Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free

Kitsyl · 07-23-2007, 05:58 AM

Well, I've finally done it...

Here's hoping!

Buxy`s Back · 07-23-2007, 06:01 AM

Good luck Kit,hoping the slow taper pays off for you,keeping fingers and toes crossed for ya

rdjanis · 07-23-2007, 06:43 AM

Congrats Kitsyl!!

Homerbcool · 07-23-2007, 06:46 AM

Wow, you have entered, or better said, re-entered med free land..the promise land...congrats big time..keep us posted please.

Kitsyl · 07-23-2007, 08:04 AM

Thanks all. I wouldn't have got this far without out you:-)

It's so weird 'feeling' again - some things for the first time. It's a whole new learning experience.

Delynbetter · 07-23-2007, 08:05 AM

Congratulations!!

LCrawford67 · 07-23-2007, 08:23 AM

Kitsyl, you've been an inspiration to me, I'm so happy for you!

You're gonna be great, I just know it! Congratulations!

Amaya's Nana · 07-23-2007, 08:24 AM

Woo hoo!!! Way to go Kitsy.

Fleet86 · 07-23-2007, 11:41 AM

Congratulations Kitsyl!!!

nicci x

scotia21 · 07-23-2007, 01:02 PM

Fabulous !!! I can't wait for the day when I get to post about the same thing.

Casey1231 · 07-23-2007, 02:16 PM

That is wonderful! You give me hope for my own future as well, thank you.

babs · 07-23-2007, 04:11 PM

Congratulations! It's a great feeling, ain't it?

scotty · 07-23-2007, 04:16 PM

Congratulations Kitsyl!!!

Songbird · 07-23-2007, 07:58 PM

That's fantastic! (You will be an inspiration for me too!)

Kitsyl · 07-24-2007, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Casey1231

That is wonderful! You give me hope for my own future as well, thank you.

Hope, at times, is all we have. If I managed to do it, Casey, believe me anyone can:-)

Iksfreundin · 07-24-2007, 02:20 AM

Congrats to you! You can bet I'll be watching you closely, as you've done the type of taper I'd like to finish off as!

Good luck to you. Fabulous news!

07-23-2007, 05:58 AM	#1
Kitsyl Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: England Posts: 842	Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Well, I've finally done it... Here's hoping! __________________ Diazepam 'Family' (28 years) - Cold turkey 2000 Seroxat (Paxil) 20mgs Since 1998. Slow w/d since Aug 2005 05/06: 8.2mgs : 06/06 : 8mgs : 07/06 : 7.4 : 08/06: 7mgs : 09/06 : 5mgs : 10/06 : 4.4mgs : 11/06 : 4mgs : 12/06 : 3.4 mgs : 01/07 : 3mgs : 02/07 : 2.75mgs : 02/07 : 2.4mgs : 03/07 : 2mgs : 04/07 : 1mg : 05/07 : 0.5mg 06/07 : 0.1 mgs : 07/07 : ZERO! Almost 2 years later: Drug and symptom free.

07-23-2007, 06:01 AM	#2
Buxy`s Back Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: grimsby,england Posts: 4,463	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Good luck Kit,hoping the slow taper pays off for you,keeping fingers and toes crossed for ya __________________ September 2009, not in severe hell just moderate hell, still recovering Joanne. LITTLE EVIL MEN HIDE BEHIND BIG COMPANY NAMES................QUOTE BY......MOI

07-23-2007, 06:43 AM	#3
rdjanis "has a lavender scented keyboard" Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ontario Posts: 22,238	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Congrats Kitsyl!! __________________ Rita

07-23-2007, 06:46 AM	#4
Homerbcool "colors outside the lines" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,949	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Wow, you have entered, or better said, re-entered med free land..the promise land...congrats big time..keep us posted please. __________________ That's one of the curses of anxiety--we make possibilities into certainties.....Tim

07-23-2007, 08:04 AM	#5
Kitsyl Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: England Posts: 842	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Thanks all. I wouldn't have got this far without out you:-) It's so weird 'feeling' again - some things for the first time. It's a whole new learning experience. __________________ Diazepam 'Family' (28 years) - Cold turkey 2000 Seroxat (Paxil) 20mgs Since 1998. Slow w/d since Aug 2005 05/06: 8.2mgs : 06/06 : 8mgs : 07/06 : 7.4 : 08/06: 7mgs : 09/06 : 5mgs : 10/06 : 4.4mgs : 11/06 : 4mgs : 12/06 : 3.4 mgs : 01/07 : 3mgs : 02/07 : 2.75mgs : 02/07 : 2.4mgs : 03/07 : 2mgs : 04/07 : 1mg : 05/07 : 0.5mg 06/07 : 0.1 mgs : 07/07 : ZERO! Almost 2 years later: Drug and symptom free.

07-23-2007, 08:05 AM	#6
Delynbetter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 10,518	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Congratulations!! __________________ Diagnosed anxiety/panic disorder without agoraphobia 1989. Talk/music therapy. Major anxiety and mild depression in 2004 from situational stressors. Began Paxil CR 25mg, 10/04. Quit cold-turkey 5/5/05 as demanded by doctor. Found paxilprogress 5/17/05. Began Paxil CR 12.5mg 5/17/05. Weaned 4 1/2 months. During taper - anx/panic/depression, manic episodes, agoraphobia, suicidal ideation, many other physical symptoms. Paxil-free 10/2/05.

07-23-2007, 08:23 AM	#7
LCrawford67 Moderator "Everybody poops" Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 26,493	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Kitsyl, you've been an inspiration to me, I'm so happy for you! You're gonna be great, I just know it! Congratulations! __________________ 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

07-23-2007, 08:24 AM	#8
Amaya's Nana An "A bucket" gal! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 6,371	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Woo hoo!!! Way to go Kitsy. __________________ a/k/a Lisa PAXIL FREE AS OF 3/18/06! Fully recovered! Currently weaning Klonopin - down to .25 mg - Onward and Upward!!!!!! Focus your attention on the here and now. Recognize it for what it is: the one moment of the only life you will ever have that you truly possess. Rare is the individual who has come to completely accept that the past is no more than a memory and the future an assumption about unborn events.

07-23-2007, 11:41 AM	#9
Fleet86 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,713	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Congratulations Kitsyl!!! nicci x

07-23-2007, 01:02 PM	#10
scotia21 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 5,419	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Fabulous !!! I can't wait for the day when I get to post about the same thing. __________________ 1/05/07 20mg-17.5 1/20 17.5-15 2/24 15-12.5 3/08 12.5-10 3/29 10-7.5 4/12 7.5-5 6/15 5-3.75 6/30 3.75-2.5 7/28 2.5-1.5ish 8/11 1.5-1 8/25 1- zero "Keep lighting candles, eventually nobody will be in the dark" me "Why is it so hard for everybody to believe that a pill can change brain chemistry for the better but not for the worse?" me "Time does not come in pill form" me

07-23-2007, 02:16 PM	#11
Casey1231 Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 717	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free That is wonderful! You give me hope for my own future as well, thank you. __________________ Paxil 10 or 20mg for 14 years for panic and depression - 10mg for past 7 years. Unable to continue slow wean with liquid. Attempt to switch to lexapro initially successful, then worsened anxiety, so now back on 10 of paxil.

07-23-2007, 04:11 PM	#12
babs Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 4,942	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Congratulations! It's a great feeling, ain't it? __________________ 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."

07-23-2007, 04:16 PM	#13
scotty Administrator & Advocate Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: new jersey Posts: 38,590	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Congratulations Kitsyl!!! __________________ AKA Laurie "If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." ~Frank A. Clark

07-23-2007, 07:58 PM	#14
Songbird Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 7,046	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free That's fantastic! (You will be an inspiration for me too!) __________________ Jul 01-Feb 02 Aropax Feb - Dec 03 Citalopram Jul 04 Aropax Jan 07 - Feb 08 20mg - 5mg Apr 4.5mg 5mg Jun 10mg zopiclone > seroquel Jul 20mg Aug + methionine Oct aropax > loxamine Dec off seroquel 7 Dec 17.5mg 30 Dec 15mg 24 Jan 12.5mg 16 Feb 10mg 10 May 9mg 30 May 8mg 5 July 7.5mg 2 Aug 7.25mg 1 Sep 7mg 9 Oct 6.75mg 8 Nov 6.5mg Appreciation is the antidote to stress - Trust is the antidote to fear

07-24-2007, 02:20 AM	#16
Iksfreundin "Dancing Queen" Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA Posts: 3,572	Re: Finally Seroxat/Paxil Free Congrats to you! You can bet I'll be watching you closely, as you've done the type of taper I'd like to finish off as! Good luck to you. Fabulous news! __________________ 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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