If you already take Paxil everyday (and maybe have been for years) you will one day run out of the prescription and need it re-filled. If you find that you have mood swings, and tend to be a little bit anxious (maybe a little depressed too) when you are starting the new bottle, then you are not alone. I get this every time I start a new bottle of Paxil pills. No big deal.
I’m only taking 10 mg each morning between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM, but the mood swing is always the same when the old bottle is empty and the new bottle starts. Why? Read on.
Every batch of generic Paxil is a little bit different when it comes of the manufactures line and therefore your dosage will be a wee bit different than the last bottle you had, which would be from a completely different batch. It usually takes me about 1 week to sort of calm down after starting the new bottle.
So try not to stress out – your serotonin levels are readjusting, but you will be fine – just try to relax and in a week you be all back on track again.
I have long been trying to change my attitude regarding perfectionism. I’m beginning to understand how to deal with this issue and it always comes back to giving in and letting – which is difficult for someone who thinks they can manipulate all of the form around them (this includes human forms as well) so they can appear to be perfect in every way. Just thinking of an attitude like this makes me cringe, but yet I am as guilty as anyone when it comes to this kind of mindset. Continue reading →
It doesn’t really matter who you read, watch, or listen to for guidance when it comes to relaxing – in the end it comes down to one thing and one thing only – turning off your mind.
There are plenty of ways to turn off your mind, and we all use them collectively as the great and wonderful human race. This is the short short short list; Continue reading →
Lately we had some personal issues that were very stressful and again I started getting some of the usual symptoms of high anxiety. I tried all of the usual methods and thinking processes but was still struggling. I flipped through my books, watched my videos, and listened to audio books – still never really getting it under control.
What finally got it all under control was the classic thought process of detachment and “being the witness”. ”Being the witness” means sort of imagine a kind and loving witness watching you and keeping you safe. Continue reading →
I had this email from on of our readers who needed some reassurance because of her severe struggle with Anxiety. This is her email with names and locations changed for privacy. Please read to the end because the story gets much better.
Dear Jacob and Emma,I don’t really know what I’m doing writing this email. I wrote a very long comment on the article Managing and Diagnosing Extreme Anxiety Disorders, and then was too chicken to post it. I think I just need to reach out to someone who ‘gets’ it, you know?
Anyway. So, about a year ago, a bunch of really crap stuff happened in quick succession – a bunch of stuff I had no control over. I don’t want to go into detail about it, really, but the worst of the things that happened was my husband Continue reading →
So it’s been 3 weeks now being a non smoker, and I had a one evening relapse when we had a large family birthday party. I had alcohol during the party, and I was excited because everyone was there. I smoked about 5 cigarettes that evening, and felt gross the next day with the mild hangover and worse, the CIGARETTE hangover. Nothing I hate more than a disgusting smoker’s hangover – yech!!
So I know now that I have two definite triggers that cause such a massive craving, I’m almost helpless in the face of a cigarette. One is coffee, and the other is alcohol and group socializing. So it’s really simple right? Don’t drink alcohol in excess of two drinks and avoid coffee all together. Sounds simple does it not? Well, it’s not. Continue reading →
It’s 7 days now of no cigarettes – not even one puff. Feels great to have a clearer chest, and no stirring when I wake up now.
Junk is still coming out of my lungs with little black spots in the phlegm. Guess you want that to happen so all the tar and crap leaves your lungs. Continue reading →
