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Hi, I’ve been taking Paroxetine for 4 years & over the past 5 months have weaned myself off this, finally stopping last week. After about 5 days I started to get some of the typical withdrawal symptoms of vertigo, dizziness, headaches & excessive dreaming. I’ve Googled and read various reports that say these symptoms normally last 2-3 weeks. Is anyone further down the line than me, do these symptoms just decrease then go all together? Don’t want to go back on them as some reports suggest just need to know I’m not causing myself any harm by waiting it out. Would really appreciate any advice. Thanks.

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Why Are "YOU" Weaning Yourself Off Of " Paroxetine" After 4 Years & 5 Months Of Usage With Out It Being Directed By A Doctor ? You May Do It. BUT ! There Is A 50/50 Chance [ without a doctors supervision ] Thing Could Go Terribly Wrong.....

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PURPLERAIN7 in reply to TriggerPoint

Sorry should have said I was under direction of doctor and reduced inline with their recommendations. I expected some withdrawal symptoms just I’m in the middle of moving house and haven’t had time to go back to doctor so thought I just see if anyone experienced something similar.

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How you feeling now has the weaning off worked

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