[orangeaid]

I went to my doctor today and he thought that I would get more effectivness out of Paxil instead of my 10mg of lexapro that I was on.

He says that he had several people who had personality disorders and as you can imagine their detachment was great. He said that Paxil made improvement in 4/5 of them. He is pretty sure that it will help my DR.

This doctor that I am going to knows his shit. I have gone to several differnt people and no one knows what DP/DR is, when i approach them they blow it off and say it is something else like i jsut have a little anxiety, might be from this might be from that. Basically throw me in any direction and it sucked. Till I found this guy, I went in there knowing a lot from researching on this forum about the disorder, and he basically said word for word what I was on this forum about the disorder. He knows about it and I feel like I'm in good hands with him.

So what I want to know is what do you guys think about paxil? He claims it will work.

 

[mcsiegs]

Paxil helped me at 20mg per day.

Just do your research. It is not an easy thing to get off of if you decide to one day.

 

[sidjor]

Hi guys,
Could u let me know if Paxil helps at all with DP ? How much has the DR reduced...how long does it take..what r the side-effects and what happens if u try to get off..

thanks,

 

[orangeaid]

whats paxil like to get off is it harder than the other ssri's? cuz i stopped zoloft cold turkey at like 250mg which i shouldnt have but i did and i had no side effects. kinda same with lexapro i took a break for a while.

 

[moonDust]

i'm taking Paxil 20mg and i could say that it's helping. reducing the DR level in at least 50%, but could make you tired and freaky dreams.

withdrawl effects:
sometimes when i forgetting to take the pills for more than 2 days i'm getting "zaps" in the heart and my breath is shortening for a second, but it's not severe.

 

[orangeaid]

!!!zaps in the heart damn thats a first i heard of zappies in the head but not heart heh.

Yeah I dont know why I am saying this proudly lol but I am a zoloft vet, I experienced a few side effects but nothign really bad from that. I think a lot of effects come from not tappering it properly.

I know paxil takes a while to kick in and I have been on it 1 week nothing differnt.

But I have felt more paranoid, like tonight Ihad a really unreal feelings and panic attack one of the worst I have had in about 5 months.

I think i recall that A-D initally making people anxious and paranoid. Can someone back me up on that statement?

 

[Guest]

i was on paxil b4 the DP started, so i cant really say if it helped or not, but it does take the edge away a lil bit, im on 30 mg a day.

 

[qbsbrown]

paxil was good for my panic attacks, other than that don't think that it helped at all (not DP or DR). Plus the sexual side-effects were brutal.
I did quit cold turkey, and it was pretty bad. I just said to myself, think of it as a one week bad full body and head flu.

But pre DR, it was a life saver for my panic disorder 9 yrs ago.

 

[Guest]

when u went of paxil, what were ur symptoms?

 

[orangeaid]

When I went on paxil I have noticed:

DR is much worse, I feel very spacy

Cant pay attention

Feel like I am going to faint my level of conciousness is low

My anxiety has been raised

I guess basically my anxiety started up more than normally and then my DR kicked in and made other symptoms which also can create more anxiety. So its a cycle. I think what has happen to me is that my DR kicks in because I go into extreme anxiety and it damages something or throws off something in my mind. It usally is bad anxiety but it is normal anxiety, i think that is why i always have DR.

I was feeling pretty good when I was on lexapro at 10mg it took about 2 months and it started to take the anxiety edge off and my dr was slightly better. But I wanted to kick DR in the testicals so I went in to my doctor and he recommened paxil. Ultimatly I want to get on lamictal with paxil.

I THINK that my symptoms from paxil are temp. that it has to build up in my system get used to it, I hear that A-D going on them for the first few weeks can be hellish but whatever.

 

[Allure]

Hi,

I am on Paxil tapering because it didn't cure me from dp/dr and made me tired, made my memory much worse and in bad states of dr, just put me w/o physical problems but didn't help real dr.

I tried ALL SSRI's and Paxil is the worse to taper off. I have zaps, emotional downs, suicidal thoughts, and I am only at 10 mg since 3 days. When you stop it, you are less numb, but extremely nervous.

I don't know if I will make it, but before you take Paxil, think twice. Other SSRI's aren't like that for tapering.

Scared Jen

 

[Guest]

BE CAREFUL with Paxil, I am beginnign to think it is making my DP worse. I am taking 10 mg a day and have just gotten the worse one ever. It did help with panic attacks, but there has to be a better treatment for DP. What's the latest?