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Is there an end to this

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Hoopz
Hoopz

I'm here moaning again. I started sert 25mg in Dec. Have gone up at 25mg each time till I got to 100mg. Then doc said go to 150mg. Oh my lord I felt shocking for 3 weeks and somehow managed to visit my doc. He said drop to 125mg which I did the next day. I felt brilliant for 2 days but now I'm c**p again. I don't know if it's from dropping or if the 150 had kicked in and then I dropped.. it's like a catch 22 situation .I feel like i can't breathe properly and i have no energy or urge to do anything. I've been off work now since nov and i really need to go back for financial reasons but i can hardly go out of the house ..im so fed up

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  • debra34304
    debra34304 Hoopz

    Posted

    HI hoopz I’m in the same boat as you. I’ve been on 20mgs of paroxatine now for the past 7wks and still feeling really crap. Av u ever felt detached and feel as though you’ve lost ureself. I feel like it all the time and that wot scares me the most. I just wished these tablets would kick in properly so that I can feel like myself again. I’m still aving to take sleeping tablets every night. Do u take anything else to help you with the side effects or to help you sleep x
    • Hoopz
      Hoopz debra34304

      Posted

      I just feel sort of numb and like I don't really care about anything. I took pheneghan early days to help me sleep but my sleep is a bit better now. I've stopped waking up in a pool of sweat at least. I think that this dehydrates you and makes you feel awful especially if you are on the loo half the day. I take an imodium before I go to bed and that's helped.

      I am not taking anything else though

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    • debra34304
      debra34304 Hoopz

      Posted

      HI hoopz wot is Imodium? What is it for? X
    • Hoopz
      Hoopz debra34304

      Posted

      Imodium is for diarrhoea. Supposed to take 2 with water if you have the trots.

      I found that if i take one before bed it helps with bad bum in the morning. I checked with doc and he said it's ok

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  • jenna324
    jenna324 Hoopz

    Posted

    It could be because you dropped back down. Give it a few weeks. I am sure things will even out. I know you’ve been on this as long as I have. I started dec 1st. Finally I’m good at 100. It took me a long long time . Don’t give up youll get there! 
  • debbie_84339
    debbie_84339 Hoopz

    Posted

    We are in the exact same boat . I am on week 4 of 150mg . I had two good days and bam !!  Back to feeling like poop !  I am scared to drop to 125 mg . I just don’t know what to do .  I am soooooo sick of this !!!!   
  • gabrielle34731
    gabrielle34731 Hoopz

    Posted

    Feel your pain hoopz! On 150mg from 125mg for 10 days now. Missed a dose yesterday. Have had really bad nausea and 2 migraines since Wednesday. Head does feel a little clearer but the physical side effects are terrible! Every time I have a migraine and tak my migraine meds I take a panic attack...and I'm not sure if it's b cause the meds don't combine well or because I overthink it....so fed up! Been on this journey since 9th January 😩

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