Posted by Dr. Bob on November 4, 2003, at 7:58:33
In reply to Effects of taking Paxil by a social phobe??? , posted by solo_voyager on November 4, 2003, at 0:06:01
> I am a self-diagnosed social phobe. One of the effects of learning to deal with this is what I term my "pathological independence". I don't normally rely on other people for much of anything. I am very self-contained, capable of taking care of myself and making my own decisions.
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> Now, with that said, About a year and a half ago the TV ads for Paxil peaked my curiosity about it and what benefits it might have for me. I obtained enough Paxil through surreptitious means to try it for a couple of months in order to see what it's affect on me would be.
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> One of the major effects was to intensify all my social phobic symptoms. I interpreted this as an indicator that it was likely to be effective on the SP. But, that it would probably require some therapy included along with it to be truely effective, if possible, as a long term solution. I am too private a person to indulge in therapy without stronger motivation than curiosity.
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> On to my question:
> One of the effects from taking the Paxil, that appears to be a permanent solution, is the elimination of a lifelong condition of urinary frequency and urgency.
> Added note: I was also a chronic bedwetter until my mid teens.
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> As long as I can remember, I have been subject to urinary urgency, having to relieve myself NOW, not in 5 minutes or so. I would forcibly expell it with the amount being relatively small compared to what others usually do. Then, in a short period of time, I would need to go again with the same urgency and frequency, all day, every day. It seemed to get worse as I aged. Dribbling on myself when it wasn't comvenient to drop everything was pretty standard for me.
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> Ever since my dabbling with the Paxil, it's almost as if my bladder muscles have ceased spasming. I no longer wake up and need to run to the toilet at night. My urinations are more of a draining of the bladder than it's being forced out of me. I can go almost all day sometimes without needing to go.
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> I'm sorry to turn this into a discussion of body waste, but that is not what my question is about. It is about a lifelong condition of urgency and frequency suddenly coming to a stop after trying Paxil for about 2 months with no therapy other than my observations of what was happening within me. The frequency and urgency was never an issue during the trial. I didn't even notice it until after I had stopped taking them.
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> Can anyone give me an explanation of what is at work here? How this has come to be? I'm happy with it. I just don't understand it.
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> Thx to anyone that can give me a serious informative answer to this.
> S V
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