Hi all – thanks for dropping by. Lot of questions about Paxil side effects here.
My experience and what my doctor said would happen was the same. I thought Paxil was making me tired, and indeed it was because it was forcing me to start slowing down.
Paxil needs at least one and half weeks to kick in. I honestly believe that 90% of people saying they have side effects are telling themselves something bad is going to happen, which is what we do when we are badly stressed. We convince ourselves that something is wrong, when in reality nothing is wrong. We convince ourselves that there are problems, when there are no problems. Only situations (Eckhart Tolle).
I have had all of the symptoms described above whenever I started Paxil, and I had to wait it out for 2 weeks before everything came back into focus again.
I’ve heard people say that Paxil where off after so many years, but my doctor says that is incorrect. I have never found that to be the case. HOWEVER, if you are on a low dose like me at 10mg a day, and you have stressful “things” happening in your life, you can still fall into extreme anxiety – I did two weeks ago. Paxil is not the end all solution – it can help.
It always comes down to one thing (on meds or off) – don’t take your mind seriously. When it worries – laugh at it. When your mind tries to convice you that something bad is going to happen – ignore it.
I always tell people I know whenever they are stressed,
It’s true. Your mind is a simple tool that the ego works with to create deception, fear and misery. The ego loves the mind because it can be controlled and upset. The REAL you is NOT your mind, although you have be taught to believe that.
Laugh at your bad thoughts. When you hear a good thought, your are starting to here reality again coming through the fog.
Why is Buddha always laughing in pictures and statues? He’s laughing because he knows what is real. He is giggling at the insanity of mind and ego. We can also snicker at our worried mind. We have to stop taking ourselves so seriously. We are by nature still and at peace, but we have forgotten that.
Fear is fantasy. Peace is the light.
No go out for a walk and be sure to stop, sit in the grass, and put your hands deep into the grass. Remember when you were a bored kid sitting in the school field at some event, laying back on your hands in the grass?
It’s still the same. This is real. This earth is turning and you are here for a short visit. We are all going to die sometime – tomorrow, next year, or in 40 years. It’s not a problem – nothing is problem. Losing a job, house, marriage, loved one, or your body is not a problem. Your mind tells you it is a problem. Society tells us it is a problem, but it’s not a problem.
Whatever you are fearing is not a problem. Our ego can’t except loss of anything and our minds will dance with our ego into it’s own creation of hell.
Go downtown and find the crippled man laying in the street – stop, smile at him and say a kind word to him. You will see for the moment your anxiety vanish. When we are SELF absorbed we worry. When we are loving other life forms we are in tune again with our true selves.
Banish your mind and ego. Just use your mind to buy groceries, go to work, play with the kids, drive your car, brush your teeth, and go to bed. That’s all you have to do – just BE.
You don’t need to BE anything in this world, and you need to have anything either. Just be.
Be mindless for a few minutes a day.
Oh….and and just to remind you…………………….you are not terminally ill and you are NOT going to die.
Jacob