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Originally Posted by BLowry I am so sorry to hear you are having panic attacks. PLEASE PLEASE!!! Be careful with Paxil....I was put on Paxil 4 yrs ago because of a verbally/mentally abusive boss. I had to resign from my job because of this person. After being on Paxil for 3 1/2 yrs I decided it was time for me to stop...I spoke to my doctor before taking myself off of it. ( I had cut the dose in half about 6 months before)...he told me I was taking a low enough dose and to just stop taking it.... O...MY...GOD!!! I went through such horrible withdrawls that I wanted to die....If I had been a suicidal person that would have been the time I would have done it...I missed 2 weeks of work, my husband had to take a FML to stay with me...It was horrible! Paxil is one of those meds that takes about a month to work...you have to take it everyday...you will feel tired for a couple of weeks but that will pass...then you will feel like new again...This is one medication that YOU MUST NOT STOP TAKING WITHOUT TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR!!
I would NEVER go on this again....Let me say it this way...I much rather would have the anxiety/panic attacks than to go through what I went through...Paxil did help me but, if I had read up on it BEFORE I took it I would have asked to be put on something else...When I hear someone is being put on Paxil the hair goes up on the back of my neck! Please read all the info on this that you can...
Have you tried deep breathing...like lamaz breathing? or meditating? God I wish I lived closer...I would do what ever I could to help you through these attacks...I know first hand how horrible they are.
I pray you get through them.   |
I have been dealing with these attacks for over 2 years now, it started after are Dobbie attacked me, I ended up have about 22 stitches in my mouth. Thats how I fell in love with the Yorkie breed, I took all my fear and anxiety and put it into finding my baby girl, I then found Kloey, she was a lifesaver, I had never been so happy as I was when I got her, she took all my nightmares away. My panic attacks stopped, then she was hit by a car a year later and bam! I was back to square one. After I was blessed with Lillie, I was doing much better, then all that went down with my dad and we thought he was going to lose his finger, now I'm working 7 days a week here with my mom taking care of the elderly, and a part time evening job 2 days a week, and I TRY to sew on the side. I still have 2 orders to get done and I feel so bad that I havent finished them. I plan on dropping the part time job asap and after I finish these 2 dress orders, I'm not going to take anymore orders for awhile.
I know I can get through this. I had oppted not to take medication for these attacks, but after 2 days ago I was at my wits end. My doctor knows I'm scared of the side effects of Paxil, but he says he wants me on it for just a few months and then we will see how I'm doing. I'm not one to take medication, I just dont. Know I'm forced to take this crap. I have thought about looking for a support group who deals with the same thing. I may have to call the hospital and ask them if they know of one.