Posted by Questionmark on March 12, 2003, at 17:04:39
In reply to paxil withdrawal side effects: rage and clonidine, posted by sister on March 12, 2003, at 14:05:14
Actually i believe clonidine is an alpha agonist. Does work to inhibit sympathetic/adrenal activation though, as you said. i've been having Paxil withdrawal for the past couple months as well. It was horrifying despair at first, but i think it's easing up. Many dr.s & people would probably think that it couldn't really last that long, but i'm virtually positive it did, due to the nature of the despair and symptoms, etc. However i do think that by now your husband's withdrawal symptoms should be mild or gone (although i could be wrong of course). It's quite possible that he has now become somewhat (physiologically) dependent on the clonidine and that when he stops taking it he is just experiencing clonodine withdrawal. If he slowly tapered off that he might be able to become withdrawal-free. Good luck to you and him.
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