u/Urethral_Harpoon

Been on and off Paxil and a couple other SSRI's a few times over my life for anxiety. Coming off, I've always tapered the dose of whatever down, but at various speeds. I've done it all in a week before (0/10 wouldn't recommend) and also over 1.5 years.

This latest time after being on Paxil for 15 years I figured 4 months would do it, planning on 40 to 0 in about 3 to 4 week intervals dropping 10mg at a time. 40 to 30 to 20 was actually not a problem, no withdrawals at all. 20 to 10 has been difficult, withdrawals started along with all the fun mental components, and they aren't exactly stopping 4 weeks on.

My question is, I know from experience that 10mg is not remotely a therapeutic dose for me, and I'm wondering if I'm just prolonging this nonsense by staying at 10 and having ongoing withdrawals instead of just going to zero and getting it over with.

All in all this sucks, but this isn't as bad as Effexor, that was horrific to come off.

Take care.

Been installing and using them for decades on both renos and new builds, and am aware there is a downturn in quality since 2022 with their move to plastics, but my god anything they put out listed as made in 2026 is just absolute garbage sauce. There is no way you can now trust their products for work you've done for a customer.

And god help you if you need to warrant something.

Were they sold ?

Interested if anybody else had worse withdrawal or any form of relapse coming off an SSRI?

I've gone on and off various SSRI medications a few times over my adult life and recently decided to get back off them once again, this being the first time after being Floxed 2 years ago. Titrated down the usual way, dosage near zero currently. Obviously to everybody who has ever done this, the 'discontinuation syndrome' is a nonsense euphamism, it's straight up withdrawal, but this has been significantly worse physically this time and for much longer. Way worse gastric distress, pain, sensory disturbances. Emotionally about the same.

And the areas ive had neuropathy in post flox hurt for no reason.

Not anti SSRI, they were extremely useful for going through all this, but I no longer need them. But this does indeed suck worse.

Tried posting this in a female hrt sub on behalf of my wife because she's normal and doesn't reddit. It got nowhere because they are all lame and old or hate men or some shit... probably.

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Convinced my wife to try hrt (test specifically), and set her up with one of the better clinics available to us. I've done ok with trt and she figured she'd give it a go to match my ridic teenage libido.

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It has failed pretty bad, she had the worst pms of her life on estro for like a year, and also gained like 20 lbs.

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They pulled her off the estrogen after a year of that nonsense and added in test in cream form. Hoping for an improvement, but she is nauseas to the point she can't take it. 14 days on, 14 days of nausea, took a break and cleared up, started again the next month and nausea daily.

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Is that a side, and if so can protocol or administration change it?

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Posting on behalf of my wife who doesn't forum.

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43, been on HRT in various protocols for over a year, currently on progesterone 3 weeks per month and now test. She was scribed testosterone cream topical inner thigh, 1mg daily (6 out of 7 days) to add on. 2.5 weeks in and she has nausea (no vomiting) every single day but the days off.

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It's listed as a side, but how long does this last?

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For context, she also experiences the same nausea the week she restarts the progesterone after her period, consistently.

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She had been on estrogen for the last year, but it was hell on her and she was switched to this protocol.

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I feel immensely responsible, as I have had great results from TRT, and encouraged her to also try out HRT. The estrogen resulted in extreme PMS and mood swings to the point they gave her something to stop her cycle completely. Then over the next 12 months of estrogen she gained a lot of weight fast and became unhappy with that. So we tried a different clinic that pulled the estrogen and the other drug to let her cycle again, added testosterone and now its nausea daily.

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Further, I realize the complexity of female hrt, but does her protocol sound insane ?

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Thanks.

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After some employee turnover at my regular branch the entire bank smells like body odor, like really bad. Changing clothes when you get home kind of bad. It's not just one employee, and also includes the branch manager so there is literally nobody to 'complain' to there about it. Every employee must be ok with it as they have to work in it, but there is no way they don't notice it.

Not sure if TD has a policy regarding hygiene, but it's by far the worst smelling business I've ever been in. And for a bank that seems unacceptable.