Ok, after 6 months of being off the Lexapro that I was convinced I did not need, I finally got tired of being a cranky hateful bitch every single minute of every single day. So now I am on Paxil.
I feel better, just knowing that soon I am going to feel better... until I decide to look up paxil, to see if it has any odd side effects...
Now I am afraid to take the damn things!!!
Small, silly stories like:
My daughter who was 14 was on 35mg Paxil last year. while she was on this medicine she started having fainting spells. After being on the meds for 3 months she started having seizures. These seizures were very severe. After having one she would lose her speech and be very tired, and she didn't have any memory as to what happened except that she was exhausted...
Or, for the more adult consumer:
I started taking Paxil about a year and a half ago. My mother put me on it, but failed to look up the side-effects. I recently did so and discovered that it was just as addictive as herion, banned in over 5 countries (including England) and not acceptable for people under 18 to take. I'm only 15. After I realized how horrible the drug was, I began trying to take myself off of it. I experienced every symtom you had after only 3 days of being off of it. The fourth night, I woke up screaming, my whole bed was wet with sweat. I realized that I need to take my pill and when I got up to take it, I couldn't walk hardley at all. I felt as though I were drunk. I can't quit, I'm completly addicted and I feel ashamed that I don't have enought will power to stop. This drug has beaten me down.
Or, even more fun:
I've been on Paxil for almost a year and now I'm starting to go off of it. I was forced cold turkey a few times because of missed perscription refills, and
I had horrible shocks that started in my calvs and zapped me up in the head so hard that i would pass out. i threw up, didn't eat, cried for no reason, felt the room spinning, saw things that weren't there, extreme headache and exhaustion.
So... maybe getting fat on Lexapro would not be so bad after all... lets see... fat and happy, or having shocks, seizures, and searching for guns...
Uggg. I don't know what to do. I just want to feel better!
3 comments:
Try Zoloft if this one doesn't work. That's what I was on.
On second thought, I really don't think there's a perfect cure out there. Even with Zoloft, I ballooned up, had no sex drive & was a stone wall emotionally. Needless to say, I'm off of that (mostly at Tony's request...the sex drive thing) & using more *ahem* "natural" remedies these days!
Good luck!
Ugh that scares me too!
I was on Zoloft and that worked for me, but I too gained weight although I am not entirely sure if that was the Zoloft...But um yeah same with the sex drive, but same thing, that just could be because I am so damn tired. But I was happy!
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