Posted by 49er on April 28, 2010, at 7:54:32
In reply to Re: Are Psychs avoiding helping with Paxil withdrawal?, posted by Laney on April 26, 2010, at 12:33:32
> 49er,
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> I'm glad that Paxil Progress helped you. But if you really think about it, if you take 20mg. of paxil and drop 10% off the remaining dose, you will be at it for years honestly. It's not like you take 10% less of the original dose, you take 10% less of the remaining dose. So think about it when you get down to 4mg. You then take 3.6mg., and this is every 4-6 weeks. I'm gonna go check but it's literally years.
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> LaneyHi Laney,
Yeah, it does sound like a long time. But the goal is to be off the drug permanently and living a good quality of life or at least one that is better than if you had tapered too quickly.
If you decided to taper every 3 weeks, it would go alot more quickly. The co-moderator did it that way from 20mg and it took her 13 months.
She seems to be doing very well. As an FYI, she did take Label Me Sane Products and still does as far as I know.
I wanted to disclose that upfront but I don't think you can imply a direct correlation because many people don't find the products helpful.
There is a spreadsheet from the site you can download to figure out how long it would take you with various doses and the rate of tapering. You have to register though..
Anyway, you might want to do the calculations as it might not take you as long as you think.
49er
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