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I was on Paxil, 20mg then 30mg for about 2 years. My doctor took...

Posted at 7:48 PM on Sep 29, 2006 by gilgrommet, #17542
I was on Paxil, 20mg then 30mg for about 2 years. My doctor took me off of it slowly, because he knew of the awful withdrawl effects. It took a month of tapering it off, and I still had withdrawl effects: Terrible dizziness, twitching of my legs and arms, itchyness of my feet when I tried to sleep, cold sweats, hot flashes, no appitite, and most scary of all was the nystagmus (uncontrollable jerks of the eye in horizontal directions when you move your eyes or head). My doctor said that not many people have this symptom, but that it was caused by the Paxil withdrawl. If anyone has jerky eyes they can't control while coming off paxil, mail me at ****** and I can tell you more, maybe reassure you that it will get better. Long story short, about 2 weeks after coming off the last few milligrams of Paxil and everything (even the nystagmus) is gone.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Jun 21, 2007 by ccindy, #502

read my new posting! 6/21 ccindy

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