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yet another tale of an incompetent internist meddling in areas where they should bloody well know enough to advise the patient that they might want to see a shrink. as a survivor of cold-turkey paxil withdrawal myself, i DO NOT recommend that you come off it this way. see what the shrink says and please be careful. many of the symptoms you describe sound strangely like withdrawal, not O.D., symptoms. good luck and i hope you gots a good shrink. pcl —
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Wellbutrin usually takes about 2-3 weeks to start working. I’m sorry things aren’t going well…at least you have a competent doctor now, tho. He (?) should be able to help you with the hospitalization decision. I’ve been hospitalized before, abt a week. It wasn’t bad. It was kind of reassuring, there was a sort of loose "ordered"-ness to it, that I didn’t have to worry about coordinating. Stability from the outside, i guess you could say. I could come & go throughout the ward as I pleased, just couldn’t leave the ward without permission. Others have had not-so-nice experiences, tho. Whichever way things go, I hope things work out all right. p&e’d – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m going thru a crash at the moment. Crying jags. Can’t do my work. Thank god escrow is slow now, so I really don’t have much. I just hate feeling this way cause a doctor that has no business prescribing AD’s did. I’ve never been hospitalized, but I’m wondering if maybe I should be. I just started the Wellbutrin today. Hope it works fast. Can’t deal with this much longer. Kadi
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I just thought I would share this. For the last few months 40mg of Paxil wasn’t working for me. My doctor told me to raise the dosage to 60mg. She is just an internist. I had just switched to a new HMO, and hadn’t gotten past the internist stage. I didn’t realize the maximum dosage was 50mg until it was too late. I was dizzy and sick to my stomach all the time. Couldn’t think, couldn’t focus. Having crying jags. Didn’t know what was happening to me. And the depression came back 100 fold, until I crashed big time. The doctor gave me a cat scan, did all kinds of other tests. I guess she didn’t read my chart too well or didn’t realize the difference between Prozac and Paxil. The crash happeneda week ago last Sunday. And someone online told me that I was being overdosed. Thank god. I got in touch with a psychiatrist, who told me to cut back my dosage. Unfortunately, or fortunately I haven’t been able to force myself to swallow Paxel and stopped it cold turkey. but by this past weekend I felt better than I have since April when the 60mg started. I was suprised at how much better I felt so fast. I still get the shakes and a sudden spirt of dizziness a couple times a day, and sleep is off and on alnight. But I hate to think what would have happened to me if I had kept up that dosage. Have an appt with a psychiatrist tomorrow to decide what to do with me meds wise. I just wanted to share this, for those that still have doctors that don’t know alot about depressions and the meds.
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I’m going thru a crash at the moment. Crying jags. Can’t do my work. Thank god escrow is slow now, so I really don’t have much. I just hate feeling this way cause a doctor that has no business prescribing AD’s did. I’ve never been hospitalized, but I’m wondering if maybe I should be. I just started the Wellbutrin today. Hope it works fast. Can’t deal with this much longer. Kadi – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED WITH -ME-! I was on PROZAC. They kept upping it & upping it, & my energy level kept getting worse (& when my energy gets low, I can’t sleep–probably why my therp/pdoc–1 person–thought that more prozac would help). It took an attempt & a week in the hospital for them to realize that with my form of depression, I needed an "upper" form of AD, not a "sedating" form. Though they didn’t really go into all that detail at the time. They just told me that Prozac & it’s "family" of AD’s weren’t meant for me, & that Wellbutrin’s "family" should help me much better. You should know, I haven’t been that bad ever since. Oh, I’ve had a couple crashes, but on the whole, I’ve never felt better in my life. Hope it works for you. Fyrebird I spent 3 hours with a psychiatrist today. I guess I should say "my" psychiatrist. We talked about my depression for most of the time. He told me that for the type of depression I have, that in no way should Paxil or Prozac ever been prescribed for me. When I am depressed, I am very low energy and just can’t function. And Paxil is one of the most sedating types of AD’s in it’s family. Which would only make my already low energy level even worse. He did say that occassionally they prescribe higher doses of Paxil, but I was being overdosed on the amounts I was on. I understood that overdosing on some of these is a "personal" thing, just how much someones body can tolerate of that AD. And since I was going downhill from the beginning, that it should have been stopped before it ever got that high. Tomorrow I start Wellbutrin. He gave me a very mild tranquilizer in case it made me too jumpy. I guess I just won’t drink my usual pot of coffee so I don’t have to use the tranqs. It will be nice to have some energy again. I don’t think I have had any since December. kadi
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THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED WITH -ME-! I was on PROZAC. They kept upping it & upping it, & my energy level kept getting worse (& when my energy gets low, I can’t sleep–probably why my therp/pdoc–1 person–thought that more prozac would help). It took an attempt & a week in the hospital for them to realize that with my form of depression, I needed an "upper" form of AD, not a "sedating" form. Though they didn’t really go into all that detail at the time. They just told me that Prozac & it’s "family" of AD’s weren’t meant for me, & that Wellbutrin’s "family" should help me much better. You should know, I haven’t been that bad ever since. Oh, I’ve had a couple crashes, but on the whole, I’ve never felt better in my life. Hope it works for you. Fyrebird – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I spent 3 hours with a psychiatrist today. I guess I should say "my" psychiatrist. We talked about my depression for most of the time. He told me that for the type of depression I have, that in no way should Paxil or Prozac ever been prescribed for me. When I am depressed, I am very low energy and just can’t function. And Paxil is one of the most sedating types of AD’s in it’s family. Which would only make my already low energy level even worse. He did say that occassionally they prescribe higher doses of Paxil, but I was being overdosed on the amounts I was on. I understood that overdosing on some of these is a "personal" thing, just how much someones body can tolerate of that AD. And since I was going downhill from the beginning, that it should have been stopped before it ever got that high. Tomorrow I start Wellbutrin. He gave me a very mild tranquilizer in case it made me too jumpy. I guess I just won’t drink my usual pot of coffee so I don’t have to use the tranqs. It will be nice to have some energy again. I don’t think I have had any since December. kadi
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I spent 3 hours with a psychiatrist today. I guess I should say "my" psychiatrist. We talked about my depression for most of the time. He told me that for the type of depression I have, that in no way should Paxil or Prozac ever been prescribed for me. When I am depressed, I am very low energy and just can’t function. And Paxil is one of the most sedating types of AD’s in it’s family. Which would only make my already low energy level even worse. He did say that occassionally they prescribe higher doses of Paxil, but I was being overdosed on the amounts I was on. I understood that overdosing on some of these is a "personal" thing, just how much someones body can tolerate of that AD. And since I was going downhill from the beginning, that it should have been stopped before it ever got that high. Tomorrow I start Wellbutrin. He gave me a very mild tranquilizer in case it made me too jumpy. I guess I just won’t drink my usual pot of coffee so I don’t have to use the tranqs. It will be nice to have some energy again. I don’t think I have had any since December. kadi
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I was dizzy and sick to my stomach all the time. Couldn’t think, couldn’t focus. Having crying jags. Didn’t know what was happening to me. And the depression came back
I had the same experience when I was put on Paxil but my reaction to put me back in the hospital two days after d/c (discharge). The whole staff could not believe what was happening and was amazed at how bad I looked. B/C of that experience the hospital took me involuntarily and kept me about 20 days. I am now on Effexor and in a much better place. Hope everything goes well with you. Hang in there. -Melia Melia Karen C. Benjamin, MSW -I am normally numb but somehow get through the days one day at a time! -Take the last NUMB out of addy to e-mail me http://hometown.aol.com/normalnumb/numb1.html
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It is a lot. I was up to 80 mgs. There are discrepancies in how much they give. 60 isn’t unheard of. I was thankful to get off it too. jaz
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I just thought I would share this. For the last few months 40mg of Paxil wasn’t working for me. My doctor told me to raise the dosage to 60mg. She is just an internist. I had just switched to a new HMO, and hadn’t gotten past the internist stage. I didn’t realize the maximum dosage was 50mg until it was too late. I was dizzy and sick to my stomach all the time. Couldn’t think, couldn’t focus. Having crying jags. Didn’t know what was happening to me. And the depression came back 100 fold, until I crashed big time. The doctor gave me a cat scan, did all kinds of other tests. I guess she didn’t read my chart too well or didn’t realize the difference between Prozac and Paxil. The crash happeneda week ago last Sunday. And someone online told me that I was being overdosed. Thank god. I got in touch with a psychiatrist, who told me to cut back my dosage. Unfortunately, or fortunately I haven’t been able to force myself to swallow Paxel and stopped it cold turkey. but by this past weekend I felt better than I have since April when the 60mg started. I was suprised at how much better I felt so fast. I still get the shakes and a sudden spirt of dizziness a couple times a day, and sleep is off and on alnight. But I hate to think what would have happened to me if I had kept up that dosage. Have an appt with a psychiatrist tomorrow to decide what to do with me meds wise. I just wanted to share this, for those that still have doctors that don’t know alot about depressions and the meds.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I just thought I would share this. For the last few months 40mg of Paxil wasn’t working for me. My doctor told me to raise the dosage to 60mg. She is just an internist. I had just switched to a new HMO, and hadn’t gotten past the internist stage. I didn’t realize the maximum dosage was 50mg until it was too late. I was dizzy and sick to my stomach all the time. Couldn’t think, couldn’t focus. Having crying jags. Didn’t know what was happening to me. And the depression came back 100 fold, until I crashed big time. The doctor gave me a cat scan, did all kinds of other tests. I guess she didn’t read my chart too well or didn’t realize the difference between Prozac and Paxil. The crash happeneda week ago last Sunday. And someone online told me that I was being overdosed. Thank god. I got in touch with a psychiatrist, who told me to cut back my dosage. Unfortunately, or fortunately I haven’t been able to force myself to swallow Paxel and stopped it cold turkey. but by this past weekend I felt better than I have since April when the 60mg started. I was suprised at how much better I felt so fast. I still get the shakes and a sudden spirt of dizziness a couple times a day, and sleep is off and on alnight. But I hate to think what would have happened to me if I had kept up that dosage. Have an appt with a psychiatrist tomorrow to decide what to do with me meds wise. I just wanted to share this, for those that still have doctors that don’t know alot about depressions and the meds. Actually, I’ve been placed on 50 mgs, and in the UK 80 mgs is the max….
Well they told me that it was an overdose for me. And that they don’t prescribe over 50mg. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I just thought I would share this. For the last few months 40mg of Paxil wasn’t working for me. My doctor told me to raise the dosage to 60mg. She is just an internist. I had just switched to a new HMO, and hadn’t gotten past the internist stage. I didn’t realize the maximum dosage was 50mg until it was too late. I was dizzy and sick to my stomach all the time. Couldn’t think, couldn’t focus. Having crying jags. Didn’t know what was happening to me. And the depression came back 100 fold, until I crashed big time. The doctor gave me a cat scan, did all kinds of other tests. I guess she didn’t read my chart too well or didn’t realize the difference between Prozac and Paxil. The crash happeneda week ago last Sunday. And someone online told me that I was being overdosed. Thank god. I got in touch with a psychiatrist, who told me to cut back my dosage. Unfortunately, or fortunately I haven’t been able to force myself to swallow Paxel and stopped it cold turkey. but by this past weekend I felt better than I have since April when the 60mg started. I was suprised at how much better I felt so fast. I still get the shakes and a sudden spirt of dizziness a couple times a day, and sleep is off and on alnight. But I hate to think what would have happened to me if I had kept up that dosage. Have an appt with a psychiatrist tomorrow to decide what to do with me meds wise. I just wanted to share this, for those that still have doctors that don’t know alot about depressions and the meds.
Actually, I’ve been placed on 50 mgs, and in the UK 80 mgs is the max….
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I just thought I would share this. For the last few months 40mg of Paxil wasn’t working for me. My doctor told me to raise the dosage to 60mg. She is just an internist. I had just switched to a new HMO, and hadn’t gotten past the internist stage. I didn’t realize the maximum dosage was 50mg until it was too late.
Nope, Paxil is given up to 60 mg for both depression, OCD and anxiety. Mary Beth
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I just thought I would share this. For the last few months 40mg of Paxil wasn’t working for me. My doctor told me to raise the dosage to 60mg. She is just an internist. I had just switched to a new HMO, and hadn’t gotten past the internist stage. I didn’t realize the maximum dosage was 50mg until it was too late. I was dizzy and sick to my stomach all the time. Couldn’t think, couldn’t focus. Having crying jags. Didn’t know what was happening to me. And the depression came back 100 fold, until I crashed big time. The doctor gave me a cat scan, did all kinds of other tests. I guess she didn’t read my chart too well or didn’t realize the difference between Prozac and Paxil. The crash happeneda week ago last Sunday. And someone online told me that I was being overdosed. Thank god. I got in touch with a psychiatrist, who told me to cut back my dosage. Unfortunately, or fortunately I haven’t been able to force myself to swallow Paxel and stopped it cold turkey. but by this past weekend I felt better than I have since April when the 60mg started. I was suprised at how much better I felt so fast. I still get the shakes and a sudden spirt of dizziness a couple times a day, and sleep is off and on alnight. But I hate to think what would have happened to me if I had kept up that dosage. Have an appt with a psychiatrist tomorrow to decide what to do with me meds wise. I just wanted to share this, for those that still have doctors that don’t know alot about depressions and the meds.
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