paxil isnt addictive ... you will feel weird as fuck for a while if you run out or forget to take it (and of course have recurring panic attacks)
if you have panic disorder not a damn thing you can do other than take one of these meds. Unless you want to take crazy ass advice like meditation or religion, which im not into.
Paxil kept me straight for 8 years, no prob, 20mg/day ... rare occurences of mild panic attacks... then into this biz, less active, panic attacks recurred and they put me on xanax ... now THAT shit sucks and is very addictive.
Im talking to my shrink about getting off it, checked my thyroid last week and possibly going to try to slowly replace the zanax with effexor (i think thats what she said, there are so many ssri/snri's) ... and EXCERCISE.
I feel for you, no one can understand this unless theyve been through it. and someone said you cant use logic ... its true... i just had a 100% clean bill of health checkup last week, i guarantee ill have at least a small panic attack this week.
as far as i know, its a life long condition, your seratonin is just plain fucked, accept it, find the right medication (i started on zoloft but that didnt work) ... avoid the shit that triggers attacks (sloth, caffeine and weed for me) and you'll live a nice long happy life.
this 'disease' sucks ass, but hey man i can think of a lot worse shit, i thank god i got this instead of cancer or god knows what else.
best of luck bro, try not to get frustrated, there are so many meds for this that certainly one will work for ya, and the worst side effect i have is it takes a while to get a nut ... the girls are real sad about that
