"many doctors aren't well informed about what Paxil can do from a negative perspective"

I wrote last week about my problems with Paxil.... namely my withdrawal symptoms of having a dull headache and MUSCLE TWITCHES. The twitches are what bother me the most because it makes me feel like there is something wrong with my body/brain rather than it being a withdrawal effect of Paxil. Anyhow, I am still having these twitches to varying degrees and I cannot tell yet if they are disappearing to any extent. I am hoping they go away with time but its hard to know if/when they will.

What made it worse was that I spoke to my doctor's nurse two days ago and told her about the muscle spasms I was having all over (and especially near my right eye).... the response I got was that the dr. (a psychiatrist) said she didn't feel these muscle spasms were likely to be due to Paxil because I hadn't taken hardly any in 4 weeks (only one 10mg pill 10 days ago). Of course, that made me feel worse and made me feel like there is something medically wrong with my body or brain.

However, I get the feeling that this doctor is just very uninformed about the negative effects this medicine can have and doesn't really understand the length of time it could take to get this medicine fully out of your body.

I want to stress this to everybody. PLEASE READ THIS:

I think what you are going to find (and this is just my opinion) is that many doctors (NOT all) aren't well informed about what Paxil can do from a negative perspective. They know what it can do positively but when people start getting withdrawal effects (or side effects) that aren't the "usual" side effects (like sexual problems or gaining weight), the Doctors just scratch their heads or disagree that it is due to the Paxil.

Don't let any doctor tell you that it CAN'T be because of Paxil because I think it can be (in many cases) but the doctor just isn't educated enough on this drug to know. Doctors are HUMAN too.... don't make them into all-knowing Gods.

If anybody out there has muscle spasms/twitches as a withdrawal effect, please contact me via my Email address above.

-- submitted by Joe, 29