Have any of you out there in today’s reading audience ever stopped to think about how many thousands of individuals who are on medication prescribed by their family doctor or a specialist because of anxiety or depression?
It is a sad fact to face indeed but it is one fact that we must face. Mankind is not as strong as it once was, we have become weakened by our own actions. We take on too much at a time and we want too much so we tend to work hard to get everything that we have dreamed of only to spend the rest of our lives worrying that we will lose it.
This is why so many of us have had to be medicated. It is sad indeed to admit that almost ¼ of the worlds population is in a medicated state. The topic of today’s article is the medication known as Paxil.
We will be discussing the pros and lord knows that there are many great things about it but there is also a dark side that not many people know about, maybe the only people who have seen that dark side are the ones who have had to stop taking this wonder pill known as paxil.
Maybe it was your own choice or that of your doctor, but when it is the doctor who decides that you should be ending your relationship with Paxil he/she is smart enough to do it the safe way and that is to be slowly weaned off of it.
Many people don’t understand this, they think that they can just quit cold turkey and not have any adverse reactions. Unfortunately, these people are dead wrong. Now, there are those who think that Paxil is only prescribed for people who are depressed. That is a common misconception.
While this is indeed a treatment for depression and the main reason why it was made, it is also used as a treatment option for anxiety and anxiety attacks as well. Bet there are many of you out there right now who are shaking their heads in disbelief.
The main problem is that when a person starts to take this drug in the hopes of ending their problems with anxiety, they never really stop to think of the day when they will have to stop taking this medication.
I should state from this point on that I am in NO WAY, shape or form putting down this product. Paxil has been a saving grace to many, many people out there who have had moderate to severe depression as well as moderate to severe anxiety.
I know this because I am speaking from experience, the next article in this series will discuss the side effects of stopping the medication on your own. This is not recommended as I have been through the hell it can cause.
It is recommended that if you are on this medication and you wish to stop, you are advised to do so with your doctor’s help. This medication is very serious as it deals with certain brain activities and should not be stopped without your doctors help.
See the following article for my personal experience of the nightmare that I went through while trying to stop on my own. Stay tuned folks, it will be a bumpy ride!
