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Note: this section deals only with problematic
Paxil withdrawal. Although I have not found accurate
numbers, it appears that anywhere from 4% to 10%
of users can expect some or all of the listed
symptoms. The rest of you should only experience
the touted " two to three days of flue-like
symptoms".
Here you will find a list of symptoms which originated
from my personal experience while getting off
Paxil . Over time, this list has been augmented
by symptoms which have been reported by others
going through the process. For a symptom to be
included in the "common' category, it had
to appear at least 50 times in the letters which
I have received.
If you fail to find a particular symptom which
you are currently experiencing it can mean that
a) not enough people have reported it to warrant
inclusion, or b) that it is unrelated to the withdrawal
process.
Note, that of the listed symptoms do appear in
people who are in the process of reducing their
dosage as well as those, whose system has become
acclimatized to the drug.
Finally, the list only deals with withdrawal symptoms.
It does not include the side effects that are
commonly associated with Paxil , e.g. weight gain,
sexual dysfunction, etc..
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- intense insomnia
- extraordinarily vivid dreams
- extreme confusion during waking
hours
- intense fear of losing your sanity
-steady feeling of existing outside
of reality as you know it (referred
to as depersonalization at times)
-memory and concentration problems
- Panic Attacks (even if you never
had one before)
- severe mood swings, esp. heightened
irritability / anger.
- suicidal thoughts (in extreme cases) |
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- an unconventional dizziness/ vertigo
- the feeling of shocks, similar to mild
electric one, running the length
of your body
- an unsteady gait
- slurred speech
- headaches
- profuse sweating, esp. at night
- muscle cramps
- blurred vision
- breaking out in tears. |
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- hypersensitivity to motion, sounds,
smells.
- decreased appetite
- nausea
- abdominal cramping, diarrhea
- loss of appetite
- chills/ hot flashes
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Whereas the symptoms in the right
hand column are a nuisance, and the ones in the
middle column are barely tolerable, it is the left
handed ones that redefine the term nightmare. Their
nature is such, that you will find yourself questioning
your sanity on a continual basis.
The duration of the withdrawal process seems to
vary from individual to individual. In my own experience,
the worst was over after the first two weeks. Still,
three weeks into it, I was far from feeling ship-shape
in Bristol fashion. It took around six weeks for
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-fainting
-"scratching sound" inside one's
head
- constant white noise in the ears
- tingling sensation in cheeks, lips, tongue
and surrounding areas.
- heart palpitations/ chest pain
- swollen and sore eyes
- fatigue
- extremely localized, bursting headaches
- lump in throat
- rash / dry, flaky and irritated skin
- grinding of teeth
- difficulty swallowing
- itchiness |
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numbness
- speech problems / inability to use or find
the right word
- trembling
- seizures
- involuntary muscle twitching
- hallucinations
- diarrhea / stomach cramps
- heartburn/ gaestric reflux
- semi-orgasmic state (in women) to the point
of irritation
- muscel aches
- possible disruption of menstrual cycle
- breaking into tears |
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