question: Hello doctor, I am a 36-year-old woman and I take Paxil for OCD, 40 mg a day. When I went off the medicines several years ago, I had a long period of time before I had symptoms again, but then they did return. So after some time, I began the Paxil again. I had been very slowly weaning off and I had been taking 7 mg or less per day for five months before I noticed any problems. Before that, I was taking about 14 mg per day for another five months. Is that normal? I mean it makes me wonder if I really need the medication because I had a long time on a low dose or none at all without symptoms.