r/paroxetine

So I’ve been on Paxil for about 8 months for ppd and ppa. I was on 40mg for 4 months then I switched to 37.5 CR. I was on that for 3 months. After I felt better for a good time I decided to go down. I went from 37.5 to 25mg for a month then 25mg to 12mg for a month then stayed on 12.5mg for about 3 weeks then I have been off Paxil fully for 5 days. Going down doses the only withdrawal I used to get was dizziness and sweating for like a week then I felt better. But being off Paxil completely day 4 and 5 have been so hard. I’ve been having all the withdrawal symptoms from dizziness, sweating, flu like symptoms, sleep disturbances but on day 4 and 5 mood swings and anxiety has been so bad. I feel on edge. I don’t know is it’s a withdrawal symptoms or cause I’m off Paxil that my anxiety came back. My dr is telling me to go back to 12.5 today or wait 2 weeks to see if the anxiety is a withdrawal and it will go away. But if I wait 2-3 weeks then start Paxil again I would have to go through side effects again. Should I go back now to 12.5mg will that help with the withdrawal or should I wait and see? Please help

I am getting too crazy woth porn, let alone that i tried to quit it probably 100 times,

I have been to 3 psychologists to get professional help,

I get even worse since that.

Nothing helps, I can watch this porn for 8 hours, it crazyy.

I am considering of taking this medicatin to at least lower my crazyyyyyy libido.

Please help, this is my last hope.

I am afraid to do smth crazy or silly because of my sex drive........

Should I get 20mg daily?

Please DM also if you can give advice..

i have been on paxil for 15 years now but over a year ago i started getting bad brain fog and it will not go away
im only on 10 mg but im wondering if anyone else has felt this before .. im only 41 it started when i was 39
i’ve been eating healthy getting sleep exercising but nothing helps

I had been on Paxil for 12 years... I recently got off and the first 4 or 5 weeks things were fine. Only problem has been dizziness/cloudy head and headaches.

Around week 5 1/2 I got flooded with emotions random crying, anger, super happy. These waves would last about 30 minutes. Intense waves of fear, intense waves of anxiety etc. Even felt at times like my organs were shutting down. I felt literally beyond horrible... that was a few days ago. That lasted 3 days, it's now been a few days I am back to just feeling headaches and feeling on edge and feeling cloudy in my head.

So yea since it's now 6 1/2 weeks off now I am at a crossroads...idk if I just go back on or if the suffering is almost done. I just met with psychiatrist and she kind of left it up to me... I guess my thoughts are I've lasted this long off of it. But at the same time my worry is that feeling I had a few days ago will come back. That literally felt like straight death ( felt like withdrawals from out of this world, literally I tried going to urgent care and they wouldn't see me cuz it was so bad).

How long did your side effects last once you got off? I am reading it could last months or years. Part of me is wondering if a few days ago was the major hump and it's just going to get better..but part of me wonders if this is just the beginning and things will get way worse.

What side effects last longest for you?

If this was the first week I'd immediately just get back on but with it being over 6 weeks....just has me feeling like I've come so far.

Ive been on it in the mornings.

Hi all, I’ve been taking Paxera (the brand name in my country) like this: 5 mg for 10 days, then 10 mg for 20 days, and for the past 12 days I’ve been on 15 mg. I usually take it around 9 a.m., along with 0.25 mg Xanax in the morning and 0.5 mg Xanax at night.

When I was on 10 mg, I felt relatively okay, but ever since increasing to 15 mg, my old anxieties have come back. I have health anxiety and tend to interpret even minor symptoms as something serious, especially fears related to my brain. Even though all the tests I’ve had so far have come back clear, these thoughts and sensations are still bothering me.

I’m not really thinking about reducing the dose right now, but I’m wondering: has it been long enough to properly see the effects of this dose, or should I give it a bit more time or could this mean that this medication isn’t the right one for me?

Of course, I’m managing this process with my psychiatrist, and I know the best decision is to make it together with him. Still, I’m curious to hear about your experiences and opinions.

I decided to quit Paroxetin because I’ve been taking it for 14 years and I no longer feel any positive effect from it.
About four years ago, I tapered off too quickly. Since then, it feels like the medication has completely stopped working, and I only kept taking it because I wanted to avoid the withdrawal symptoms from hell.
Over the last two years, I slowly tapered down from 20 mg to 12 mg — extremely slowly, I know. Ever since that failed withdrawal attempt, I’ve become extremely sensitive to even the smallest dose changes.
Eight weeks ago, I went to a clinic to finally get off the remaining dose and to switch to Fluoxetin. During that time, I managed to reduce the Paroxetine down to 6 mg, but with some pretty severe withdrawal symptoms.
Now I want to taper the remaining 6 mg by reducing the dose 1% daily using a liquid taper method.
What do you think about this plan?

ive just started taking 20mg of paroxetine daily and im really anxious about gaining weight as a side effect of it. i know you gain weight only if you eat too much and that paroxetine may increase my appetite significantly. what can i do to try to avoid this? are there any supplements that help an increased appetite go down? i struggle with binge eating and throwing it up (slowly getting better on my own, without therapy) and gaining weight on an antidepressant would make me ignore all the positive effects of it and hate my body much more. im at a healthy weight right now so theres no need for me to lose or gain anything.

hi all, been on paxil brand name since 2012 and yesterday I picked up my scrip as usual but my pharmacist told me that they gave me paroxetine (SIVEM) rather than the brand name paxil because the patent expired or was discontinued. I'm wondering if I should expect anything weird happening? I'm on 30 mg

I have been prescribed paroxetine because of my strong emetophobia so I can start to live my life normal again. But I’m very scared of the side effects like nausea and vomiting. I’m supposed to start tomorrow morning with 10 mg.

Has anyone experience on this? How long did it take for it to stop and how strong was the nausea?
And has anyone advice how to reduce it?
Any kind of help is appreciated

Hi all,

I would need some urgent advice from people with some expertise. as I want to switch from paroxetine to Escitalopram asap.
I used paroxetine for 5,5 weeks en 10 mg, en then lowered since 1,5 week to 5 mg, as this stuff is making me way too drowsy. As I am afraid for discontinuation effects, what would be the best way to switch safely to 7,5 mg Escitalopram?

Direct switch is probably not advisable, right?

Thanks a lot in advance for your kind help, as I am very sensitive to meds and changes…. 🙏

Im on 20 went up after 4 weeks are there things you can add to help?

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