Would I get diarrhea from paxil withdrawal?
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It is a side effect, but not real common:\n\nhttp://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/parox_ad.htm\n\nMaybe talk to your doctor
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How to Stop Taking Paxil, Paxil CR: Your doctor should be recommending that you reduce your of the CR dosage by 12.5mg every four days. You should probably make it five days because Paxil's discontinuation syndrome is so harsh. That means putting up with the suck-ass side effects for longer, but trust me, it really sucks less this way.  Based on the 15-20 hour half-life.  If your doctor says something that's slower than that, go for it!  I'm all for slower discontinuations.  Four to five days is the fastest you can step down the dosage.\n\n\nHow To Safely Stop Taking Psychiatric & Anti-Epileptic Medications\n\nLots of people hit this site wanting to know how to stop taking their crazy meds.  That's understandable.  There are many good reasons to stop taking the meds.  There are also many bad reasons to stop taking them.  I'll try to help you sort out the good from the bad reasons.  But if you do have good reasons, you have to stop taking the meds safely.  Sudden or rapid discontinuation can lead to many problems.  This guide is just to use to make sure that you and your doctor have worked out a good discontinuation schedule for a medication, presuming you have the luxury for such. \n\nYou must work with your doctor! You are not qualified to make this decision on your own.  Got that?  What you and your doctor need to do is work out a discontinuation schedule for any medication.  This is the reverse of the titration schedule (if any, which I'm actually against), which was the plan of how your dosage was increased.  The discontinuation schedule is the plan of how you'll decrease the amount of a med you'll take.  Ask your doctor what it is based on.  There are three things a discontinuation schedule should be based on:      \nthe half-life of a drug \n\nlooking for the return of any symptoms \n\nexperience with taking someone off a med \n\nThe last one is either other people going off the same med or you coming off of the same or other meds.  Or both. \n \n\nIf you're lucky enough to get an explanation from your doctor, the half-life of a psychiatric medication is often explained like this, "It's out of your body in that many hours, but it's still in your brain." That's a gross oversimplification, but it's close enough for government work. Here's a way to picture the half-life in action. Take a glass and fill it half full with some beverage. Now fill it the rest of the way with water. OK, now empty it half of the mixture out and top it off with water. Keep doing that until you have something you'd drink and that could pass as water. The number of times it took to do that is the half-life, expressed in a quantity of water, of a particular beverage. Try it with a different beverage and you'd get a different half-life. Half-life means how long it takes for half of the metabolites to get flushed out of your system. The half-lives of meds is expressed in time because the process of adding water to the glass is more-or-less constant in your body. And in the environment for the half-lives of radioactive materials. So using Effexor (venlafaxine), if you're down to your last 37.5mg dose after 20 hours you'll have 18.75mg left in your body. Twenty hours after that you'll have about 9.4mg left. And so forth until it's gone, about 80-100 hours after your final 37.5mg tablet. Please, don't get all Xeno's Paradoxical on me, after four or five passes, as it were, a med is so broken down that the effects shouldn't be noticeable. The only real variable is not if it's four or five times the length of the half-life, but if you metabolize the med quickly or slowly. These half-life numbers are the based on the arithmetic mean averages from clinical trials and studies. Read the pharmacokinetics section of the med's PI sheet carefully to see what the known range of a drug's half-life is.\n\nAll right so where does this "In your brain bu
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Unpublished studies have prompted the Food and Drug Administration to recommend that doctors avoid prescribing Paxil to children for the treatment of depression because of concern about a potential increase in "suicidal thoughts"
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Hello..I was on Seroxat( contains Paroxetin),it's a SSRI antidepressants which generally is well tolerated ,but as others has multiple possible side effects like constipation,headache(at the beginning of the treatment),dizziness,sometimes causes apathy etc. As to the withdrawal symptoms they are comparatively light and within days the unpleasant feelings stopped.(May cause sleepless nights)..If you need any other information on the topic contact me..Best of luck!!
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I took Paxil for about 6 years.  It really helped but I started going through some hard times in my life and all of my depression and anxiety came back.  I went to a dr and he changed me to a different antidepressant.  I feel alot better now.  I dont know if you take Paxil or Paxil XL but if you just take regular Paxil be careful if you get off of it.  I had to have a drs help to get off.  I started having withdrawls from paxil and felt awful..dizzy, tired, just bad all over.  So make sure you talk to a dr about this.  I know its not easy telling a dr about your depression and you dont want to sound crazy-believe me i know-but you have to get yourself feeling better.  Depression is a horrible feeling and so are panick attacks.  So please, go to a dr and see if they can change your meds.
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if it`s been for while tell dr. do not drink or self medicate you`ll dig that hole deeper. cymbalta is GREAT paxil has some bad withdrawal.the others didn`t work for me exercise is really good also
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Seroxat (aka Paxil) is one of the worst antidepressants to wean off. As you say, it can lead to dependence and the withdrawal symtpoms can be highly unpleasant. \n\nThere is no "one way" to withdraw from psych drugs effectively. Stopping cold turkey can certainly cause an array of troublesome symptoms, the most common being dizziness, which can last for days on end. Flu-like feelings, including nausea, headache and fatigue, are also common, as are intense feelings of anxiety, irritability or sadness. Some patients experience alarming sensations of tingling or burning in various parts of the body; ringing in the ears; blurred vision; or flashing lights before the eyes. Some people even describe a feeling of shock waves pulsing through their arms and legs, as if they had been zapped with a jolt of electricity, a condition sometimes called lightning-bolt syndrome.\n\nSometimes changing your diet is all that it takes. Withdrawal symptoms often occur because the brain's production of acetylocholine (a neurotransmitter in the brain) is disrupted. Adding supplements like Vitamin B (megavitamins are often recommended) is a good way to help sustain levels of acetylocholine in the brain and help ease the symptoms.\n\nBe sure to check out the sites below for more tips, advice and support.\n\nMike\n\n--\nDecoding Psychiatric Propaganda\nhttp://groups.msn.com/psychbusters
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I did the exact same thing and the zoloft is so much better and the withdraw isn't nearly as bad as the paxil withdraw. Paxil withdraw sucks and you need to be weaned off of it. I got very bad, very frequent panic attacks when I went a week without taking it, it was horrible. The withdraws last until you get more paxil in your system, you should never just stop taking a medicine like paxil, but rather decrease your doses gradually so you are weaned off the drug and then start the zoloft.
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I've read that Paxil is more dangerous than Zoloft, but all anti-depressants can mess you up even more than you already are. I was thinking of getting a prescription for one until I read several articles & books on the subject and decided against it. I'm doing just fine now! :)
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I take paxil CR...it helps big time...good luck...
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The only withdrawal symptom from a prescripton dosage is a day or two of tiredness and return to depression if that was what you were trying to overcome. You might switch to \nTofranil (which I would prefer)or an SSRI antidepressant if you are afraid you will get depressed off it. Fear not. No illness or death will occur if you stop it cold turkey.
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join a church and take paxil
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Here's the side effects.  My girlfriend takes lexapro and had the oh so fortunate side effect of loss of sex drive until it built up in her system, as is common with most antidepressants.  That took about a month.  There's more on the source.\n\nSIDE EFFECTS See also the Warning section. Nausea, drowsiness, dizziness, fatigue, increased sweating, and trouble sleeping may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor or pharmacist promptly. Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects. Tell your doctor immediately if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur: changes in sexual interest/performance/satisfaction, uncontrolled muscle movements (e.g., tremor, twitching). Tell your doctor immediately if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur: unusual or severe mental/mood changes (including rare thoughts of suicide), easy bruising/bleeding, black stools, vomit that looks like coffee grounds, fast/irregular heartbeat, fainting, seizures, changes in the amount of urine. For males, in the very unlikely event you have a painful or prolonged erection lasting 4 or more hours, stop using this drug and seek immediate medical attention, or permanent problems could occur. A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but seek immediate medical attention if it occurs. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include: rash, itching, swelling, severe dizziness, trouble breathing. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist
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Yes. \n\nOr if you are taking anti-depressants diarrhea can be a side effect of those.
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It's different for everyone. Your body will react to a drug differently than the next person.\n\nI tried it once and it did not help. There is a lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline, producers of Paxil, where many patients have died due to complications with the medication.
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i was on 100mg of zoloft for a long period of time and i never experienced any withdrawel symptoms...but i felt like i was dying when i tried to come off lexapro...missing several doses of any medication can be quite dangerous, thats why the prescription information warns people about quitting a medication abruptly...withdrawel symptoms can make you feel utterly terrible...im glad your getting your refill today, it should help once you get back on your meds properly
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http://health.yahoo.com/drug/d00259a1\n\nWhat are the possible side effects of imipramine? \n\n If you experience any of the following serious side effects, stop taking imipramine and contact your doctor immediately or seek emergency medical treatment: \n\nan allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat; swelling of the lips, face, or tongue; or hives); \nseizures; \na fast or irregular heartbeat; \na heart attack; \nhigh blood pressure (blurred vision, severe headache); \ndifficulty urinating; or \nfever with increased sweating, muscle stiffness, or severe muscle weakness. \nOther, less serious side effects may be more likely to occur. Continue to take imipramine and talk to your doctor if you experience\n\ndrowsiness or dizziness; \ndry mouth and eyes; \nconstipation; \nmild tremor; \nsweating; \nmild agitation, weakness, or headache; \nringing in the ears; \nnausea; or \nloss of weight or appetite. \nSide effects other than those listed here may also occur. Talk to your doctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome.