I'm fucking lifted

[totalvirility]

Paxil is really crazy, man. I just read through the possible side effects it can give you, and identified the one I am currently enjoying as "hypomania", which is like mania but less so, and everyone who writes about it says its loads of fun. I just wish I wasn't at work so I could go spazz out in Central Park

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[pharm1215]

Have you been taking it long? Most of the time side effects of medications only last for a week or two....until the medication is in your system.

[totalvirility]

OMG, I forget, you're a pharmacist, right? Or a student in pharmacology, or something-

I've been taking it for 2 weeks now, with a break for 2 days last week when my bag (along with my Paxil) was trapped at the Met Life building after the blackout.
Feeling fine today, and I took a lowered dose last night. Is this all normal?

[pharm1215]

It isn't good to stop the medication---but of course there was nothing you could do about it----and days wouldn't let it out of your system.

Are you on the 20mg? Also, there is an extended release that has been out for a while......
You should always consult your doctor before chaging your dose of medication. When you have time I'd leave a message at the doctor's office; it is important to have good communication between you and the doctor's office---better for you in the long run.

[totalvirility]

hmmmm see, that whole doctor thing is a touchy subject, due to my utter lack of insurance.

My Dad's an Emergency room physician off in rural butt-fuck, Wisconsin, and he hooked me up with some phone-chats with the psychiatrist at his office after I started having panic attacks. The psychiatrist reccomended Paxil, wrote out a prescription, and my father mailed it out to me along with some wonderful lorazapam.
I've been taking 20 mg; I just figured on taking 10 mg last night because of being crazy. I'll go back to the 20 presently.

How was YOUR last night? (just read yr post). Sounds fun...

[pharm1215]

I went to Butt-Fuck last night, but it wasn't butt-fuck Wisconsin. I had quite an enjoyable time!

[totalvirility]

Indeed, I read all about your sojourn to the land of butt-fuck. It's a far cry from the cheese-eating farmer's community my father works in, but I tend to make visits there more often, myself.

[rezik]

It made me *very* angry and short tempered for the first few weeks when I had to take it back in juniorhigh... and that's very unlike me.

Back then, most of those medications took around a month or two to kick in, and the side-effects lasted for almost 3-4 weeks. Granted, that was *quite* some time ago.

I'm really very pleased with the advances we've made since then, what with fewer side effects, faster reaction time, and better understanding of exactly what it is our drugs *do*.