ABC PRIMETIME LIVE - PAXIL ADDICTION STORY

ABC PRIMETIME LIVE covered the issue of PAXIL ADDICTION on December 9th, 2004. Here is a clip from that episode. I'm glad I could help create awareness.

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News & Politics

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• Paxil
• Addiction
• Antidepressants
• GlaxoSmithKline
• ABC
• Primetime
• Live
• Serotonin
• Discontinuation
• Syndrome
• Withdrawal
• SSRI
• Effexor
• GSK

[GentlRebel]

I was on 20 mg Paxil for 2 years. It took me 6 months of hell to wean off, ~1 mg at a time. That was 10 years ago. I am not the same person I was before Paxil. I have an emotional deadness that I think is permanent. I can't cry. It's as if parts of my brain are dead. It's a hideous feeling to want to feel emotion and not be able to, as I am a sensitive person. I still have eye issues (feels like mini seizures.) People... Paxil causes irreversible neurological damage. GSK: burn in hell!

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@GentlRebel The emotional deadness is a terrible symptom. I'm so sorry Paxil took that from you. I think about it often because it's also really, really hard for me to cry.

[stipV]

I JUST WANT TO GET OFF so I can loose weight easier and fucking have some seblence of a sex drive...

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@stipV Me too! 50 pounds!

[idolaw826]

After 17 yrs on this shit, it has taken me a year to get off it with slow tapering. It's been 3 weeks with NONE and I'm in hell. Total freak outs. Something I think many overlook is that while on it, your emotions go numb. I'm crying a lot but I think it's necessary... grieving losses that happened while ON this poison. The dizziness, zaps, feeling that you're not ok, going crazy and DESPERATE are atrocious. It should be illegal. We should all be suing the mfr.

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@idolaw826 Be careful! I spent a year tapering and lost my job at 5mg for doing something really air-headed. I was so forgetful and confused all the time. And the zaps never stop. After losing job, boyfriend, etc I went back to 20mg and felt 100-percent back to normal. A slower taper got me down to 15mg eventually, but I ended up just going back to 20 after a few years. I guess what I'm saying is don't feel bad if you have to take it again. You aren't alone.

[Pent5HT]

Paxil withdrawl is FUCKING HELL omg. its worse than Heroin withdrawl.....its INSANE i just missed a weekend of paxil and the withdrawl is so bad i can barely watch this video. Holy shit this shit is fucked up....I was on Zoloft for 9 months and i quit it with relative ease......But paxil is some crazy fucked up shit. i cant even describe all the withdrawl symptoms cuz im withdrawing so hard i cant think.........fuckin shit is addictive as fuck

[sankibez]

...Tapering Paxil is the most hellish experience human mind can go through. I so feel what you're all saying here. I took Paxil for more than 8 years for a situational depression. When trying to go off of it, the number and severity of the symptoms I experienced was mind-boggling. If you have symptoms you never ever had before, there's only one answer - it's Paxil that causes it. If you need help, you might visit a support site Surviving Antidepressants.

[tvswnet]

@idolaw826 Are you feeling better now? Are you still off or did you end up going back on? I'm coming off for the 3rd and hopefully final time...and yes, it's hell...and yes, we should sue those greedy Mengele types who profit from others' suffering; however, I don't have the energy to do that, so I'm just trying to deal with the symptoms as well as I can... Best wishes from South America 8-)

[tvswnet]

@GigiBabeee It's good for panic/anxiety, but is more/less ineffective for depression and the withdrawal is awful...it should NOT be used for depression, in my opinion.

[GigiBabeee]

I used to take CELEXA never helped my panic attack I was still scared to go out now I been taking PAXIL for 2 months or so it helped my panic SOOOOOO MUCH I been going out to the malls, subways felt like I haven't took any! THANK YOU PAXIL this is the best pill

[thatsheavydude]

i have brain damage maybe permanent from ssri withdrawl... eye and sensory problems. developed mild depersonilzation wich is severe when im over stimulated. and this brick feeling in my head

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@thefilesofmrx2 Bye Bye

[TwoThreeNineJohn]

I signed up to take part in a study of a new drug used to treat depression. I talked to the lead investigative Dr. today and was informed I do not qualify for the study since I also have issues with anxiety apparently. I was hopeful when he told what I have is treatable with Paxil, and I would benefit more from this than the clinical study. I get home and did some research on this drug only to find out it seems as if it will only take me from bad to worse. Now I really feel hopeless.