Better to Wean
Friday, July 14th, 2000.
There is no way I will be silent about what’s happened to me. But right now I’m back on the Paxil only because the brain zaps were killing me. Today is my 7th day back on Paxil (previous to that I was experiencing withdrawal syndrome), and only in the past day or two have I been feeling like myself again.
My plan is to wean myself off the Paxil eventually. If you’ve only been off four days cold turkey, it’s going to worse before it gets better. Some people bear it out; I couldn’t, and you may want to go back on it too — knowing that you can wean yourself off it. And weaning is definitely less traumatic than cold turkey.