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Im scared to death to take meds. The dr was going to put me on a low dose of paxil and some other anti anxiety pill. Ive tried natural remedies, but im unsure of dosage and afraid to over do it there too. and it hasnt worked as well as i would have liked, but i do get results.
Right now im feeling ok. But im struggling so hard. my relationship is on the outs in a not good way, im going to have to move... again... im always moving, with my daughter. im just trying to be stable. im losing hold of it... the anger... the overwhelming flashbacks... I need something to help level it out, help me think so i can rationalize. but im afraid. the reviews are horrible... ok so you feel much better, but now you have no sex drive at all or simply cant do it, the brain zaps. and you have to come down off of it incredibly slowly or suffer withdrawal symptoms? i just dont know. Im studying to be a naturopathic psychiatrist one day, then i will know. but until i get that far, i need to help myself right now.
has anyone ever taken paxil? what was the result? is it worth it? side effects?
Right now im feeling ok. But im struggling so hard. my relationship is on the outs in a not good way, im going to have to move... again... im always moving, with my daughter. im just trying to be stable. im losing hold of it... the anger... the overwhelming flashbacks... I need something to help level it out, help me think so i can rationalize. but im afraid. the reviews are horrible... ok so you feel much better, but now you have no sex drive at all or simply cant do it, the brain zaps. and you have to come down off of it incredibly slowly or suffer withdrawal symptoms? i just dont know. Im studying to be a naturopathic psychiatrist one day, then i will know. but until i get that far, i need to help myself right now.
has anyone ever taken paxil? what was the result? is it worth it? side effects?
Meds gave me a chance to reset myself.
Every now and then I want to restart them when I am on shaky ground.....but then I remember how awful it was to quit them. I had to make a schedule and stick to it, shaving the pill down a little at a time. OOF. But, if it came down to it, I think I would do it again if it meant giving myself another chance.
'I feel ripped off that I lost so many years of my life - which wouldn't happen today. So my advice would be to take advantage and try everything that offers you a glimmer of hope instead of spinning your wheels in the air needlessly. That's time you will never get back. ''
This really hit home for me. I'm 30 now... and the way time passes for me its like it doesnt pass at all. i know I am still young, but i have been in the grips of this for longer than i cared to admit. i always thought i could fix it, but ive wasted so much of my life being disassociated and thinking about doing things.
Ive been on them for about a week now, Paxil 10 mg and Busporine 20 mg 2x a day. I cut the Busporine down to 10 mg a day because it made me very dizzy and made me feel like i just smoked an entire bag of marijuana. but so far no side effects other than the dizzy. the first few days i slept very well, but now that effect has worn off and im back to insomnia.
I seem a bit calmer. i just hope they work. im praying that they work. im so tired of the intrusive thoughts and overwhelming emotions.
But thank you, gave me a new way of looking at meds. There was a time there was no help... especially if you were a woman. at least now there is a place where we can be open about this. because for so long i stayed in the dark.
I cannot sleep otherwise, in 1998-99 what was just needing 6 hours of sleep or less went to averaging 15 hrs a week. That year was my year of becoming my mothers caregiver as she went through the stages of dying from small cell lung Cancer. Finally passing on Dec 6 th. I would rest my body but not sleep. Some things I did try like reading...resulted in me finishing a 500 page book in a day. So much was going on that the accumulation took it's toll. Now I have tried going off but by the third day or so I am back to not sleeping, watching the clock change hour after hour until the sunrises and I get up. Addition anxiety added over 2 years with my husbands bout with Cancer and death small cell neuroendicrine. The same prognosis path as my mothers. I know this is long but I take because the need to sleep out weighs the challenge of taking the meds. Coffee in the morning clears the fog, getting used to the effect, you lose the drowsiness of your systems response at first. Pain meds, are at the minimum that will allow me some movement. Because Fibro fog and now widows fog , I try to keep myself thinking as well as moving..always a balancing act.