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...
I am a 33 year-old male. I have an Anxiety Disorder. I have been taking Paxil 40mg/day for over 7 years. Paxil works well for me, but lately I have been considering trying to quit taking it. I want to see what I would be like without the medication. As I began to research quitting, I have found nothing but absolute horror stories about the withdrawal symptoms that follow quitting. Some say that they have been permanently damaged by it. All of this has really scared the #*&@ out of me. The really scary thing is that I now fear the very thing (Paxil) that helps me to not fear. Pretty ironic, really. Anyway, I would love to hear from anyone out there that has taken Paxil for an extended amount of time, and then quit successfully. Without any permanent nervous system damage or permanent withdrawal symptoms. I'm not planning on quitting anytime soon - certainly not cold turkey, and certainly not without the care of doc. I would like to know that if I wanted to quit, I could. I'm very scared that having taken Paxil for so long, and at 40md/day, has caused permanent damage. Please help!
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I was on it for a little longer than you and I had to go off it. The doctor thought I was taking a rebound effect and it gave me panic attacks and depression, which wound me up in the Hospital and the head doctor (can't spell phyci) anyway she said that yes you are right it is a bad drug and she stated taking me off gradually and implementing Seroquel 25mg three times a day for now and will cut that back once it takes hold and starts to do what it supposed to
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I've been on it awhile, but don't plan on quitting. I was never normal until taking it, so why quit? My psychiatrist said that I've probably had a chemical imbalance my whole life and will probably have to take this or some med all my life. So as long as it works, I'll stick with it. I know some people, when they quit, taper off gradually. To get the dose at the right declining increments, you might have to take liquid Paxil for a while.
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