feel out of control/scared!!!!

Holly J · Post by **Holly J** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:23 pm

I know i have been writing a lot of posts lately but i am just so scared. First it was because i was about to take paxil and than i wrote about the side effects and now i still feel like its in my system or like it messed up my head because now i am feeling the "out of control" anxiety which i didnt have before i took the paxil. I also have been getting derealization. All form this one time i took a paxil. it really messed me up. i know ot was the paxil too because i got this heaviness in my chest and my throat feeels swollen a bit and nauseous and thats what i get from taking anti-deps but usually not for a while. Iam afraid the paxil has now altered my head and made my anxiety worse. does anybody know how long one pill one day leaves your system.... now i am afraid of getting anticipatory anxiety with this because i am so good at anticipating my feelings and body functions. i hate this i wish i never took that paxil and i hate feeling like i am going to go out of control or am out of control even though it doesnt look it . . has anyone experienced this? anti-depressants are just not for me. i am just going to work on the program and with my therapist. . also, can an anti-depressant side effects stay with you forever even when youre off them??? Im very very scared.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:25 pm

ALSO, Can i get withdrawls from taking the paxil just once???

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:47 pm

My doctors gave me Xanax and prozac.

I took 1/2 a xanax and I thought I messed up the whole pill and ended up in the ER... Where they gave me Flexerol. While I was there, I got home spoke to my moms hubby who said flexerol is a muscle relaxer and your heart is a muscle!!!!! GEE thanks, I ended up back in the ER, I thought my heart was going to stop. I was a psychology student at the time and we had been discussing your heart and being born with a certain number of beats, well that thought made my heart speed up! Using up those beats, since that day I have not taken any pill for anything, not even tylenol..
I can't do it, prozac I laid in bed and cried for 4 days, I couldn't even get up!!!

I would love to take something anything to help me a little but after the above I tried once more and threw up to get it out of me and again ended up in the ER because I thought I would over dose!!

All I know is this sucks, and lately the last 6 months I think I am allergic to all medicine and most food!! So mine is also getting much worse!

Good luck and if you figure out how to get around meds, please let me know!!!

Thanks

-Cher

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:17 pm

Try looking into natural remedies for anxiety at your local health store. There are usually people there that can help you figure out what to buy. There are a lot of different choices. You can check them out on the Internet before you buy or take them to see if they are something you want to take. Most people with anxiety are afraid of medication, so it's not surprising that you don't want to take medication.

The Attacking Anxiety & Depression program is absolutely wonderful! You should definitely invest in giving it a try. It is worth every penny!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:04 am

cher, i was on flexerol along time ago and it made me worse i do however take xanax and have on and off for years i do hate you fe like this but remember you are not alone i also have trouble getting out alot i have my good and bad days i however have a problem with the branch of my heart and it is fearful i wonder if you could talk to dr and see if any other meds will work ....i also am very sensitive to meds can not take any anti depressants at all thru the years it has been trial and error try to get some natural herbs sometimes dr can also advise you on what is best i think bing afraid of our health is another negative for we can try to do al the right things good luck and let me know what works take care

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:13 am

I have been taking a powdered shake that I think you guys would be interested in. It's helped me cut my one med in half. I have to still take a med for menopause but hope down the road I can let that go too. I still take xanax ocassionally but I'm feeling better and would love to tell you more if you are interested. Any of you can PM me if you want.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:18 am

I see you are really nervous. Listen, ONE Paxil will do nothing to you!!!!!!!! It is out of your system within 24 hours!!!

You are bringing on this yourself!!!! Until you stop nothing will stop okay?

I have been on Paxil for years. This is all in your head.

I feel maybe you do need to be on something by what you keep writing about the effect. Xanax and Paxil are COMPLETELY different pills! Taking a xanax will relax you , Paxil is an SSRI. Slap yourself if you need to but snap out of it. You took one pill!!!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:20 am

Holly J, It may not seem like one little pill of paxil could do this to you but from research I have done in the past two years weaning from Paxil I have read many stories of people having bad reactions to paxil. What you're experiencing can possibly be just that especially since you are having symptoms you've never had before the paxil. Paxil also has it's own side effects that actually intensify the symptoms you already have from anxiety and panic. You probably should go to the doctor right away if you can if anything just to get a peace of mind about the whole paxil thing. A bad reaction can be worse than withdrawal from the drug. Good luck and let us know how you are doing.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:57 am

Hi Holly,
Paxil was the first anit-depressant i was ever on. I thought i was going to lose my mind. I even had suicidal thoughts. I stopped taking it immediately but b.c. it made me feel that way i just could not get past those feelings even though they werent there. They were so awful and scared me so badly that i obsessed on them day after day. It seemed like they stayed with me forever. Eventually, I got over it. You're not the only one that has felt this way from Paxil. Its more your axiety taking over now than it is the medication. By now its out of your system. I know how you feel though. Just hang in there!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:04 am

One Paxil will not do any harm. I think you really need some meds to get this under control. You are doing this to yourself, overanalyzing the meds and making yourself more anxious. It may be wise to take Xanax along with the Paxil to help calm you before you take the Paxil. Call your doc, talk to someone, you need to stop doing this to yourself and get yourself the right treatment.

Meds combined with some therapy can work wonders if you give them a shot. I have been on Lexapro for 6 weeks and I feel great, I too worried about taking them, but I didnt give into my anxiety, I am sooo glad I started taking them as I am much more realxed and worry and anxiety free now.