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I am taking Paxil now
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Am I going to die?
Started yesterday. So far my only manifested symptom is lack of appetite
Started yesterday. So far my only manifested symptom is lack of appetite
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In FFVII, there's this one enemy that's a giant coin and it flips itself by way of attack. Heads, it heals 1000 of your hp. Tails, it explodes and does a fuckton of damage.
What I'm saying here is that I think the folks who made Paxil were big Final Fantasy fans.
Drugs aren't an exact science. They test them, see if they work how expected, and then prescribe them for that purpose. They don't work for everyone the same way, and sometimes they can be bad for some people.
I mean, you're already on it. Hope for the best, but if shit starts going south, talk to your doctor ASAP.
So over the next week my moods are terrible again, and I'm having crazy bad withdrawal symptoms. For a week. And I still have not gotten anybody to give me a prescription for more anti-depressants. The reason I first started taking the damn things was because I was forcibly taken to an ER, and then stuck in a psychiatric ward for eight days. All because I intentionally over dosed on a ton of pain killers.
So keep a close eye on your moods, and don't stop taking the fuckers abruptly, even if a doctor tells you to. ER doctor's are dumb. You're never supposed to stop taking a medication that messes with your brain chemistry, abruptly.
They're not actually dumb, I'm just really really bitter about feeling worse than when I first started taking them. And that nobody is helping me get a prescription for another one.
Talk to your pharmacist, they actually know all the details regarding the drugs. If it doesn't seem to be working for you, talk to you doctor about trying something else. Pharmacology is a hit-or-miss affair, and what works on one person isn't guaranteed to work on someone else. But do not, do not quit cold turkey. If you are having suicidal symptoms, talk to your pharmacist and your doctor and they will get you one something else.
But if it works, yay for you! I hope you feel better.
Anti-Depressants are not inherently bad, different pills do different things to different people. So if Paxil doesn't work out for you, try something else, because they really can make a big change. However, for the first week, you are going to feel hazey and terrible, and that will happen again if you cut off cold turkey, its important to realize it for what it is. Also, its important to realize that it will help symptoms of depression before actually depression. The suicide rate is higher because it helps reguvinate motivation BEFORE you start to feel better.
Paxil didn't work for me, but I realized it was the pill and was able to get off of it. Some of the things it did the me was while my anxiety was gone, I still got pretty depressed, except that it went deeper than before, and I'd imagine vivid images of turning my car into a ditch or something crazy like that. Also it gave me reoccuring dreams. Every night for as long as I was on paxil I had a dream that I was surviving the zombie apocolypse, and the dream would continue until I was surrounded and had no hope, when I would choke up and force myself awake.
However, once I realized what was causeing that and spoke with my doctor, I was weaned off and switched to Lexapro, and every single one of those problems went away. So like I said, different pills DO give different results, don't lump them all together. Life's too short to spend it staring into the dark.
Also, obsessing about the possible side effects will make you go crazy.
lets hope it lasts.
My doctor was smart enough to tell me to stop taking a medication (not Paxil, but one that can cause depression) as soon as certain symptoms show up. Not "Take this medicine for 2 more weeks, despite wanting to kill yourself. Then we'll see."
So yeah, if severe depression, anxiety or any other symptoms show up stop taking Paxil immediately and contact your doctor.
I guess worrying about it wont help
This is not how selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) work.
Serotonin is a neuron transmitter. That means it is released by (presynaptic) neurons in your brain and acts on other (post-synaptic) neurons. Normally it is taken by up into the presynaptic neuron after release, but SSRIs inhibit this reuptake. This results in a greater concentration of serotonin in the synaptic cleft, which explains why people feel worse at first when taking the drug (serotonins effects are initially increased). However, eventually the serotonin receptors on the post-synaptic neuron sense the greater concentration of serotonin around them and desensitize/downregulate. The overall effect is desensitization in the long run, but you have to get over the short term effects to get there.
Edit: as to why it has worse effects on teenagers is up for debate. The explanation I heard was that teenagers, in general, have a high level of stress (dramalol). All stress pathways feed into a pathway that activates ACTH releasing neurons. These ACTH releasing neurons are the same neurons that serotonin activates. So, when a teen starts to take the drug they get hit with a double wammy.
Thanks for the correction. Does my primary point of not stopping cold-turkey still stand however?
Generally you shouldn't stop them cold turkey. However, you should always check with your doctor first.
Yes, this is true. The same way it takes a few weeks for the neurons in your brain to downregulate and adjust to the increased levels of serotonin in the synapse, it takes them a few weeks to upregulate when there's a decrease. It's the body's natural defense mechanism against unforeseen changes in brain chemistry (i.e., keeping your head right if something goes wrong). Of course, if you end up with side effects like severe allergic reaction, you should stop asap and talk to your doctor immediately. Weaning yourself off psychotropic meds won't do any good if you send yourself into anaphylaxis.
All that said, don't sweat the side effects. Everybody reacts differently to drugs, and a dosage of a med that works for someone else might not work for you. There is no magic pill that will fix everything right away, so you could be in for a lot of trial and error in the future. Of course, you and your doc might hit a home run with your first swing. For all the horror stories people tell about psychotropics (I'm looking at you, Scientology), they do a lot of good for a lot of people when used correctly and responsibly.
Is this true and can I take supplements to combat it?
I really don't want to be fat--id' rather die than be fat again.
I don't know if Paxil affects your leptin levels. Leptin is a powerful hormone in your body that controls appetite. If Paxil does affect leptin levels, it may make you feel hungry. However, you are still in control of whether or not the food goes in your mouth. You will not magically become fatter by eating the same number of calories each day as you were before you started taking Paxil.
I've tried a lot of different drugs in my life, both legal and illegal in hopes of finding something that would stablize me. You know what I realized? That nothing is better than talking with a good friend or family member and that conciously working to always think positively is the best medicine.
This is shit advice. You are not a medical doctor or a psychiatrist, so do not act like you know what you are talking about.
These drugs can be dangerous, but what you need to do has already been stated. Get someone to watch over you for the next couple weeks to tell you if you have taken a bad/aggressive turn. When I was put on Paxil I suffered tremors in the morning and over-aggressiveness. I was later switched to Celexa, which I'm told better reacts with teenagers.
Basically, keep an eye on yourself and don't be afraid to voice concerns to your doctor, you are not going to get better by keeping to yourself.
Unless you have a disorder like Bi-Polar or OCD, in which case you're retarded if you don't take proper care of yourself. I have OCD and without taking my medication I'd be a complete wreck, regardless of who I spoke to. I know this because I've tried it before.
I hope it helps you but as stated above, DO NOT STOP PAXIL COLD TURKEY. Unless you have a doctor telling you to do it, do not do it.
I did it. It literally feels like you're going downhill really fast and you can't stop it. If you have to stop cold turkey, do it and stay over at someone's place for the day so they can watch you.
Otherwise as long as you don't get any side effects, if you want to stop you should slowly reduce dosage.
But also remember, if you feel better after a while on this medicine, you must keep taking it. This is the number one mistake people make, they feel better so they think the medicine isn't needed anymore, and they just end up crashing again.
my sex drive actually feels balanced for the first time in years
this is the best.
Quoting about a week late, but Paxil was the first one that worked for me. Prozac made me sleep way too much (14+ hours, no alarm could wake me). Wellbutrin made my muscles seize up and gave me a couple of nights in the hospital. Paxil evened me out while we worked on my therapy.
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As someone who did it (quitting it cold turkey I mean, not getting doctor's advice. I didn't get that) I'll second this.
Without a doubt the stupidest thing I've ever done in my life and I'm lucky it didn't kill me.
So yeah, risk vs benefits.