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Started Paxil a week ago.. experiencing negative/slightly suicidal thoughts?

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aubri42534
aubri42534

Experiencing negative thoughts, paranoid thoughts, and extreme anxiousness where I am focusing on dumb things. Do I stop taking it?? I don't have a follow uo doct apt for another 5 weeks 

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  • aubri42534
    aubri42534

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    I previously took Lexapro for 6 weeks and didn't have any of these negative thoughts but also did see any improvement in my anxiety and depression feelings. I kept going up and down. 
  • Ali1979
    Ali1979 aubri42534

    Posted

    Tablets take time to kick in you will feel difference after 2 weeks and big changes after 3 to 4 weeks keep it up and stay strong.
  • tonia_2003
    tonia_2003 aubri42534

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    I was on Paxil for a long time. I regret the day I ever started taking it. I'm trying to come off of it now and it's awful. It has such a short half life that a lot of the doctors where I live won't even prescribe it anymore because it's such a hard drug to get off of. Unless you can go on and off antidepressants easily, which some people can, then give it a try.
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