Does anyone know the withdrawal symptoms of going of the drug PAXIL ?

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Well, my guess is you will just get angry, that is what the drug is for anger issues. There are not really any withdra symptoms for paxil. It isn't a habit forming drug in which your body will be chemically dependent on to cause withdrawls. Just make you a bit anxious or have trouble with dealing with anger Yes. Do not go off it cold turkey, it's not pleasant. If you follow a doctors advice and taper off slowly you will be just fine and it is not hard. Good luck and listen to your doctor.

Just to clarify a few things. Paxil is not "habit forming" because that suggests a behavioral response (such as drugs like Valium, xanax, or hydrocodone). There definitely are known discontinuation symptoms associated with these medications which are usually decreased if the medication is decreased slowly instead of stopped suddenly.

A quote from BMJ 1998;316:1105-1106 states:
Discontinuation symptoms do not in themselves indicate drug dependence. Dependence is a syndrome, and diagnosis requires several other features, such as tolerance, inability to control drug use, primacy of drug taking behavior, and continued use despite harmful consequences. Antidepressants are not associated with these other features and are not drugs of dependence. The common lay belief that antidepressants are addictive probably contributes to the significant undertreatment of depressive illness. It is important not to foster this belief inadvertently one reason that "discontinuation reaction" is a better term than "withdrawal reaction."

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