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Seriously dodged a bullet.

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peter_67591
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Hi everyone.

I was prescribed 37.5 twice a day after seeing my doctor regarding quite a bad few months of anxiety.

I took my first pill around 2pm and not long after began to feel incredibly strange, I felt like I was burning up and had a tightness around my head, also began swallowing even though there was nothing to swallow. I thought all this must be in my head. A few hours later I began to feel so sick and anxious, I didn't sleep that night.

My gut feeling was right to never touch another pill of this poison again. I felt a bit weird for a couple of days after, which I find unbelievable after just 1 dose.

I stumbled across this site and now I realise I really really dodged a big nasty bullet.

Good luck people.

No one should ever have to feel this way.

Take care.

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