1 Year after CT from small dose

NYTeach · 07-24-2008, 12:24 PM

Well, August 2nd through 6th will mark the one year anniversary of my brief experience with Paxil and Ativan - 6 pills of each, six days and then CT from both. As these days approach I find myself remembering it all - the nausea, the horrible thoughts, insomnia, weight loss - I didn't think I'd ever be able to return to work...then from October to April, the muscle twitches. I remember the doctor I consulted after stopping the meds told me, "You can't just stop Paxil! Some people have withdrawal for months. Well, now you'll just have to ride it out." (In retrospect, I realize that he was enlightened.)

Sure enough, everything has gone away.

I stumbled upon this site one year ago and found that every single one of my symptoms had been experienced by someone else. The comfort and support I found here has been incredible. I visit just about every day...I don't post much...my experiences with these meds was so limited...but I come back all the time.

Scotty has been a lifesaver for me. After my umbilical hernia surgery and ensuing staph infection and abcess, she continues to give me expert advice and support - and this has nothing to do with Paxil.

I don't know how to thank her or the many other people at Paxil Progress who never dismissed my brief experiences with these drugs, but answered all my questions, calmed my fears, and helped me.

So, on my one year anniversary, in the hope that this will help someone else, I just want to say...I recovered!!

Helen

LCrawford67 · 07-24-2008, 12:34 PM

Thank you for posting this, Helen!

I'm so happy to read you're doing so well now!

Amaya's Nana · 07-24-2008, 12:39 PM

Helen - I'm so glad you're doing better. That is so awesome you've come to post and let other's know, even with short-term use, bad stuff can still happen.

Homerbcool · 07-24-2008, 12:58 PM

That is great news and a great update...we luv to hear these....we really should have a sticky for success stories to go into.....

And on behalf of the group and the crew..we hope we passed audition...opps sorry that was John Lennon's line....

iwowi · 07-24-2008, 02:15 PM

I am glad you feeling well. It is amazing that even few days on this awful medicine could affect someone so much as it did affect you. It proves how differently we all can react to Paxil and its withdrawal.

07-24-2008, 12:24 PM	#1
NYTeach Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 138	1 Year after CT from small dose Well, August 2nd through 6th will mark the one year anniversary of my brief experience with Paxil and Ativan - 6 pills of each, six days and then CT from both. As these days approach I find myself remembering it all - the nausea, the horrible thoughts, insomnia, weight loss - I didn't think I'd ever be able to return to work...then from October to April, the muscle twitches. I remember the doctor I consulted after stopping the meds told me, "You can't just stop Paxil! Some people have withdrawal for months. Well, now you'll just have to ride it out." (In retrospect, I realize that he was enlightened.) Sure enough, everything has gone away. I stumbled upon this site one year ago and found that every single one of my symptoms had been experienced by someone else. The comfort and support I found here has been incredible. I visit just about every day...I don't post much...my experiences with these meds was so limited...but I come back all the time. Scotty has been a lifesaver for me. After my umbilical hernia surgery and ensuing staph infection and abcess, she continues to give me expert advice and support - and this has nothing to do with Paxil. I don't know how to thank her or the many other people at Paxil Progress who never dismissed my brief experiences with these drugs, but answered all my questions, calmed my fears, and helped me. So, on my one year anniversary, in the hope that this will help someone else, I just want to say...I recovered!! 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

07-24-2008, 12:34 PM	#2
LCrawford67 Moderator "Everybody poops" Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 26,493	Re: 1 Year after CT from small dose Thank you for posting this, Helen! I'm so happy to read you're doing so well now! __________________ 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

07-24-2008, 12:39 PM	#3
Amaya's Nana An "A bucket" gal! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 6,371	Re: 1 Year after CT from small dose Helen - I'm so glad you're doing better. That is so awesome you've come to post and let other's know, even with short-term use, bad stuff can still happen. __________________ 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.

07-24-2008, 12:58 PM	#4
Homerbcool "colors outside the lines" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,949	Re: 1 Year after CT from small dose That is great news and a great update...we luv to hear these....we really should have a sticky for success stories to go into..... And on behalf of the group and the crew..we hope we passed audition...opps sorry that was John Lennon's line.... __________________ That's one of the curses of anxiety--we make possibilities into certainties.....Tim

07-24-2008, 02:15 PM	#5
iwowi Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Stewartstown PA Posts: 1,144	Re: 1 Year after CT from small dose I am glad you feeling well. It is amazing that even few days on this awful medicine could affect someone so much as it did affect you. It proves how differently we all can react to Paxil and its withdrawal. __________________ Iwona 1992 – 1994 Zoloft 1994 – 1999 Prozac 1999 – 2007 Paxil 40 mg April 2008 - January 2009 - severe insomnia - Rozerem February 2009 - Prozac 10mg PROZAC TAPER: 03/01-9mg 04/01-8mg 05/01-7mg 08/01-6.5mg 09/01-6mg 10/01-5.5mg 11/01-5mg

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