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Paxil side effect
Iam having social anxiety....my doctor prescribed me 25mg paxil cr.....on second day ,severe side effect occured...like chill feel throughout. ...hot and cool feel insde my veins...loss of balance etc....i thought i was going to die next day i quit paxil cold turkey...now its been a month...still,the side effects like dizziness,chill feel,cough,minor difficulty breathing etc are not going away ...please help me
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Dr. Vikas Prabhav
Psychiatrist
12 yrs exp
Chennai
Hi there, what you describe are possibly physical symptoms of anxiety and possibly unrelated to paroxetine. It is improbable that a couple of days of taking the meds cause long standing distress. Paroxetine washes out of the body in around 100 hours since the last dose. And two days of taking it, will not cause a month of withdrawal symptoms. Trust your physician and report any and all untoward reactions to him/her.
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See a psychiatrist, or a psychologist as your primary problem persists.
Health Tips
You may read about social anxiety
http://www.thevividmind.org/blog/overcoming-social-anxiety/ to get a better understanding of what you can do to get over it.
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