Okay, so I know withdrawaling from paxil isnt near the struggle of dealing with chemo, or any other more powerful drug. But, I have been taking paxil for almost a decade, and if you read about youd know that it is a much more terrible drug than most realize. I have begun to get off it, and I had terrible nausea, vertigo, dizziness, and a feeling of being disconnected from the world since trying to to get off it. But I found that marijuana helps me tremendously to deal with these symptoms that seem to affect my daily life. So I guess I posted this because I wanted other people in my situation to know that marijuana has helped me tremendously.

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It is my understanding that when you stop taking paxil, you need to do it slowly. My mother was on paxil for quite a while, and when she tried to stop on a dime she started feeling sick, shaky, etc... I've heard that stopping without lowering your dosage before can put you in the hospital... Again, this is coming from my mother who has been there before, not any "official" knowledge of the drug.

Good luck to you either way.

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I can attest to the withdrawal symptoms! I will tell you that Paxil is the worst to come off of as far as SSRIs are concerned. I've tried most of them - Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor, Wellbutrin, and Lexapro. And yes... if you are to stop taking Paxil, you need to do so in VERY small baby steps, each time. And you need to really allow two weeks between each step of cutting down. Get you a very good pill splicer and also make sure the doctor is informed of your effort to ween yourself off.

I can see where pot may help you in your endeavor, but only in short episodes. The THC/CBD will alter your seratonin levels for the hour to 2 hours you are high, but then you start feeling the brain zaps and vertigo, etc again. It's a struggle, but the best thing you can do is get off of Paxil - it'll turn you into a mindless zombie!

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Totally, and I have been on the weening process for a couple weeks, and am slowly going on to prozac which is my understanding that it stays in ur system longer, making it easier to stop in the long run. I totally agree about the zombie thing though. Even being off it for a couple weeks and I feel I can atleast think better now.

BTW, awesome signature +rep just for that!!

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I am glad you are getting off that garbage. You don't need it. Im glad you realize that they are just turning you into a slave to it.

Weed is the best thing, I think, when dealing with withdraws. For me, it takes my mind right off of everything.

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Seriously, Its amazing how many ill side effects there are from a drug that really only helps with one thing

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a big hit of weed is like a big dose......wow this is the ugliestes bestes stinkinest shit i had in a minute! back ache, no. shit....comin, meds...yes! Side effects stoned

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Yes, I do believe that the pot is not only a fine replacement therapy for those withdrawing from other medications, it can also totally cure some types of extreme overdose. Yes. When I get home after a long extended family event, it straightens me right out! Try it! But I found that it actually will increase your tolerance of the same sorts of things. So I try to get loaded before such events, as well as after.

She's a versatile thing Cannabis sativa.

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I was able to stop taking paxil, after I started taking Suboxone, with no problems at all. It seemed like the suboxone mimics the effects of the paxil be cause I had no withdrawal symptoms at all.

I do remember reading somewhere that suboxone has some anti-depressant effects.