Good luck on the paxil
I am still on it after 4 years now. Late 2000 I started on it. The most frightening times have been when I ran out of it and could not get to the pharmacy for my refill, or when I had failed to call my doctor to renew the prescription. Those 1-2 day periods (which I have caused for myself a few times) that I was without it were the most awful time in my life. I am sure you have heard of the withdrawal problems there is with this medication. It is real. For me personally it seemed as though every human thought in my mind and body left me. I was aware of what was going on and just had to tough out the time until I could get the med back into my system again.. For me, who I can only speak for, I am still trying to understand the inhuman feeling. The appearance of humans even was very startling to me and I did not understand it at all. The other symptoms of being without the paxil was lack of balance, high sensistivity to noise and the feeling of being dizzy but sober, if that is understandable. My symptoms I feel though may have been amplified since I had in addition to my normal doses of paxil, been abusing an otc sedative (diphenhydramine hcl or benadryl, whichever you prefer to call it). So, the point of me typing all of this is just to inform you, a teacher and one who I presume may have a lot of people that look up to you and/or observe you, that there could be serious effects if you decided to or mistakenly stop taking this. Hope I was of some insight to you. Take care.
-Matthew
23, New Jersey
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