Posted by Betty Boop on January 8, 2000, at 9:57:49
In reply to Re: how to get off Paxil - Frank, posted by JohnL on January 6, 2000, at 15:13:56
John, the side effects you experienced are quite common with Paxil, and are probably the reason most people go off of it. You gave good advice about tapering, but after your own experience, why would you question a person's motive for wanting to discontinue it?
> > John, why did you stop Paxil?
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> Frank, I was on Paxil for a year. During that whole year my sleep was pretty bad and my sex life was a real chore. It was nearly impossible sometimes to have sex. At least half impotent, sometimes completely impotent. After a year it wore me down. I have to admit, Paxil was the best SSRI of them all for my melancholic type depression, but those darned sexual side effects were too much to bear. JohnL
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