Question:
I have MS and I recently started taking Paxil 12.5 mg
day. I have been taking Anafranil for OCD for many
years and it keeps that under control.
When I started having more difficulty with walking etc.
I found myself having trouble dealing with my worsening
condition and my GP started me on Paxil CR. I have come
across a forum about withdrawal from this medicine,
that it is a living hell.
Dr. Heller's Answer:
The simplest way to get off Paxil is to switch to
Prozac for two weeks, then stop the Prozac. Prozac
leaves the body slowly and avoids the withdrawal
effects from Paxil.
The other SSRI medications leave the system quickly and
can cause side effects. Prozac is different.
This is a previous answer I’ve given for this
question...
Symptoms began within 1-7 days after stopping an SSRI
(sometimes with a reduction in dose), if SSRI used for
a month. Approximately 50% are better in a week, for
others the symptoms last much longer.
Prozac leaves the body slowly and is not associated
with SSRI withdrawal.
Slowly tapering the SSRI is one way to avoid this
phenomenon, as is a temporary switch to Prozac.
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