[scleme1]

hello all.
i am needing some help in getting through my latest anxiety episode. i have been on Paxil for about 5 years now. Life has been good and I've really had no side effects from what i can tell. When I began taking the Paxil 5 years ago, i started off at 40 mg/day. After a few years of feeling good, I decided to go down to 30 mg/day. Life was still good...an occasional anxiety breakthrough here and there - but manageable.

Then, 3 months ago, mt doctor put me on Paxil CR 25 mg/day. Everything was fine, then two weeks ago I had a horrible anxiety attack, and have had horrible days since. It feels like the same intensity of anxiety i felt before taking the paxil.

5 days ago my doctor increased the dosage to 40 mg/day of the regular Paxil. I still feel awful - like the Paxil isn't going to work again.

Has anyone out there been through anything like this? Will the Paxil begin to make me feel like myself again? How long will it take before the increased dosage takes effect?

Thanks so much for any insight you guys can give me. This anxiety is a horrible feeling - not sure how much more i can take without some relief. AC.

[stressGirl]

sounds like to me you might be having delayed withdrawl from stoping the regular Paxil.
When you swiched to Paxil CR your brain said "oh,oh" what's this stuff? where's my regular Paxil?
It may take a while for the withdrawl to stop.
Did you ever read "From Panic To power" by Lucinda Bassett? It's a good read.[8D]

Jul.

[abey042000]

I used to take 50mgs Paxil for about 2 yrs. my dr. tried switching me to 40 CR.......it was horrible, I could not even tell I had the CR in me so I did go back to regular Paxil. Also they say it could take up to 2 wks before PaxilCR or regular Paxil gets completely in ur system. Eventually though I had to start something completely diff, because I got too used to the Paxil then I started Effexor.