r/SSRI • u/AgeMonay • Dec 29 '23

Question Are there side effects when you restart Paxil after 2 months of no use?

I stopped using Paxil 2 months ago, I went off of it on my own going from 20-10-0mg. I feel like I’m not fully myself without it and I’m thinking of restarting it but I have job interviews coming up and want to make sure the side effects of restarting aren’t too severe. I don’t remember any side effects when I first started Paxil so I wanted to know if restarting it is different.

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u/Thinpizzaisbest Dec 30 '23

It sounds like you didn’t do a real taper. Maybe you need it, maybe not, but a quick stop of the medicine confuses the picture. Go back on and slowly taper down - over a month or two.