Hi everyone
I have been on paxil for 21yrs at 40 mg and they have worked amazingly up till 4months ago. I got sick with diverticulitis and was put on flagyl which made me very ill....it was almost like the antibiotics counter -acted with the paxil and depleted it.
Went to my gp and she gave me mirtazipine which helped wonderfully with sleep at nite am on 30mg....but anxiety is at full force as soon as i wake up and last all day and tends to get a bit better at nite.
My doc got me a phsyc app. and she then put me on seroquel 25-75mg as needed for anxiety. So all this and still not working in the mean time I dropped my paxil to 20mg slowly because all the other stuff they have put me on. Then had a second meeting with the phsyc and she tells me we are going to stop paxil.....of course I'm terrified had a melt down and told her with this going on for so long now I am not strong enough to go through withdrawal right now as I am now depressed and having bad thoughts as it is (thinking death is the only way out of this nightmare) not that i want to die or anything as I have a very loving and supportive family but these thoughts really scare me. Now she wants to introduce Prozac to ease the withdrawals and up it to 60mg after a few weeks. I just cant bring myself to do it i am so scared of withdrawals. Maybe I should up the paxil (aropax here in Australia) to 50-60mg and see if that works first just incase i am now up to 40mg again over the last couple of days. I also have been taking seropax sister to diazepam 15mgs a day for the anxiety which helps some. She said i could bridge the prozac at a low dose while coming down on the paxil. Anyone out with any advise or been through similar would love to hear from someone.
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