"i felt so much less anxious initially, so foolishly, and with doctors encouragement, i stayed on paxil for 3-4 years.  two months ago, i started to ween myself off this medicine very slowly. i have never felt so bad in my 72 years of life.  at first, i felt it must be the flu though i&#039;d had a flu shot in november of last year (13).  the withdrawal symptoms of nausea, vomiting, hot flashes. not thinking clearly, fatigue, extremely vivid and frightening dreams, dizziness, and depression lasted 5-6 days.  my doctor recommended that i go back on paxil at half a tablet initially, and then a whole tablet after a week.  so it has been two weeks now of my taking a 40mg. dose each evening.  i tried documenting my terrible experience."