I have been on Paxil for about 3 months to treat anxiety, depression, PMDD, and SAD. It has helped to some extent, but it makes me feel like a zombie. I changed to taking it at night which made me less sleepy, but my lack of motivation, enthusiasm, and passion due to feeling zombie-like is just as bad as when I’m depressed, so it’s not really doing what it should. I’m on 25mg and I know I could increase, but it has some not ideal side effects. It made me gain weight and I can’t seem to lose it, when I normally can easily lose weight when I need to. It makes me sleepy and zombie like, I think it makes me sweat more especially in my sleep, and it’s affected my sex drive.
Wellbutrin seems like it could be a good option as far as not causing as many of the side effects I’ve been having issues with. I know Paxil can be brutal to get off, but will it be as bad when I’ve only been on 25 mg for 3 months? I have an important few months coming up as a graduate student, and I would love to get my medication worked out so I can be more present. However, I also don’t want to do something that is going to make it harder, like severe Paxil withdrawal or having my depression get bad during the switch. Can I do the switch easily? Will it be as bad for me?
I believe we should talk to your psychologist that's the first thing the second thing in order to get off of paxil it will have to be gradual I don't think it will be that hard because you only took it for 3 months but it's very important that you talk to a psychologist that really cares okay I know you could do anything if you put your mind to it remember do some research talk to your psychologist or therapist and I wish you a blessed beautiful life you have a lot to live for may God Almighty bless you I wish you well sincerely a friend
- Wellbutrin helped me out a lot. I was on Prozac (SSRI) for years and it stopped working. After Prozac they tried other SSRI's including Cipralex, Lexapro, then tried adding Abilify (booster) with the Lexapro together..nothing... I went to Effexor (SNRI) on its own... nothing changed... Then I was prescribed Wellbutrin (NDRI) and it got me back to normal. Everybody is different and I personaly was never prescribed Paxil (SSRI). After I did my own research on the chemicals each of the above classes of antidepressants (SSRI, SNRI & NDRI) help to balance, I became more educated on what I needed to balance, and the little lifestyle changes I could make to help as well. The key is finding the correct class, then the right medication in that class, and the right balanced dosage. When I starting this journey after my diagnosis's, there were days I thought I just needed to increase my dosage, when in fact it was the exact opposite. A healthy diet, a daily routine, exercise (yoga) and a good nights sleep help in this journey immensely. Good luck and let me know if you have anymore questions. :)
