Posted by Janelle on June 24, 2001, at 21:30:22
In reply to Tardive dyskinesia and Antidepressants, posted by Dale on June 24, 2001, at 11:18:27
I have heard of that book you found, Prozac Backlash , by Joseph Glenmullen, M.D. (Harvard Medical School), as well as one called Talking Back to Prozac by Dr. Peter Breggin (don't know where he's affiliated) and you sound just like me - I got scared out of my mind when I started reading it so I stopped.
However, I have also read and heard that the authors of these books have an anti-psychiatry agenda, and that the TD is only from the older (tricyclic) psychiatric drugs.
I can tell you that after being on Paxil for SEVEN years, it seemed to stop working and my ignorant doc didn't know that Paxil is like the WORST for withdrawal and had me go off it waaaaaay to quickly. I did NOT have any tics, twitches whatsoever. BUT, I was SOOOOOOOO sick from withdrawal (headache, severe nausea, fatigue on top of my existing fatigue, chills and sweats with no fever just to name a few)
Finding this board and another site which described every symptom I was having was very reassuring, especially about the "electric head" because I had no idea how to describe that, how to put it into words.
Since these meds affect us all so differently, I can't tell you what to do about going on Paxil or not; all I can relate is my "good" experience on it, which I think became too much and too long of a good thing.
If you continue with Paxil and then decide it's not for you, PLEASE taper off VERY gradually and slowly - it will be worth the time and wait to spare yourself what I and many others have gone through with getting off it.
I had tried Zoloft too (worked a bit, then plateaued), and had no trouble stopping that one. Go figure!
Good luck and please stay in touch on here with any info you find out. I will do the same.
poster:Janelle
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