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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Have been on Paxil CR for past 3 months. I'm on the lowest possible dose (12.5 mg) and its working amazingly. Have been panic free since the meds stabilized but I'd like to try to wean off. Since it's CR my doc said the way to do this is to take a pill every other day for a few weeks, then a pill every 3-4 days, then quit. I plan to do this very slow to minimize withdrawl symptoms. I've heard this process sucks and am prepared for the symptoms a little, but I guess my questions is.... how much will it suck? How long will I not feel well for? Anybody have any experience with this?
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Please do not post horror stories here.
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The withdrawal symptoms/length varies from person to person. I wasn't on the CR, but when I came off of Paxil, I had some slight dizziness/wooziness for a little over a week. Compared to other meds, I didn't find Paxil to be all that bad at all as far as withdrawal. I hope yours goes well :)
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I have been taking paxil for about 6 months now. During which I went for almost one week without any medication becasue I ran out. I can tell you that it wasn't that bad, I felt like I wanted to twitch my boby really bad. I guess thats a good way to describe the feeling. It wasn't anything that kept me from doing my daily activities, it was just a little annoying. I take regular paxil though.
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