Paxil and the elderly
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I had no problem with the Zoloft for 14 years and I am back on it now and have recovered from all of the phyciatric effects of this medication change. The Paxil on the other hand in my opinion is a dangerous drug. If you send for the side effect list from the drug company itself and not the pharmacy one because it doesn't list them all, then you will see all the horible side effects that this drug can cause. I am living proof that it does cause these things.
I am concerned in that because is elderly that he is being medicated for something neurological they were unable to diagnose. I had an elderly friend of the family whom my mother knew. He was in the hospital and he had some blood loss after surgery. He started talking incoherently because of this and they almost gave him Risperdal for "psychosis". Of course my mother stopped them and he did not have any "psychosis" but imagine if she hadn't.
That's a whole lot of Paxil! It seems the Paxil doesn't work, so you have to do something. Just be aware that Paxil can be very hard to discontinue, so make sure before you do your psychiatrist knows about withdrawal and how to deal with it. And educate yourself on slow tapering. That being said, if it's not working, then you do have to try something else.
About a week later, we got a phone call from the physician, in the evening after hours, with the orders to STOP! the Paxil immediately. Apparently, Paxil greatly negates the benefits of the Tamoxifen. My wife had been taking the two for nearly a year into the five year treatment program. The oncologist prescribed an SNRI called Venlafaxine (Effexor). This did not have the interaction that Paxil, a SSRI had with the breast cancer drug.
You will have to go back to your doctor and ask him to help with the withdrawals of paxil, if that is the decision, and if so, to do it over a three week period....and use the clonopin at night to help maintain sleep and cover some of the anxiety during the day. at any rate, this is what you should discuss with your doctor who knows your husband, and has more information, which may lead to a different course of action.
I have an anxeity disorder that triggers OCD and Paxil has worked very very well and given me a great life since being on it. I figure I should try something different to see if it helps the weight gain and if Zoloft doesn't work, or help me to lose the weight then I will have to cut off the wine and go back on Paxil. Suffering from Anxiety *****, but I would take the weight gain over feeling freaky all the time!
As for going back on the Paxil, it probably would hurt rather than help the rhematoid arthritis and should only be considered if you have the conditions for which it's intended. The reason any anti-depressant could hurt is that all of them can affect magnesium absorption, and that can increase the pain of arthritis.
Okay. You've made it complicated. You must take the dose at the same time every day. All ssris other than Prozac do leave the body fairly quickly, though not that quickly, but there are people who suffer withdrawals when they miss a dose. By not taking your dose at the same time you are essentially missing doses. But the problem is, everything you're reporting is a possible side effect of taking antidepressants.
Thank you for the reply. The symptoms of the vertigo and the (listed) symptoms of Paxil withdrawal are about the same, and yes, I have been having the dizziness...mostly when I turn my head back and forth as in driving however, it's only happened 4-5 times out of the last month or so(actually within the last week). For the last 2 yrs I've been telling Drs. that the feeling is worse in the morning, better in the afternoon.
I was on Paxil years ago, and i dont tell to many people this but i got pregnant , and i couldnt stop taking the paxil it had already done damage to the baby, so i had no choice but have an abortion, and now its years later , im married and myself and my hubby are on MH cause we cant get pregnant, but about you i adventually got off of it , it is hard, i got really dizzy couldnt sleep, and was very cranky, now it didnt last to long id say at the most a month.
As I mentioned i mentioned in my post we are only at the beginning of getting pregnant. Also the more I read the more I think that to get off Paxil is very complicated and can take more then just several month while dealing with huge mood changes.
Most likely if I am not getting pregnant during this cycle I will go to see my OBGYN and let him know about my husband meds.
I do not know if michael has taken Paxil, but i did take it for over 8 years and let me tell you paxil put me through hell and one of the side effects was heart palpittions.There are many side effects from paxil that many people are not aware of. SO do your research. There are so many great web sites out there, one is paxilprogress.
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