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Thursday, February 8, 2007 12:00 AM

My mother stopped her Paxil and appears to have gone crazy

She went on Paxil eight years ago when my dad died, and now she's acting irrationally.
By Cary Tennis

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  • Saturday, February 10, 2007 06:48 AM

    I stopped taking Paxil last year...

    ...and I did go a bit crazy. However, it was of the general irritability/sleeplessness variety that Cary talked about - not the physically and emotionally abusive to people I care about sort. Although some of that is inevitable - my boyfriend, for example, found the constant crying and complaining a bit trying - your mother's behavior is being caused by something else & the stopping of the Paxil is only a piece of that. She sounds almost manic or borderline - certainly not your run of the mill depression.

    —Tammy

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