I've been on Paxil for a couple of years. If I don't take it for about three days I get irritated and the notorious brain zaps/depersonalization. I'm not sure if it is helping but I'm scared of the withdrawals. It's certainly not helping my anxiety. I have abosolutly no motivation and still have panic attacks once in awhile and my palms, feet and underarms are always sweaty during the day. When I wake up and later at night I have no perspiration. Can anyone suggest anything? Oh and my doctor put me on Propranolol (sp) which is prescribed for off label use of hyperhydrosis. Haven't had any luck so for with it.

I was on 20mg paxil from 2000-2002. I tried cold turkey it was hell, my doc never mentioned that SSRIs cause a physical dependency lik that (actually he kept trying to get me to higher doses). I ended up doing a very slow taper over about 2 or 3 months and survived with minimal agony. You have to really want it (to be off the SSRI that is).

20-20-10-20-20-10...for a few weeks
20-10-20-10-20-10...for a few weeks
20-10-10-20-10-10...for a few weeks
10-10-10............for a few weeks
10-10-0-10-10-0...for a few weeks
10-0-10-0-10-0...for a few weeks

Something like the above...just like a benzo taper, good luck