never stop an antidepressant if you are still depressed. if you have been depression-free a few years then it may be time to come off the antidepressants. always come off them slowly. with paxil maybe over 2-3 months. . it takes several weeks for antidepressants to work so it may take several weeks for them to wear off but the withdrawal effects can occur within a few days and this is not a depression but a withdrawal side effect. sometimes we put patients on prozac to detox them off paxil if the withdrawal side effects are too tough.
i want to stop taking paxil but have tried and at the 10-day mark it's take it or go to a hospital. what should i do?