Hi blogging friends,
Wanted to check in with you guys and not go another couple months before I checked in again.
Today (and the last 5 days to be exact) I have felt like utter shit. I am coming slowly off my Paxil (starting weaning back in November) and I’m feeling the “withdrawal” or “discontinuation syndrome” as they like to call it. I’ve never felt worse (except when I was hung over, but at least that went AWAY!) and I’m ready for this hell to be over.
The 20mg to 15mg drop went fine. Sure, I had a few headaches and things but nothing major. I then went from 15mg-10mg and experienced the same things, and again, nothing major. Last Thursday (the 14th) I decided to drop from 10mg to 5mg and all hell broke loose. Within 24 hours of the drop, I was hit with horrible headaches, nausea, rumbling stomach, dizziness, and the vertigo which kicks in about the same time every night. When I bend over, or close my eyes, I get these zaps in my brain. There is really no way to describe this, unless you’ve had it happen to you. I am no baby in any shape or form. My family jokes that I could get hit by a bus and not notice, so feeling this bad is really wearing me out. I think it’s the fact that it never goes away. For nearly a week straight now, I’ve drug myself to work, but that’s about all I can get done. I find getting out of bed harder and harder in the mornings. I just want to sleep. The only thing that’s keeping me moving is the fact that eventually, this will be gone. *whew*
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