Paxil® Withdrawals

What is withdrawal?

Withdrawal refers to the symptoms that can occur when a person stops taking an addictive drug. After becoming dependent on a drug, a person can suffer serious side effects when he or she stops using the drug. Withdrawal symptoms may be psychological or physical and, depending on both the person and the drug, can be severe. Common symptoms of withdrawal include:

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Sweating
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Tremor
• Insomnia
• Muscle pain

What are Paxil® withdrawal symptoms?

When people who have become addicted to Paxil® stop taking the drug, serious symptoms of withdrawal sometimes develop. In some cases, patients and doctors have attributed the development of patient symptoms to other causes. Sometimes, patients are told that rather than suffering from withdrawal, they are experiencing a regression back to the original problems the drug had been alleviating. For a number of patients, however, this fails to explain new symptoms. The following is a list of Paxil® withdrawal symptoms:

• Vertigo
• Sharp pain in the head
• Lack of coordination
• Nausea and/or stomach pain
• Flu-like symptoms
• Agitation or anxiety
• Confusion or disorientation

How bad are Paxil® withdrawal symptoms?

Paxil® withdrawal symptoms can be severe and persistent. Due to the intense side effects that may be associated with suddenly abstaining from the drug, some people are unable to stop taking Paxil® without professional intervention. The physical manifestations of withdrawal have led, in some cases, to using shock therapy as treatment or to misdiagnosing patients with brain tumors. The psychological symptoms of withdrawal may be different from or worse than the original problems for which the drug was taken. In any case, some patients claim that their withdrawal symptoms were so disabling that they will continue to take Paxil® indefinitely in order to avoid the reactions that quitting may entail.

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