I’m one of those weird people that sort of likes the Paxil brain swooshes. As long as you know why you get this curious feeling, then it’s no big deal. Below I outline why these brain swooshes happen.

Why You Get Brain Swooshes With Paxil

The reason you get brain swooshes as Paxil builds up in your system and leaves your system is because the serotonin levels are changing in your brain. This won’t hurt you, but can leave you feeling very strange and out of sorts. Whatever you do, don’t panic because of a few days of brain swooshes. You’ll be fine.

Brain swooshes will be more pronounced if your increase or decrease in Paxil dosages is more dramatic. This is why you need to come down slowly from Paxil. The normal dosage that doctors prescribe is 20mg. Hopefully you won’t need more medication than 20mg.

The brain swooshes go away after your Paxil dosage evens out and is in your system, or when it’s completely out of your system. I wrote another post that touches on the best process of starting Paxil successfully and weening yourself off Paxil successfully.

What do you think of brain swooshes? Hate them? Don’t care? Like them?