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| General Discussion Open discussion about Paxil, Paxil Withdrawal, successes and progress, good stories and bad, with and without. |
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04-16-2008, 07:08 AM
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finally made it to zero!!!
I have been off paxil for one week now and I have to admit that i was scared of making the final drop, but it has been okay so far. I just have anger that is really exaggerated AND I'm PMSing... double wammy. I've been trying to get off this s@%# for a year exactly as my last dose was 4-7-08
 I went from 1.25mg to zero. My doctor refused to give me liquid paxil and wanted to give me prozac and wean off that way when I was at ten miligrams, so I was like... "ummmm no."  My doctor said that that was how "she weaned" people off paxil. Yeah, she has obviously no idea what she is talking about. I wonder what her success rate is. Just horrible. She wanted me to drop 10 miligrams of paxil and just replace it with prozac because "it's the same thing" excepte prozac has the longer half life. If I did that, I would for sure have lost my mind. So I just got a pill cutter and basically tried to go down about a miligram at a time waiting about 6-8 weeks in between. Anyways, I feel exhausted, moody and crazy sometimes, but deep down I'm exstatic to be off this poison. Now to lose the 30 pounds I put on while being on this stuff, but that's a whole other topic.  |
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04-16-2008, 07:45 AM
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"colors outside the lines"
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
WOW...CONGRATS!!..now have to change the name to AM FREE....keep everything in perspective, wome of your emotions will be on edge and raw...so keep an eye on things....
Congrats!!
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04-16-2008, 08:26 AM
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
this was one of the happiest periods of my life .. congratulations!
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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 
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04-16-2008, 09:24 AM
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Location: Oklahoma
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOO - HOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!! Welcome to the "Got Rid of that Crap Club". In case you haven't already figured it out - doctors are idiots !! Take good care of yourself and have faith that it will all be okay.
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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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04-16-2008, 09:49 AM
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"Everybody poops" 
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Congratulations!!!! There's nothing like that feeling, is there? I still, on ocassion, think I'm forgetting something because I don't have to take that stupid pill anymore at night!
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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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04-16-2008, 11:59 AM
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Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
yeahhhh
I"m sooo happy for you. Inspires all of us. thank you
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"Truth is what stands the test of experience" (Einstein) Feb. 21-08 Paxil 25.0 - 22.5mg March 27-08 20.0mg May 2-08 17.5mg june 5-08 15.0mg july 11-08 12.5mg nausea,heaving july 24-08 15.0mg bit better july 29-08 17.5mg bit better august 4-08 20mg and staying put Synthroid .075MG 2003 |
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04-16-2008, 12:15 PM
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"has a lavender scented keyboard"
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Congrats to you!
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04-16-2008, 07:34 PM
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Location: New Zealand
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Congratulations on getting to zero!
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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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04-16-2008, 10:06 PM
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"Stinks of lavender"
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Canada
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Way to go!
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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!!!
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04-17-2008, 05:31 AM
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Excellent news!!
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04-17-2008, 06:56 AM
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Location: London, UK
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Fantastic !!
This is a new beginning for you. Well done Ash
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first on ADs in 93. Tcs,Prozac, then Zoloft 20mg Paxil in 2003 30mg Paxil in July 2005 Started taper in Dec 2005p  ZEROOOO! 6 Apr 2007 Gradual improvement, with some small setbacks Month 8: Bad anxiety & low moods  Sadly back on Citalopram Been to 30mg, but now on 20mg 2009 - anxiety issues, getting worse The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. |
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04-17-2008, 07:06 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Florida
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
I can't wait till I am on that boat with you
 CONGRATS!!
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I started taking paxil cr in 2002 and I took it for 9 months and quit with no problems I started taking paxil again Oct. 10 2006 now I can't stop without w/d's started tapering 04-01-08 paxil 10mg's 10/06/07-4/08/08 paxil 7.5mg's 04/08/08  paxil 6.56mg's 04/25/08 paxil 5.90mg's 05/09/08 paxil 5mg's 06/01/08 AT THE HALFWAY POINT!!   08/27/08 I'M FREE! 0mg's 
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04-17-2008, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Louisiana
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
good deal!! congrats! hopefully, I'll be there one day too!!
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03/00-30mg - anxiety/panic. 07/07-upped to 40mg d/t anxiety. gained 15 lb, hypomania11/07 - From 40mg to 10mg over 1 mo. Very sick!!!Found PP site. 01/08 -10mg. 2/08, 7.5mg for 2 weeks. Back to 10mg until 4/08. 05/08 7.5mg for 2 weeks, 5 mg for 2 weeks, 2.5 mg for 1-2 weeks. last 2.5mg on 06/05/08.WD seemed to be less physical as it progressed.worst physical symptoms were during my highest dose & during the first months of my taper (zaps, flu symptoms, etc). After that - mostly emotional issues. |
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04-17-2008, 04:05 PM
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Location: France
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
WELL DONE - there's hope for us all yet!
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04-17-2008, 04:37 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Congratulations! I know it was alot of hard work! You're right; doctors ARE idiots!
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1983 ~ DX Panic ~ Tofranil & Xanax for 10 years Uninterrupted sobriety from 1980-1993 Switched from Tofranil to 20 mg. Paxil in 1993 Relapsed on alcohol; struggling since(coincidence???)  in 1993'05 Paxil to 30 mg. to cope w/bro. suicide attempt 30mg down to 20mg in a week Major NEGATIVE personality changes on Paxil Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; --happiness; but few are going by the same road. Charles Caleb Colton |
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04-17-2008, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Massachusetts
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Wonderful news! COngratulations!
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[size="1"]Paxil 1993-1998 poop-out/ct Celexa 1998-2005 poop-out/ct Cymbalta 60 mg July, 2005 last propranolol 15 mg/day April 6, 2007 last Serax 10 mg/day April 6, 2007 Cymbalta 60 mg 8/23/07 to 50.5 mg on 2/24/08 in six drops Cymbalta 49.0mg 3/26/2008 to 40mg 2/6/2009 in nine drops Cymbalta 38.5mg 4/15/2009 Cymbalta 36.0 5/15/2009 Cymbalta 35.6. 9/15/2009[ Cymbalta 35.0 10/15/2009 /SIZE] |
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04-17-2008, 09:20 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Kudos to you for doing it YOUR way. Way to go!
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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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04-17-2008, 09:22 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Eatonville, Washington
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Good for you!!! You've accomplished so much in this! Yee-haw!!
 Laney
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Have tried many attempts now. I keep learning from all of them. Cut to 15 mg. Sept 26 Cut to 12.5 mg. Oct. 18 Cut to 10 mg. Nov. 4 Cut to 7.5 mg. Dec. 8 Cut to 5.0 mg. Jan. 12 I'm absolutely appalled at modern medicine's use of mind altering drugs! |
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04-18-2008, 09:21 AM
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Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
What is 'Poop out' that I read in so many signatures?
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1983 ~ DX Panic ~ Tofranil & Xanax for 10 years Uninterrupted sobriety from 1980-1993 Switched from Tofranil to 20 mg. Paxil in 1993 Relapsed on alcohol; struggling since(coincidence???) in 1993'05 Paxil to 30 mg. to cope w/bro. suicide attempt 30mg down to 20mg in a week Major NEGATIVE personality changes on Paxil Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; --happiness; but few are going by the same road. Charles Caleb Colton |
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04-18-2008, 10:08 AM
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
AWESOME
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04-18-2008, 10:08 AM
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Location: new jersey
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Poop out is when one experiences withdrawal symptoms while still taking the drug. This is something that we have discovered here on PP, and it seems to be an inevitable part of ssri use. The body has basically overcome the effects of the drug by altering other methods. ie. High serotonin at the nerve synapsis' in the brain from paxil....the body starts producing less serotonin to get things back in balance.
In our experience raising the dose of the drug only brings short term temporary relief once the body has reached poop out. The timing on poop out is very individual. Some hit it in a few years, others go 10 years before it's a problem.It's when this happens that we see people adding a second or even third drug in an attempt to feel better. Sadly, it usually only makes things worse.
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04-18-2008, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
OMG!!! Thank you SOOOOOOOO much for all of your replies!! I need them so much right now. This has been a ruff week, but totally doable. I have felt so unreal and manic that it's uncomfortable. It's like word vomit, I don't have control over what comes out of my mouth or my emotions. It's so uncomfortable. I have about five days off work right now and I only had to work 2 days this week, thank GAWWWWWDDDD!!! This kinda happened to me in my last drop and it lasted about a week. I feel like I have so much energy, but I feel to uncomfortable with myself to use it. Weird!! Anyways, thank you so much for all of your kind words and encouragement, I really needed them!!
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04-18-2008, 02:44 PM
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"Everybody poops"
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Location: Ohio
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Re: finally made it to zero!!!
Word vomit! LOL!!! I'll be using that one!
Mania is common, I had it after certain drops too. I don't know how much was self induced, or how much was Paxil, but it will even out.
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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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