February 26, 2007 at 6:32 pm · Filed under Life

Personally speaking This is the first time I’ve been off Paxil (save for a very ill-advised, foolhardy attempt at going cold turkey in ‘03) for the past six years. My doctor and I have been systematically weaning me off it over the past six months because of crap like this. I’m still on another medication but I feel barely functional and very, very exhausted, so if you notice a marked decline in posts, or more phoning it in, well, this is why. Don’t cry for me, Nicaragua; better living through chemistry should resume shortly.

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  1. juanitatortilla said,

    February 26, 2007 at 9:17 pm

    Oh.
    May the force be with you.

  2. craftydabbler said,

    February 27, 2007 at 12:08 am

    Good luck! I will take it then that you are trying to conceive, so good luck on that as well. I, too, cold-turkeyed off of an SSRI, it’s a bad, bad thing to do. I slept for four days, straight. I don’t even think I woke up to pee but a couple of times.

  3. Summer said,

    February 27, 2007 at 1:29 am

    Thinking about ya over here in Santa Monica. Take care W.W.

  4. green la girl said,

    February 27, 2007 at 1:54 am

    Should we be prepping for mini worsted witches? Wondering, cuz the link to the Paxil warning has to do with new babies –

    ===
    Jasmin: Yikes, no! But it’s better to prepare for anything unplanned or future possibilities.

  5. patricia said,

    February 27, 2007 at 8:35 am

    been there, and it’s pure hell…i feel for you…be well and try to keep the faith…

  6. Laurie said,

    February 27, 2007 at 8:44 am

    I had a tough time going off Paxil too - and I did it “right.” Good luck, and do whatever you need to do to get through it!

  7. Regina Clare Jane said,

    February 27, 2007 at 11:00 am

    What everyone else said… are there any compimentary alternatives you can take in the meantime?

  8. Frances said,

    February 27, 2007 at 11:38 am

    Good luck and bravo on quitting Paxil. I too tried to quit cold turkey once upon a time and, as you can likely guess, it was not pretty.

  9. kmkat said,

    February 27, 2007 at 10:12 pm

    Yay for better living through chemisty. Best of luck in your weaning withdrawal. Sometimes the universe is great, and sometimes it just sucks.

  10. Hervor the Howler said,

    February 28, 2007 at 4:55 am

    I really appreciate your work and thank you for sharing it. hope you are back soon better than ever

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