For those of you on antidepressants

JenBKR,

Just recently I misplaced my bottle of Paxil. Talk about panicking!!! I had gone 3 days without taking it and started going through serious withdrawal, i.e., vertigo, fatigue, unable to concentrate, forgetfulness. I didn't know what I was going to do. I knew I had packed it when I went to CT and thought I saw it somewhere.

I finally found it on Wednesday night (by that time, I'm surprized I could drive home!!!) It's taken almost 3 days for me to finally kinda bounce back and not feel so tired and listless. I NEVER want to go through that again!!

That's weird, but hey everyones different. My mom has taken Webutrin (I know I spelled it wrong) and she liked it only one time she forgot to get the perscription filled in time and she didn't take it for a day. She felt miserable that day. I would like to see a medicine with NO side effects but that still does the same job as all of the ones you liked.

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Originally posted by moosmom
JenBKR,

Just recently I misplaced my bottle of Paxil. Talk about panicking!!! I had gone 3 days without taking it and started going through serious withdrawal, i.e., vertigo, fatigue, unable to concentrate, forgetfulness. I didn't know what I was going to do. I knew I had packed it when I went to CT and thought I saw it somewhere.

I finally found it on Wednesday night (by that time, I'm surprized I could drive home!!!) It's taken almost 3 days for me to finally kinda bounce back and not feel so tired and listless. I NEVER want to go through that again!!

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Paxil has a lot of withdrawal symptoms, I was on Paxil for several years and hated it (I'm now on Zoloft and don't really like it either, but for different reasons). The biggest and hardest thing I went through with Paxil withdrawal was anger, rage, and frustration.

My friend is on Paxil for Agrophobia etc, and she seems to be doing very well so far, she now can even go into town and shop and to the movies and out to eat, a far cry from the little circle she used to beable to venture out too.:)