The withdrawals are pure hell. 99% of the time I can’t stand up without getting nauseous. I have to ask my boyfriend to get things for me when I feel this way, and I know I’m a burden to him. I feel so guilty for being do demanding. The mood fluctuations are scary, and I often get angry with him for the smallest infraction. My hearing is so sensitive that his breathing keeps me awake, and I can’t sleep in the same room as him. He’s been tolerant and helpful so far, but I’m wondering how long it will last. I’m very worried that Paxil withdrawal will be the ruination of my first relationship, which I hoped would be my only.

Am I the only one here who would like to round up everyone who had a hand in Paxil and stuff the shit down their throats for years, only to yank them off of it cold turkey?

“David Healy, protocol for withdrawal of SSRIs”. It is SO IMPORTANT that you find all this out when your child is showing adverse effects because there is still much skepticism (?sp) on the part of a lot of psychs and you need to become the informed one for the sake of the child’s safety. Don’t panic and stop the paxil suddenly because tapering off paxil (or any other SSRI) needs to be done VERY SLOWLY (possibly over months) in VERY small increments if a child (or adult) is having withdrawals.

There is also a “paxil petition” which will give you some idea of what both adults and children go through during withdrawal and how careful you’d need to be. I’m worried about putting the urls to these sites because it might be considered an advertisement and so deleted. All the very best to you and to everyone else who has children on paxil or other SSRIs, when adults sometimes fail to make it through an SSRI its easy to understand how some children fail also.

“David Healy, protocol for withdrawal of SSRIs”. It is SO IMPORTANT that you find all this out when your child is showing adverse effects because there is still much skepticism (?sp) on the part of a lot of psychs and you need to become the informed one for the sake of the child’s safety. Don’t panic and stop the paxil suddenly because tapering off paxil (or any other SSRI) needs to be done VERY SLOWLY (possibly over months) in VERY small increments if a child (or adult) is having withdrawals.

There is also a “paxil petition” which will give you some idea of what both adults and children go through during withdrawal and how careful you’d need to be. I’m worried about putting the urls to these sites because it might be considered an advertisement and so deleted. All the very best to you and to everyone else who has children on paxil or other SSRIs, when adults sometimes fail to make it through an SSRI its easy to understand how some children fail also.

What you have described is exactly what happened to 5 members of my family, I lost my job within 2 months of starting paxil. Now we have dimentia, neoplasms of the brain-which causes paripheral neuropathy; We can no longer do mental or physical work ( but I can sing! and I enjoy it)-I would consider getting the doctors records; if they did not do the blood work to test for the proper metabolizing emzyme, I would say you have a case. Remember this is a common know reaction in the medical profession they believe only 1 in 1000, I am still fighting to get the PET test to see if there is anything treatable from paxil damage but I can not get doctors whom wil help. I it happens to adult it happens to kids. Look at all the children permanently damaged from ritalin or or psychiatric drugs.

The thyroid should be checked; if a person can not metabolize SSRI’s of which paxil is one; the pineal gland a pea size area in the centre of the tryroid becomes damaged.

Terry Walker, BBA, Certificate in Computer Studies

Specialist in systems reconciliation.