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iAM NOW TAKING 40 AND WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO 20. CAN THE 40 BE BROKEN IN HALF?

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iAM NOW TAKING 40 AND WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO 20. CAN THE 40 BE BROKEN IN HALF?
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Reviewer: 65-74 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year

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Reviewer: kat18, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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Still feel depressed while on the top dose of this drug. If I miss doses for 2 or more days I'm very easily angered and annoyed. I tryed to stop taking Paxil by myself and I end up very sick and had to go to the emergency room

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Still feel depressed while on the top dose of this drug. If I miss doses for 2 or more days I'm very easily angered and annoyed. I tryed to stop taking Paxil by myself and I end up very sick and had to go to the emergency room
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Reviewer: McLovin, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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Started on 10mgs. Within 2 weeks I was 100% depression/anxiety free. At about 6 months I started waking up sick to my stomach every morning this would go away after taking Paxil. Spoke to my dr about it he didn't think it was related and he upped it to 20mg a day. 2 weeks later the same thing morning sickness. I went back to the dr he added klonopin and upped paxil to 30mg. Fast forward 18 months ... Show Full Comment

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Started on 10mgs. Within 2 weeks I was 100% depression/anxiety free. At about 6 months I started waking up sick to my stomach every morning this would go away after taking Paxil. Spoke to my dr about it he didn't think it was related and he upped it to 20mg a day. 2 weeks later the same thing morning sickness. I went back to the dr he added klonopin and upped paxil to 30mg. Fast forward 18 months I quit going to work had lost all inhibitions, felt happier than ever but I just wanted to drink alcohol and sleep. Spoke with the Dr. he wanted to up the dose of Paxil, I got a 2nd opinion same thing they wanted to up the dose. I said no more, both doc's said I could quit cold turkey. Don't go cold turkey I could have died many times, falls, seizures and psychosis. Never experienced anything like it in my life. I failed quitting many times finally did a short tapper, became psychotic and immediately went into a mode of complete emotional flatness. 9 months latter I've made a 100% recovery but I made such a mess of my life on Paxil it's hard to deal with, so I have to take something temporarily for anxiety. I never even heard of someone having such a destructive reaction to a medication, and I can deal with the depression, for me I'll never take another SSRI. Probably had I stayed at 10mg, I would have been fine and the most negative side effects would have never happened. Just make sure your closely monitored while taking this one. Don't let your dr tell you it's not the medication and throw 6 new meds at you, I called bullshit on that but the damage was already done after 3 years. So I'm 37 and starting over. This drug has helped a lot of people, but it would be my last pick of SSRI's and then only if it's life threatening.
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Reviewer: capesjohn, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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Initially it takes a few weeks to notice improvement, however after that my symptoms diminished drastically. There are still times that I have symptoms (no drug is perfect,) but they are much easier to deal with now. All in all life is much more enjoyable now that my symptoms are kept in check.

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Initially it takes a few weeks to notice improvement, however after that my symptoms diminished drastically. There are still times that I have symptoms (no drug is perfect,) but they are much easier to deal with now. All in all life is much more enjoyable now that my symptoms are kept in check.
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