Posted by tcv on April 21, 2010, at 8:30:52
In reply to Re: Are Psychs avoiding helping with Paxil withdrawal?, posted by SLS on April 21, 2010, at 7:14:46
>Can you describe your history of depression before you began taking Paxil?
How long do you have? :-)
I've been on medications a good part of my life. I'm 40 now and started with Pamelor back in 1985. I was diagnosed at the time with depression and an anxiety disorder.
I believe I went off of Pamelor in 1988. I didn't start anything again until about 1998/9 with Prozac. About a year later I switched to Paxil due to its "anti-anxiety component" as it was described to me.
Since then I've been at 40mg Paxil daily. I've been in and out of therapy most of my life.
Last year I discovered meditation and it's been helping me significantly. When I consider this and that I've not needed continuous therapy at times, along with the mistaken belief that feeling down or sad or blue isn't a normal part of the human condition, I have begun to wonder whether I really need any medication any longer.
Is that what you want to know?
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