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11-15-2007, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: MA
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I'm OFF!!!
Hi Everyone,
It has been a long time since my last post and I have been slowly tapering off the P. I have gone from 2 to ZERO as of Monday. I am finding myself very shaky and a bit dizzy but so far it has been manageable. I want to thank everyone for responding to my questions and I will probably be a fixture on the board for the next few months. |
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11-15-2007, 03:04 PM
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"Everybody poops" 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Ohio
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Re: I'm OFF!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!! If your taper was slow (and if I remember, it was) any side effects you have should be mild and short lived.
I'm very happy for you! Oh, if you don't take Omega 3, start. It'll help the dizziness. If you already take it, take a capsule extra.
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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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11-15-2007, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: MA
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Re: I'm OFF!!!
Thanks LC...I have been taking 2 at night. Maybe go up to 3 and take in the am?
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11-15-2007, 03:20 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: New Zealand
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Re: I'm OFF!!!
Well done for getting to zero! Yes, please keep posting here, it will be a help to those of us still tapering!
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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 |
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11-15-2007, 03:25 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NE Ohio
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Re: I'm OFF!!!
I hope it stays manageable for you! Congratulations! Job well done!
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Diane  On Paxil for 5+ years Weaned from 40mg to 15 over a 1 1/2 year period. From 15mg-0 May/June 06 (before finding PP) Protracted w/d from c/t. First 10 mths up and down but tolerable. Akathesia hit at 11 months. Many months of terrible mental and physical torture. 3/09 started Prozac but too stimulating. Currently on 15mg Lexapro and feeling so much better. Not all who waunder are lost. |
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11-15-2007, 03:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Montreal, QC Vancouver, BC
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Re: I'm OFF!!!
congrats! that is sweet.
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Paxil - 2000-2006 40mgs, weight gain of 50 pounds tapered for one month as I had to get off due to behavior issues. late Dec 2006....last paxil 3 months of major w/d. supplements: b-complex, mags, fish oil "Your Mileage WILL Vary" should be stamped across every drug dispensed. Your doc shouldn't poo-poo your reaction. You live inside your body. You know what's happening in there. |
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11-15-2007, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 5,419
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Re: I'm OFF!!!
woooooooo hooooooooooo !!! Doesn't it feel weird to not have to take it every day? Hang in there - it will all be worth it.
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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 |
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11-15-2007, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: I'm OFF!!!
Congratulations on being Paxil-free! It's a great feeling, isn't it?
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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." |
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11-15-2007, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Ohio
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Re: I'm OFF!!!
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Absolutely! Go up one and take them during the day.
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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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11-15-2007, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 87
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Re: I'm OFF!!!
Congratulations on getting rid of the paxil. Its a great accomplishment!! You should be proud
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