[agent007]

i have been on lexapro for 3 years for anxiety and thought recently that i no longer needed it. I weaned off of it from 10 to 5mg for 1 month then stopped. I had nausea, diarreah, sweats, etc. and realized it was withdrawal. So i went back to 5mg but then had palpitations so i went back to 10 and stabalized. More recently (a week ago) my psych wanted me to go back to 5mg so i did. 4 days later i am having weird dreams, bad thoughts about death, shaking, shivering, nausea, loss of apatite, and fear. He put me back up to 10mg 2 days ago.
MY QUESTION: how many days back on 10 mg will it take for these symptoms to go away?

[Rustie]

When taking this type of substance it made me sick after about a yr. .
My doc told me it was because it builds to toxic levels, polluting your body. Other than this I have never heard of any other reason why this would still be making you feel this way . Have you talked to your doctor about how you have been?Most likely its its just time to start something new you seem to have built up a resistance to this stuff.Just my 2 cents.

[NJmalibu313]

Agent,
Check out the site PaxilProgress.org Its a site dedicated mainly to Paxil withdrawal, but others are welcome too. When you stabilize (which with Paxil usually takes 4-8 weeks to get into the system), you might want to consider a much slower taper. Usually the rule of thumb there is 10% cuts every 3-6 weeks. Anyway, please check the site out, and ask some questions!