Reply #36: I was on Paxil for almost 5 years and was successfully weaned off them.

[SharonAnn]

Paxil helped me deal with some very, very difficult issues in my life and I don't know if I would've been successful dealing with them without Paxil.

Once my life had settled down, and I think good decisions during the time I was helped by Paxil were the reason for the improvement, I was ablet o talk to the doctor about trying to go off them.

We put together a plan and I slowly lowered the amount according to the plan. The plan was successful and we monitored the steps carefully. The objective was not to gooff them as quickly as possible, but to try going off them in a planned manner. And, if I had experienced some problems, we had plans on how to go back to the previous dosage levels and monitor things.

For me, the help that Paxil gave me was invaluable. I had spent years being depressed and not functioning well. With Paxil, I felt like myself again (first time in decades) and could deal with things better.