http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092 I would like to stop taking paxil, I have been on it for 3 yrs. When I skip my medicine I get what feels like electrical shocks in my neck & head. I wasnt sure if I had a pinched nerve at 1st but began to associate this with the event that I had not taken Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:35:32 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=2215 I feel for you. There is a wonderful supportive website with forum on paxil, it's called paxilprogress.org. Please chk it out, there is a lot of support there from people that have been where you are now. , I also took Paxil, and that website literally sav http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=2215 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:11:02 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=2225 Also, you must slowly wean yourself off Paxil, a very slow process, to reduce the withdrawals. This will be discussed on paxilprogress.org. Good luck to you. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=2225 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:19:30 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=2456 I also take Paxil and have for several yrs now. The side effect I get is that I am always hot. I can't stand the hot weather and will sweat at the drop of a hat. When I first went on it I told my dr the side effects I was having and he told me to let hi http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=2456 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:43:40 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=2602 I know exactly how you feel. I have been taking paxil for 6 years. I was so scared of coming off of it because I heard about all the horrible withdrawal systems. I want to get pregnant soon so I was really determined to get off this horrible drug. Well, http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=2602 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:42:02 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=6906 hey i dont know if i can really answer your question, but want to let you know something. I have been on paxil for ten years. i had a bad death in my family when i was 9 ill be 20 in october. besides the death ive been in an abusive relationship and ive be http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=6906 Fri, 02 May 2008 21:19:24 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=7886 Hey i just wanted to respond to this post and let everyone my story..On paxil 4 ten yrs. and i started weaning myself (doc. recommendation) about 9mths. ago and it was hard to start but the sideeffects on it were bad to..vivid dreams, night sweats, shkines http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=7886 Sun, 04 May 2008 21:29:59 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=7934 what do you mean with electrical shocks? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=7934 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:42:38 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=8091 When you pinch your neck and you get that shooting pain in your head? That to me is what the brain zaps are like. I have been on Paxil for 4 years. I am very angry with my Dr. for not telling me about the Paxil withdrawal symptoms. I have been on the 1 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=8091 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:26:38 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=9533 do not stop over night...depending on your dosage, you must taper off VERY GRADUALLY, and still, you may have swishing sounds in your head and a sense of vertigo with eye movement especially...Listen to your doctor's advice about quitting SLOWLY. Believe http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=9533 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:52:55 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=9883 I hope there are some of you out there still reading these post's. I have been taking paxil for over 10 years. I was started on it after suffering panic attacks in the Marine Corps that started after my experience in the Gulf War. I have always wanted to s http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=9883 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:10:38 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=17633 I have been on Paxil for 12 years and am gradually getting off of it now. Your electric shocks are not unusual and also the panic attacks. It is very hard to get off of it but it takes a lot of time. If you are going onto another antidepressant you h http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=17633 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:16:50 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=20637 I am ver nervous about getting off the Paxil. However, I think that I can do it. I just want to get this drug out of my body and deal with every stressor in an affective way with a drug. I go to therapy and and a psychiatrist but my psy is not going to be http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=20637 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:49:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=22261 Last year I was going through breast cancer, so after the treatments I was put on Tamoxifen, cancer drug you have to take for five years, then I was taking Paxil also. I was on both drugs for about a year, when I read in a magazine that you cannot take Pa http://www.medications.com/effect/view/24092?item=22261