Had enough

[Jwell53]

Coming to the end of week 24 on 125mg. Been having around 3 to 4 good days at a time. This week not a brilliant week but Friday woke up no morning anxiety and felt brilliant until about mid afternoon and since then have gone badly down hill Have had headaches, terrible sweating, hot across my shoulders and awful waves of anxiety. Yesterday spent all day in front of telly trying to stay calm with no incentive to do anything. Felt ok from around 7pm last night but woke this morning at around 1.30am after only being asleep for a hour and have not been able to relax since. I know it has been mentioned that it can take up to two years to level after coming off another antidepressant especially Paxil which I was on for over 20 years but I really don’t want to up my dose or change meds. I did try taking vitamin D and magnesium two days in a row (which I stopped yesterday) which I am not sure whether has triggered this off but this has really got me down I am really hoping this is short lived as I don’t think I can take this for long. Sorry for the long post but this is really getting me down

[Hidden]

Anxiety and depression are harder to deal with than some people let on. I dont believe in medications solving everything, it's important to learn coping skills too. I think sometimes some lifestyle changes like exercising more and eating healthier foods like more fruits and vegetables can really improve your mood just because you're taking care of yourself better. And doing things and hobbies that are enjoyable, like trying to paint or draw a picture, playing music, putting together a Lego house, whatever you find interesting or enjoyable. I used to like to read a lot, but I've grown tired of staring at books. I'd like to do more things with my hands, maybe learn how to crochet a scarf or draw and paint a picture that might be good enough for someone to be interested in buying or just to put on my wall. Those are my thoughts on that. I hope you feel better eventually.☺

[Jwell53 in reply to Hidden]

It is certainly very hard to deal with at times especially in the early hours of the morning. Thank you for your advice and ideas

[TriggerPoint]

with the covid crisis having a higher anxiety level is normal. 20 straight years on paxil is a long time. combine the two ? must be very hard to deal with at this time. at one time for 2 years i was on 80mg a day of paxil. my wife told my doc to help. she said i was always ill as a hornet. yes. she was right. so he went to 60. no change. 40 no change. i quit it cold turkey and made through just fine by educating myself on what to expect. i realized not knowing would trigger extreme fear, then attacks. fear is our enemy. education helps remove the fear a good deal. but. i must admit during that time i had my emergency clutch drug, valium.

i even a little later went cold turkey on that too. made it through. [ thank god ] i went for several years just living with the ptsd. then, outa nowhere, bam it's back. this time i only take 20mg. of paxil and no problems.

maybe during this stressful time a low dose of paxil and a clutch attack drug [ only for the anxiety attacks themselves ] suck as valium or/ xanax. may be needed. be at peace. you are not alone friend.