Posted by Emily Elizabeth on December 1, 2004, at 19:45:30
In reply to Paxil Withdrawal, posted by Siraris on December 1, 2004, at 4:37:19
My advice would be to go a slowly as possible. I took 50mg for 2yrs and getting off of it was a nightmare. And usually I am pretty tolerant of side effects etc., but this was something else. AND, I should add that I was switching paxil for prozac which is supposed to cut down on w/drawal. I kid you not that at the end of my tapper off I was cutting a 10 mg in half, that half in half, and that half in half (I think that makes a 1.75mg dose). I must say that I am good w/ a pill cutter!
So going slowly will help. I also used a little ativan to take the edge off of the w/drawal. If it gets bad, see if your pdoc could do that for you. Also, they can prescribe Paxil in liquid form in order to make it easier to take small doses.
Take it easy and best of luck!
EE
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