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05-20-2012, 11:17 AM
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Hello from a former member.
I got an e-mail today from PaxilProgress today wishing me a happy birthday. I turned 50 today! I went through process this several years ago. It took me quite a while to recover and I was a pretty tough case. But got through it. I'm sitting in a coffee shop doing paperwork for my job as a special education teacher in one of the toughest high schools in the city. Pretty awesome that I'm here, and I'm thankful for every day.
Just thought I'd say hello and I know a lot of you out there are working through the process right now. Hang in there. It does get better. Diana
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Hope. "I never cared much for flim flam doctors." (Doctor Baker, Little House on the Prairie). Put on Paxil in 1996 for Post-partum depression. After 5th withdrawal attempt, went into severe debilitating withdrawal, restarted Paxil in the ER which didn't work anymore. Taken off again quickly by a shrink, started on Lexapro. Body rejected all drugs except benzos. Currently off all drugs. I'd say I'm recovered. Yeah, I'd say so. 
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05-20-2012, 11:19 AM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
Thanks for stopping by and thanks so much for the update. It gives us tapering hope xx
Happy Birthday!
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Paxil History: 20mg - April 1997 0mg - Summer 1998 30mg - October 1999 20mg - October 2002 - July 2011 20mg to 10mg - July 2011 - March 2012 (10% taper) CRASHED when i got to 5.2mg Back on 10mg - STAYING HERE FOR TIME BEING. |
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05-20-2012, 11:24 AM
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"Everybody poops" 
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Re: Hello from a former member.
Happy Birthday, Hope! Nice to see you again!
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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 Today is the best day, EVER! |
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05-20-2012, 11:43 AM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
Thanks for saying hi to all us still in WD. I am happy everything is well for you now. I am glad to hear that
Like i ask all PP veterans:..how long did it take before you started to feel human again?
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Bilo aka Remco 14 years on Paxil 20 mg cause of a bad anxiety disorder (social anxiety, agoraphobia) 2011 Oct 16th: Cold turkey stop Paxil cause of poopout and switch to lexapro 15 mg. Hell started. Tapered lexapro. Tapered oxazepam. Med-free since may 18th 2012 "....We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. It can not command, only serve..." Albert Einstein. |
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05-20-2012, 12:13 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
Thankyou for being so thoughtful to think of us still struggling. To hear from someone who is out the other end means so much to everyone looking for that light at the end of the tunnel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy belated Birthday Warm Regards, Kathryn
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On antidepressants& anti-anxiety pills since 1981 June 2011 450mg effexor 12mg rivotril/day July 2011 cold turkey to 0mg each July15,2011 hosp put on 150mg effexor 4mg rivotril Oct 15,2011 75mg effexor 4mg rivotril Dec 15, 2011 37.5mg effexor 4mg rivotil to present Jan 15, 2012 0mg effexor 4mg rivotril-hanging in Other meds: elavil 100mg bed, apo-lansoprazoleDR 30mg am + bed, synthroid 175mcg am, nizatidine 300mg bed, ramipril 5mg am. day 9 mos enough for awhile |
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05-20-2012, 12:14 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
Happy Birthday Hope!
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AKA Laurie "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." MLK |
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05-20-2012, 12:15 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
Happy B-day!!! You give us HOPE !!!
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Started April /03-Jul 30/11 10 mg Paxil 2nd Paxil Tapering Off as of May 28th, 12 "This will take time but it will happen!" "I've been shouting: it takes at LEAST a year " -- Ariella "If I am going to suffer, at least I will be Paxil free" -- me!  |
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05-20-2012, 01:44 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
Happy B-day Hope and so glad to hear you recovered.
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*Poly-drugged since May 2011 (14 meds in 4 months-paradox. reactions to all). From mild anxiety to almost psychosis on meds. IT IS THE MEDS, NOT ME! *Elavil: 75 mg -> 37.5 (12d) Imipramine: 37.5 mg -> 0 (1 mo,10/08/11): akathisia! 5 mg -> 0 (1 mo,11/29/11) Now in w/d hell and missing my old self. Please go to http://www.askapatient.com and leave a review of your med(s) and w/d experience. 
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05-20-2012, 06:51 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
happy birthday Hope, congratulations and thanks for the encouraging words.
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Paxil: 1999-2012 (80mg megadose) Paxil free since March 12, 2012 |
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05-20-2012, 07:33 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking the time to say you are recovered! That gives me such HOPE. How long were you on for? How long did it take? What kind of taper did you do?
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1995-2001 20mg 2008-2010 alt doses/skipping doses/switching med/CT 2011-10mg: 10% drops from 10mg to about 7.7 over 6 weeks-crashed after 6 mos June 2011 - 8mg July 2011 - 9mg July-Oct 8mg/9mg (inacurate scales) Oct 2011 - 8.6 caps Nov 2011 - 8.1 caps Dec 2011 - 8.1 tab Dec 14 - 7.7 Jan 11 - 7.3 May 2012 - 7.0 Jun 6.6 Aug 6.4 Oct 6.2 Dec 6.0 Jan 5.7 |
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05-20-2012, 09:31 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
So awesome for you to drop in and give us hope! And I LOVE your avatar/picture, LMAO...
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2 Timothy 1:7: "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2005-2010 Effexor XR 112.5mg-262.5mg for PPD Dec 2010 Poop-out and rapid 3 month wean. Off Effexor March 2011 Hell started 1 month later-tried 3 other meds to deal with w/d nothing worked. . Now tapering from 20mg Paxil (still recovering from Effexor w/d) Oct'11 to Nov '12 20mg-10mg Mar 5/13- 9mg Apr 12/13-8.1mg May 5/13-7.3mg |
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05-21-2012, 11:45 AM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
Thanks for dropping in hope and giving us some encouraging words! It ALWAYS means so much to hear from someone who has made it to the other end!
Happy Birthday!
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Lmac - 1998-2002: Celexa 20mg - 2002-2010: Paxil 20mg - 2009 - 20-0 mg paxil in 5 mnths(with prozac) - 2009 (Dec): reinstated after 4 mnths off (crash) - 2009 Dec -2010 Nov: Paxil 20mg - 2010 Nov: switched to Zoloft 50mg (Paxil poop) - 2011 Mar: tapered Zoloft (5.5 mnths) - March: 37.5mg for 2 weeks - April: 25 mg for 2 weeks - April: 12.5mg for 18 weeks AD free since Sept 4th, 2011 - Feb - March 2012: Crashed - May 2012 - Finally seeing SOME real windows |
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05-21-2012, 01:47 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
happy birthday Hope! Glad all is well
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2000 - 20mgs Paxil for GAD & Panic Attacks 2001 - 30mgs increased to 40mgs 2006 - back down to 20mgs - poop out 2/2007 - C/T off 20mgs - went back on at 10mgs 7/2007 - stabilized then started my taper off of 10mgs 8/2007 - down to 5mgs then found PP and began 10% taper 10/15/2008 - 0! 2/2009 - started CBT to finally work on anxiety |
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05-21-2012, 08:33 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
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I have never talked to you on this forum, but I've seen your posts before. First of all happy birthday. Second of all, congratulations on getting better! The places I remember you on here are posts about not being able to restart SSRIs, having bad reactions to ones you used to take. That didn't really happen to me but something sort of similar did. The drug that brought me to this forum was Effexor XR. Real hell of a time weaning that down and the interdose withdrawal. I decided to do the Prozac switch as I couldn't stand the interdose withdrawal anymore. For several months it seemed to be OK, but things started to progressively get worse (side effects from the Prozac). I started getting more depressed and though I should updose the Prozac (was only on 5 mg) to 10mg. A couple days after I did that BAM I got hit with severe adverse reactions! I couldn't believe how sick and scared I had become. I knew then I had to get off, so I had to quickly taper, but I couldn't go too fast or I'd get withdrawal. I got down to about 2 mg and with the support of people here I took the plunge. I knew the drug was still making me sick even though I wasn't on the higher dose anymore. I will NEVER EVER touch another SSRI again because of what I experienced. I am consequently now in withdrawal hell. I just wanted to know that you weren't alone in your not being able to restart. What I think happened to me is my brain was still trying to adjust to no more Effexor and I had been on it at such high dosages, too (300 mg for a couple years! Holy cow!). That when I tried to introduce more SSRI it just went into chaos, because any healing it was trying to do was getting interrupted. I think that's why a lot of people can't restart if they're having bad withdrawal. It's just too much more "chaos." Anyway, I see that a lot of your symptoms in the many months after being off are similar to mine. I have a lot of nerve pains. I also have a diagnosis of low B12 and what sucks is that affects the nervous system (and can sadly have permanent effects if not treated early enough - I have no idea how long I've been low but I'm suspecting it could have been years for me...  ). Anyway, I'm so glad to read that you've fully recovered because it does give me hope. I really feel like I'm dying a lot of days. Or that I have other diseases (ask anyone here and they'll probably say I'm the token health anxiety person on the board... at least that's how I feel I've been labeled anyway, I really do believe a lot of my anxiety is sadly warranted by the things I've been going through). It's just so frustrating because I have no other choice but to keep going on, suffering, etc. Anyway I just wanted to pop into your thread here and say "hello." I remember you from that post about updosing and you saying the thread was a godsend. It felt good knowing I wasn't the only one reacting negatively to something that used to help. And I mean REACTING man was that strong, and in an evil and vile way. It wasn't just a simple headache or anything. It was fear, terror, shaking, nausea, suicidal ideation, feeling I couldn't be alone, omg it was horrific. Benzos got me through it. The good thing is the farther it's getting in the past (was about 5 months ago now) the harder it is to remember what it felt like. I'm at three months off now and feel absolutely crazy though, in the other direction (too LITTLE serotonin as opposed to too much, which is what I theorize happened on that little updose trial). I just feel so lifeless, fatigued, strange, anxious, depressed, still suicidal but not as often and not as strong, feel like I have other diseases (and this is my main struggle... I really really do wonder if the B12 thing was there this whole time, what on earth else could I be missing - did you have these thoughts that there has got to be something else going on?!), memory issues, cognitive issues (I see you had those, too), burning pains, stinging pains, shooting pains, just all over agony feel like you've been beaten up or hit by a truck. Then the psychological problems - holy cow! Depression over anything no matter how stupid or silly, old memories that you don't understand why it popped into your head now, severe anxiety over everything, fears and phobias over stupid stuff, feeling like you're losing your mind/delusions/irrational thoughts and behaviors. I could go on of course but I won't! (I tend to type a lot here, again, ask anyone.)I'm so glad you're better and you give me hope, just like your screen name implies. BTW it was this thread, which I have read I can't tell you how many times, especially in the weeks that followed that adverse updose event: http://www.paxilprogress.org/forums/...hlight=dangers
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2002 Zoloft – depression  2003 CT Zoloft – no prob 2004 – 2007 citalopram 20 & clonazepam 1 – panic attacks  2008 switch to Effexor XR 300  ; clonazepam taper 1 - 0 few prob  2009 switch to venlafaxine & taper 300 – 37.5 2010 Jan - Sep 37.5 Sep – Dec switch to Effexor XR & taper 2011 Jan – Apr taper to 18.75 Apr – Oct switch to fluoxetine 5  Oct 10  Nov 7.5  Dec 5 – 2  2012 Jan 6 2.16 Feb 6 2.08 Feb 20 0 -Jason- |
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05-25-2012, 06:41 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
^^ Yes, there are no words to describe it. I wonder that I survived it at all. I do believe that with the medication, and the brain reacting to it, there is some dying off of some of the synapses. I used to make the joke about waiting for my brain to grow back.
I also read an old book called, "Fit for Life." I followed that diet and it did help. I believe it changes the alkalinity of the body and helps it heal faster. The stress of the withdrawal (and any stress for that matter), makes the body acidic and exacerbates the withdrawal. My two cents. I tried to go as wholistic as possible. Hang in there. And it did take me a long long time.
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Hope. "I never cared much for flim flam doctors." (Doctor Baker, Little House on the Prairie). Put on Paxil in 1996 for Post-partum depression. After 5th withdrawal attempt, went into severe debilitating withdrawal, restarted Paxil in the ER which didn't work anymore. Taken off again quickly by a shrink, started on Lexapro. Body rejected all drugs except benzos. Currently off all drugs. I'd say I'm recovered. Yeah, I'd say so.
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05-26-2012, 08:58 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
Nice to see you hope and happy birthday!!!
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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!!! When you stop learning, you start dying. |
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05-26-2012, 09:01 PM
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Re: Hello from a former member.
What a breath of fresh air! Thank you!
Kathryn
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On antidepressants& anti-anxiety pills since 1981 June 2011 450mg effexor 12mg rivotril/day July 2011 cold turkey to 0mg each July15,2011 hosp put on 150mg effexor 4mg rivotril Oct 15,2011 75mg effexor 4mg rivotril Dec 15, 2011 37.5mg effexor 4mg rivotil to present Jan 15, 2012 0mg effexor 4mg rivotril-hanging in Other meds: elavil 100mg bed, apo-lansoprazoleDR 30mg am + bed, synthroid 175mcg am, nizatidine 300mg bed, ramipril 5mg am. day 9 mos enough for awhile |
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