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Tips on how to wean off of Paxil (paroxetine): Bad withdrawal.
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Oct 23 10:33am | Replies (66)Comment receiving replies
@bambi3339
Hello
I too am at the dose you are.
I am doing great and will be reducing to 0 next time, I believe.
Congrats for getting down to the low dose.
You said you were stuck at that dose for now.
I would recommend you stay where you are until you feel comfortable at this low dose. Could take time.
Then reduce my another tiny amount.
Going this slow has worked for me. Liquid Paxil is def the way to go
And finding an alternative to Paxil that your body accepts was amazing because it helped in reducing
I credit my success to a fabulous nurse practitioner who deals with prescribing and takes an hour or more to discuss and advise her patients.
There is no one like her !
Glad you reached out and best of luck with your journey re Paxil withdrawal
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@usernamej
Thank you so much for your reply and great to hear you're stable.
Could I ask what dose you started from and how you tapered down? Also, did you experience withdrawal symptoms, and if so, which ones?
I'm halfway through the process and even though I have a lot of awareness about the process, proper tapering methods, etc. I recently dropped by 24% thinking I was strong enough and two months later I'm in the worst shape I've been in yet, I also tried bridging with Lustral and Prozac which made things even worse. Regardless liquid Paxil, unfortunately we don't have it here so my daily dose is weighed on a lab scale.
Anyway, my goal is to be completely clean and not switch to another medication, honestly, I’ve lost faith in meds after none of them were truly effective alongside a host of side effects that continue to plague me on top of the withdrawal symptoms.
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@usernamej, You are truly one of the more fortunate people to have found a very good medical professional who is able to help you with your medication, as I previously mentioned there are some successful stories and very lucky people, sadly though they are far and few but at least you’re providing some hope for the rest of us who are still struggling.