgirl25 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 2,132	Re: Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal the one thing i have noticed is have not had any anxiety in almost 2 years..and since being off paxil for 4 months..no anxiety or panic..but ...i do know my triggers so that helps out ALOT!! michele __________________ aka MICHELE My history with paxil is too long to write here..lol..but you can look at my old posts to see!

05-24-2007, 01:19 PM	#4
tybr61 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,899	Re: Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal Morning anxiety is extremely common in withdrawal. Most people here have experienced it. Mine began at about 7 months after my last dose of Paxil. __________________ Took Paxil for 3 years for anxiety and slight depression Quit cold turkey/found PaxilProgress 6 months later Paxil free since July 23, 2005

05-24-2007, 09:02 PM	#5
roy100 Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 127	Re: Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal The same with Remeron withdrawal, starting to get better during the 8th month. Magnesium helps a lot. !

05-24-2007, 09:18 PM	#6
jenS Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 618	Re: Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal I am 15 months off and have battled anxiety a LOT. Magnesium helps me but I can only take about 125 mg because it gives me bad stomach. I have to really concentrate when I feel it coming on. I get butterflies in the stomach and a heat flash. It really makes me mad. Frustrating as hell. I often wonder if it will always be with me. It started about 5 months off with me. __________________ Summer 1997: Started Paxil 10mg. (size 6) Spring 2001: Tried to quit cold turkey, failed Spring 2002: Increased Paxil CR 25 mg. Spring 2005: Switched to generic Paxil 20mg. Summer 2005: Tapered to 10mg. January 11, 2006: Tapered to 5mg. Januray 26, 2006: Down to 2.5mg. (size 14) February 4, 2006: PAXIL FREE (after 9 years) February 2007: Lost all my Paxil weight (30 lbs.) Kill fatigue with B Complex.

05-24-2007, 09:25 PM	#7
babs Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 4,939	Re: Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal Yes, it's normal to still have anxiety at 7 months off. I still have morning anxiety and I've been off 2 years. I KNOW this is still withdrawal as I never had this problem before Paxil ... I slept like a log and nothing could wake me up. Now I wake every morning at the crack of dawn, feeling worried and nervous for no reason. But it has gotten a lot better since the early days. __________________ Babs Paxil 20mg 1994-2005 2 failed attempts to quit Tapered Jan-April 2005 Paxil-free since May 1, 2005 "Glinda the Good Witch informed her that she had the power to go home all along; all she had to do was click her heels together. Why hadn't she told Dorothy that in the first place? Because, explains Glinda, she wouldn't have believed it, she had to learn it for herself."

05-25-2007, 12:01 AM	#9
Johnnny off Paxil Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Persona Non Grata... I am No Expert on Nothing Posts: 2,894	Re: Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal Yes it is I am afraid so.. remember Gino these things come and go in episodes. Are you doing any pro-active things to help your health? Regards, Johnny

05-25-2007, 06:30 AM	#10
tcl18 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 657	Re: Extreme Anxitey 7 months Later Is this normal the 6-7 month mark an be particularily bad. Morning anxiety can be intense - almost like pressure on your chest. It is completely normal and will pass eventualy.

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