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Old Apr 22, 2013, 05:45 AM
newlifeyeah newlifeyeah is offline
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hello,
i'm a 25 years old, otherwise healthy male, from Budapest, Hungary.
I started to take Paroxetine on the 12th of March, for pretty serious depression symptoms, mainly fatigue, and anxiety. (which is so severe, that I'm completely out of living my life, im just at home basically).

i started a dose of 10mg, and took that for about 5 weeks, and then switched doctors, because the first one was unreliable, and wouldnt respond to my calls, and called off meetings, so anyways, the new doc is really kind and helpful, and she had my dose increased to 20 mg, and I've been taking that higher dose since last Thursday, so basically today is my 5th day.

On Thursday I had a panic attack, due to the increase of the dose, but I didn't think about it too much, I'm pretty sensitive to substances like this, due to past 2-3 years of marijuana smoking. (which I quit 3 and a half years ago completely).
After the panic attack, the next couple of days were good, it was slowly starting to get better, I was starting to feel more energy, and I was calmer. And then yesterday I stressed out on something, so since then my fatigue has gotten worse.

I know it's not a day-by-day progress, but I was just wondering, what should I expect after a dose-increase? is it going to take weeks to start taking full effect?
other than that I go to psychotherapy twice a week, so I don't expect complete relief from just the SSRI.
THANK YOU FOR READING AND ANSWERS!!

good luck everybody, I hope you guys are doing good and having a nice day!