will paxil side effects go away

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?

After seeing my doctor lately, she has decided to take me off my Cymbalta. I've been on it for 3 years with no change in my depression. What I'm wondering about are the withdrawals that I think I've been experiencing. The doctor also has put me on Paxil while weaning me off the Cymbalta. The symptoms I've had are mostly being very shaky; so much so that it's hard to hold a spoon because I'm shaking that badly. Is this normal and will it go away?

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.

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.

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!

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

Go to a doctor and get some help. Yes...it will go away. I have stuggled with anxiety for most of my life and just lately gone to thyerpy sessions and am on Paxil. It does get better with work....so do it. There is alot out there to help so go get it. Don't suffer if you don't have too. Now....go get your help and get better. Life is to short for this anxiety stuff....

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!

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

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!

Thanks all!!!! You all really helped!

What are you treating? If it's anxiety, wellbutrin will just cause more. If it's just depression, wellbutrin can be helpful, but not right after stopping Paxil. You should never stop Paxil cold turkey. You'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.

There are start up side effects associated with paroxetine that go away once your system is used to the medication. Some doctors will start with 10 mg of paxil/paroxetine and titrate up to 20 after a week or so.

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.

Switching from a particular medication to another can definitely have some unwanted side effects in my experience, but for me, they tended to go away with time. You were on Paxil for a long time; did your doctor slowly taper you off and switch you to Wellbutrin? Have you discussed this with him/her?

I also was taking Paxil and I switched because I gained 30lbs and had the shakes and some other weird side effects. I went on Effexor 37.5mg and did very well on it.

I was recommended by my doctor that I give it 7-10 days max to see if the side effects go and if not, then for sure will need to switch to something else.

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.

t an issue before started the antidepressants. Want to give it a good go but if these are side effects,will they improve? Have been put on diazepam and betablockers and to get 24 hour heart tape. Only had a months amount 50mg so far.

When I first started on Paxil, I experienced tremors along with other side effects. When I switched medication, all of the side effects went away and my anxiety was very under control.

I was recently tried on Zoloft and I thought the side effects I was having were withdrawls from my Effexor and new side effects from the Zoloft ... but it turned out I am allergic to the Zoloft and was having a reaction to it!

Just hope these feeling will go away....I am afraid my mind will take over more than the medication....just hope i can get thru....thanks for the encouragement....

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.

We all react differently to these drugs, and while one may have side effects from one drug, another won't. It's really trial and error as to what will work best for you. Try the Paxil and if it doesn't help, or you have any problematic side effects let your doctor know right away. Never stop these types of meds abruptly and always work closely with your doctor where your meds are concerned.

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