Another Positive Post!

NYTeach · 04-15-2008, 08:51 PM

Well, if I'm jinxing myself by posting this, so be it. I know how much it means to read something positive so here it is:

I'm finally better!! After taking only six 20mg. Paxil pills and six .5mg Ativans, and stopping them both CT, I've had about 9 months of various symptoms: nausea, insomnia, restless legs, anxiety, muscle twitches (6 months of those), chest tightness, back pain, gloomy thoughts, digestive issues....never severe....but now everything is better! And everything got better at around the same time - so, it WAS all related. Improvement has been gradual but now I feel like my old self most days.

I didn't take a single thing (sensitive to so much), haven't run to the doctor, no more ER visits, - just went day by day. Keeping busy and eating right once my appetite returned helped a lot. I prayed, too. (Here's a great book: The Dynamic Laws of Healing by Catherine Ponder.)

So, what happened? Who knows? After a summer of stress and anxiety did my adrenals gradually recover? Did the hormones finally balance? I don't know but since I've taken nothing at all, it does prove that the body heals itself in time.

If I hadn't found PaxilProgress, I would never had known what was happening to me. Whenever I had a symptom, I searched for it on this site, and I always found it. I've learned so much. What a fool I was.

For someone with minimal exposure to these meds, this has been quite a trip.

Hope this helps someone!

Regards,
Helen

scotty · 04-15-2008, 08:58 PM

NYT...I'm thrilled to hear this, and I'm so happy that we were there to help.

nicemom · 04-15-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by NYTeach

If I hadn't found PaxilProgress, I would never had known what was happening to me.

I so agree! What a Godsend this place has been!

Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you and so glad to hear that things are going so well! You did it, you made it and your going to be ok. Good job Helen!

Johnnny off Paxil · 04-15-2008, 11:29 PM

Good and I agree with you..the body ..if you allow it.. will eventually heal itself..but we need to not meddle in the process. Sometimes its really, really hard to understand that point when your in the trows of withdrawal adnd will reach for anything to get you out of the suffering.

Regards, Johnny

Songbird · 04-16-2008, 12:38 AM

This is wonderful news!

LCrawford67 · 04-16-2008, 05:31 AM

Congratulations, Helen!!!

Homerbcool · 04-16-2008, 07:24 PM

Helen...that is great news and thanks for posting it..and by no means are you or were you ever a fool....you trusted a profession that we grew up to know as the most trusted profession...

paxilgirl · 04-16-2008, 10:05 PM

Helen, I'm thrilled to hear you are doing better!

Hugs!

Gem · 04-17-2008, 08:03 AM

That's brilliant news - I 'm so pleased, congratulations to you. It's really encouraging too.

04-15-2008, 08:51 PM	#1
NYTeach Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 138	Another Positive Post! Well, if I'm jinxing myself by posting this, so be it. I know how much it means to read something positive so here it is: I'm finally better!! After taking only six 20mg. Paxil pills and six .5mg Ativans, and stopping them both CT, I've had about 9 months of various symptoms: nausea, insomnia, restless legs, anxiety, muscle twitches (6 months of those), chest tightness, back pain, gloomy thoughts, digestive issues....never severe....but now everything is better! And everything got better at around the same time - so, it WAS all related. Improvement has been gradual but now I feel like my old self most days. I didn't take a single thing (sensitive to so much), haven't run to the doctor, no more ER visits, - just went day by day. Keeping busy and eating right once my appetite returned helped a lot. I prayed, too. (Here's a great book: The Dynamic Laws of Healing by Catherine Ponder.) So, what happened? Who knows? After a summer of stress and anxiety did my adrenals gradually recover? Did the hormones finally balance? I don't know but since I've taken nothing at all, it does prove that the body heals itself in time. If I hadn't found PaxilProgress, I would never had known what was happening to me. Whenever I had a symptom, I searched for it on this site, and I always found it. I've learned so much. What a fool I was. For someone with minimal exposure to these meds, this has been quite a trip. Hope this helps someone! Regards, Helen __________________ 20 Mg. Paxil and .5 mg. Ativan (6 days-Aug. 2007) 30 Mg. Paxil (1 day -Aug. 2007) Side effects began and I stopped everything November 2007 - Feeling much better April 2008 - Fully recovered

04-15-2008, 08:58 PM	#2
scotty Administrator & Advocate Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: new jersey Posts: 38,590	Re: Another Positive Post! NYT...I'm thrilled to hear this, and I'm so happy that we were there to help. __________________ AKA Laurie "If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." ~Frank A. Clark

04-15-2008, 11:29 PM	#4
Johnnny off Paxil Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Persona Non Grata... I am No Expert on Nothing Posts: 2,894	Re: Another Positive Post! Good and I agree with you..the body ..if you allow it.. will eventually heal itself..but we need to not meddle in the process. Sometimes its really, really hard to understand that point when your in the trows of withdrawal adnd will reach for anything to get you out of the suffering. Regards, Johnny

04-16-2008, 12:38 AM	#5
Songbird Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 7,046	Re: Another Positive Post! This is wonderful news! __________________ 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

04-16-2008, 05:31 AM	#6
LCrawford67 Moderator "Everybody poops" Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 26,493	Re: Another Positive Post! Congratulations, Helen!!! __________________ 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

04-16-2008, 07:24 PM	#7
Homerbcool "colors outside the lines" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,949	Re: Another Positive Post! Helen...that is great news and thanks for posting it..and by no means are you or were you ever a fool....you trusted a profession that we grew up to know as the most trusted profession... __________________ That's one of the curses of anxiety--we make possibilities into certainties.....Tim

04-16-2008, 10:05 PM	#8
paxilgirl "Stinks of lavender" Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 10,382	Re: Another Positive Post! Helen, I'm thrilled to hear you are doing better! Hugs! __________________ Paxilgirl Put on Paxil for situational depression in August 2003. Was also on .5 mg of Clonozapem. Started on 10mg and increased to 30mg. Weaned off during the summer of 2004. Became PAXIL FREE October 4, 2004. Completely recovered!!!

04-17-2008, 08:03 AM	#9
Gem Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK Posts: 162	Re: Another Positive Post! That's brilliant news - I 'm so pleased, congratulations to you. It's really encouraging too. __________________ Paxil free since 1st August 2005 “I've often had it said to me, "I've felt better when I took Prozac, so that must show that I had a low serotonin level", to which I say, aspirin cures headaches. Does that mean that headaches are caused by a lack of aspirin? No.” Dorothy Rowe

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