
Anxiety Support Group
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...
Your doc should be the one advising you on how to transition your meds. When I was on meds for something else, my doc had me lower the dosage of my original med to 1/2, and I added in 1/2 dosage of my new med. Then slowly (over the course of one month), I "weaned" myself off the old med, and then came up to a full dosage of the new med. This may be different with paxil, cause I'm not sure if it affects things with ativan...ie, mood swings, sleeplessness, etc. Good luck...you can do it. Just talk to your doc.