Quote:
Originally posted by lurkette
Curious - did your doctor step down your dosage, or did you go cold turkey? If you stepped down, how gradually? I'm on Paxil CR, which is an extended release drug and supposedly doesn't have the same severity of side effects, but I'm still concerned about the effects of going off, which I will be doing in the next few months.
|
I was on 40mg and went down in 10mg jumps over four weeks. Each subsequent week got worse. The final two, i felt like i was dying. But after that, everything got much easier and i returned to normal.
I was having electric shock sensations through my head at least every minute and my vision was delayed. I also had a constant shiver.
Good luck to you. Not everyone has bad withdrawal from paxil, i think i was just unlucky.