when do paxil side effects go away

However, I have taken other SSRIs and SNRIs, and while the withdrawal effects can be really unsettling and uncomfortable, they do decrease in severity and eventually go away with time. I wonder whether the tremors are a side effect from starting Paxil, or a withdrawal symptom from weaning off the Cymbalta, or both?

My daughter is currently taking a combination of depakote, lamictal, and abilify for a mood disorder. However, her doctor feels the overwhelming problem with her is an anxiety disorder that is not being addressed by the current meds. The doctor wants to ween her off the lamictal completely and start her on klonopin wafers. I am concerned about the "drowsiness" side effects. Do these eventually go away?

I was recently on paxil for anxiety until I realized all of the side effects that I was getting including gaining weight. I talked to my doctor and he said I could wean myself off. I was taking 20 mg. He said 10 mg for 2 weeks and then 5mg for 2 weeks, after start wellbutrin. However, I didn't make it that far. Just by one week of going Down to 10 mg I was vomiting, running to the bathroom. Nervousness, dizzy, brain zap and a fuzzy feeling in my head, sweating, VERY emotional.

When you stopped Paxil did you do it under the advice of your doctor? If you don't taper of SSRIs like Paxil there can be unwanted side effects to include what you are describing in my opinion. That is why it is essential not to quit these medications cold turkey. For me, tapering slowly minimized these side effects and they will go away...keep us posted!

Hi, I have very very reluctantly gone on a low dose of Paxil 5mg per day due to anxiety, panic and agoraphobia. I made this decision after trying 'everything' natural and nothing really making enough difference, the years are going by and I'm geting used to this 'small' world, well had to do something. I tried Lexapro 2 years agao for 3 days and was very very ill from it. So now the Paxil is making me have a lump in my throat...will this go away?

thats why my anxiety got bad...so he wants to up the paxil and take me off the zoloft cause of the side effects. I cant even work im sleeping til 2 in the afternoon and stomach is so upset! Thank you for your input I really appreciate it!

Take it real solw and ask your doctor about taking Remeron to help take the edge of off the Paxil side effects. Did a great job for me! Lets you get to sleep at night and really helps with the anixety. However, it did keep me in a fog for a few days until my body adjusted.

also when i get off of Paxil can I just stop right away like that?

hi with all antidepressants they can take time to get into your system and from the start people do get side effects i did with mine I had side effects for 3weeks when i started on effexor but now after 8 weeks i haven't got any. to be honest you say you only been on a month if you can put up with the sores and i know it might be hard i'd give it another a couple of weeks and see if the side effects go away. you may get even worse effects if you try and taper off them now.

re in Paxil withdrawal and, because you started another drug at the same time that has a completely different mechanism of action, you have the side effects of starting another drug that may not even be an appropriate substitute for Paxil. What you should do is, if you just started the wellbutrin, stop it, go back on the Paxil, and taper off slowly, as slowly as it takes because you aren't anyone else. What you have are classic Paxil withdrawal symptoms.

I also take Paxil for a sleep disorder (depression-related insomnia) and have for 11+ years. It works wonderously, but I gained 30+ lbs when I started the medication and have tried for years to lose it, unsuccessfully. I will lose some weight - and believe me, it takes an enormous amount of exercise and effort - but inevitably gain it back because Paxil makes my appetite so strong.

My mood is flat other than wanting to burst into tears, and I am ANGRY. When will (and do?) the side effects fade? When does the Wellbutrin start to boost mood? I have had a return of sexual function, for which I am grateful. However, I would like to have a REAL life and a sex life.

m not familiar with that medication specifically but it is indeed very common to have transient or start up side effects when initially starting a psychotropic drug. These side effects are very early when beginning the medication and then go away. The first 6 weeks is when you might see those. Unless it is debilitating, I would continue your medication for 6 to 8 weeks to give it a fair trial to see if it will work for your symptoms of depression.

i have been on paxil for the past 16 years. When i first went on it, i had similiar side effects. your body has to get use to it before it starts working. It has worked for me once i was on it for about a month. I started at 10 mgs per day and couldnt sleep when I was initially on it.

However the tremors are still there as well as extreme sweating, and muscle tightness. (I have been on this dose for approximately 2 weeks.

Could the deplin be causing this or does it just take a while for the ability to get out of his system. Do you think the twitching will go away? I would hate for him to carry this through his whole life. He's only a teenager. He never had any twitching when he was only taking paxil.

Hello all, I have just started Paxil for anxiety (a very low dose) and about 1 hour after I take it I start feeling really jittery, not really nervous, but like I can't sit still at all. I've only been on it for a couple of days. Has anyone else experienced this? Will it go away after a while? Help! It's driving me crazy!

drugs, but to me, by far, the newer SSRIs have the worst side effects. Pamalor had some, like dry mouth and dizzy when I first lay down. But it gave me my life back, literally. I took 100 mg for a while, then went down to 50 mg maintenence. Sometimes I go down to 25 mg. I slept great for the first time in a while and felt great. This is just my experience, but don't believe everything you hear about tricyclic amine antidepressants.

Jennifer375, The "unreal" feeling that Paxil caused you, did it ever go away? When? How? I had been on Paxil for 3 days when I had my first "panic attack" and have had a constant "unreal" feeling ever since, almost like the attack never fully ended. I stopped taking paxil that day but this feeling just will not go away.

I know that whenever I start, stop, or adjust the dosage of an SSRI like Paxil, I do tend to get side effects for a couple of weeks, however, I noticed they would be much worse if I was going through a stressful period or my anxiety was flaring up. I believe the side effects were probably the same, but my experience was different because I tended to relate every single thing I perceived wrong to the medication when it probably had to do a lot with my anxiety.

I felt effects from mine right away. It also made me drool when I was first adjusting to it. LOL. I did not gain weight. I did become less creative and driven.

s what will continue to happen. Has anyone had these side effects that are ongoing when you take Prestiq? Also, how do you recommend weaning off the medication. In the past, I had taken Effexor and had to wean off by breaking open the capsule and decreasing the grains. Thanks for any suggestions.

This 10 mg of paxil is kicking my butt...side effects of headaches,more anxiety,tight chest pains,dizziness,visual problems,diahreea,nausea....I know everyone says it takes 1 to 2 weeks to get in your system but I am staying so sick...I have only been on it for 6 days and I have already lost 5 pounds and my anxiety is worse now than before....I am still on klonipin and have been for 5 years but it doesnt even seem to be helping....

Just know that Paxil can be very difficult to quit, so make sure your psychiatrist knows about this when the time comes. And also expect side effects to change and continue -- virtually all pharmaceutical products have some side effects, the question is, which is worse, the side effects or the original reason you went on the drug and how well it's working.

I had CT scans and went to a neurologist and all that back in December so do I need to go again or just accept that it's the medication and maybe get off of it or switch YET AGAIN. I was on Paxil for years and it never gave me any bad side effects so I'm thinking maybe I should ask my doctor to just put me back on that, except I take Metoprolol for high blood pressure and I don't know if you can take that with Paxil. I'm rambling. I'm just so tired of feeling this way.

I think your symptoms are side effects from Paxil; maybe your organism doesn't support this med. When I started on cymbalta I suffered severe nausea.

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