Ask Dr Stupid: Paxil
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From: astramel@tampabay.rr.com (mari-lou)
Subject: paxil
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mari-lou (astramel@tampabay.rr.com) on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 at 14:38:37
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email: astramel@tampabay.rr.com
realname: mari-lou
subject: paxil
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Message: I came off Paxil and now back on it and was wondering how long will it
take me to feel better does it make your blood pressure come down? once its
in your body one more question is clonazepam and davazepam about the same
anixity drug
thanks
Mari-lou thanks for the help just need to know how long does paxil take to get
back into my system
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Dear Mari:
Everyone's body breaks down and processes medication at a different rate. A document from a medical web site states that on average, it takes four to five days for the body to clear itself of the last taken dosage of Paxil.
How long will it take before you feel better? Who knows. Depression can be a serious condition. But you're wanting to know how long it will take you to feel better. Well, you were on it in the first place, so why did you stop? Was there a medical reason, such as adverse reaction or your body simply stopped responding to the medication? Did you decided to just play doctor on yourself and made the decision to stop on your own?
As far as your questions are concerned about the other medications you mentioned, Dr. Stupid can offer no advice, as Dr. Stupid is not a licensed medical practitioner. Also, as far as hypertension and blood pressure related issues, again, Dr. Stupid is not qualified or certified to give advice. The only advice Dr. Stupid can give is for you to seek the help of a real healtcare provider.
Personally, Dr. Stupid feels that modern science and medicine these days seems to feel that there is a wonder-drug for just about everything. Need proof? There are plenty of cold remedies, pain relief drugs, and of course medications for lots of known medical conditions, such as asthma. Overall, this progress of science is a good thing, as new methods are found to treat common health problems and are made safer for people all the time. Dr. Stupid's real issue is with the usage of drugs for treating emotional and psychological disorders. When one stops and thinks about it, there are not a lot of long term studies done on many new drugs today. The reason is because these are new. So, they pump out a few million, prescribe them out and then use the unsuspecting public as a testing ground. Well, maybe that isn't completely true. The news and media reports in regards to new medications paint the picture that these new medications seem to be having far more unexpected bad results that previously thought. If Dr. Stupid understands correctly, the purpose of these medications is to alter brain chemistry to get closer to what is a desired normal. Simply put, someone's brain is creating or responding to certain chemicals and stimuli in ways that are considered dramatically different than what is considered "normal". The purpose of the drug is to make the abnormal reaction stop or else alter the abnormal creation of neuro-chemicals. One must keep in mind that the objective is to reach "societal normal" conditions, as opposed to what may be more in line for "normal" for the individual.
Is your medical condition caused by a chemical imbalance or is it a purely psychological issue.
In many instances, there are mental and psychological problems that are simply not being addressed through traditional psychological and psychiatric methods. It appears it is quicker and easier to deal with the problem by popping a pill in many cases. In some instances and syndromes, such as depression, one must get to the root of the problem and deal with the problem directly. Even continuing to use depression as the example, there are cases where there is no valid cause for the depression due to external occurances, it is simply a brain chemistry issue. In other cases, it can be a case of both external factors and brain chemistry.
No matter how one looks at the situation, the results under the surface are the same. By filling our brains up with chemicals, there are bound to be some side-effects. Take notice that even in your email that there are plenty of other anti-depressant medications. You mentioned two other prescription medications and there are certainly more than just that list of 3. Of course, there is also "self-medication", which is more commonly seen in pain management but can certainly be applied towards any medical condition, or not.
Chances are you will start to feel better in a few days. Then again, what does Dr. Stupid know?
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