Re: Here it is again..... Chest pains, heartburn, acid reflux, spasm pains, NCCPs....

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For what it's worth, 5mg of Paxil a day (which is only 25% of the typical lowest

dose prescribed for depression) keeps my NCCPs away.

I've tried discontinuing the medication on several different occasions, but the

pains always came back. (And sometimes I've simply forgotten to take my meds at

night for a couple days in a row -- not even meaning to / realizing it -- and

the pains threatened, so it's not simply a mental thing that I plan on going off

the meds and the pains come back, it happens even when I don't intentionally go

off the meds).

Paxil doesn't work for everyone, but the people who have had luck with it have

had AMAZING results with it. Definitely worth trying, particularly since (in

the USA) your doc can write the prescription for 20mg/day for 90 days, then you

use a pill splitter to cut them into 5mg segments, and you get a year's worth

for ten bucks from the Sam's Club or Walmart pharmacy.

Debbi in Michigan

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Just a BIIIIG warning for anyone trying anti-depressants:

If/when you decide to stop taking them, do NOT go cold turkey (unless the drug

is made for it).

I tried a very low dose of Paxil for spasms and it had no effect, so I stopped

taking it (at my Dr's recommendation). I thought I was going crazy until I

realized that I was going through some sort of withdrawal. My emotions were ALL

OVER the place and I have never felt so suicidal in my life. When the lightbulb

went on, I did some research, realized I was not going crazy, went back on them,

and slowly weaned myself off properly.

Jacquie

(with one-month old baby now, Madeleine!)

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> For what it's worth, 5mg of Paxil a day (which is only 25% of the typical

lowest dose prescribed for depression) keeps my NCCPs away.

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> I've tried discontinuing the medication on several different occasions, but

the pains always came back. (And sometimes I've simply forgotten to take my

meds at night for a couple days in a row -- not even meaning to / realizing it

-- and the pains threatened, so it's not simply a mental thing that I plan on

going off the meds and the pains come back, it happens even when I don't

intentionally go off the meds).

>

> Paxil doesn't work for everyone, but the people who have had luck with it have

had AMAZING results with it. Definitely worth trying, particularly since (in

the USA) your doc can write the prescription for 20mg/day for 90 days, then you

use a pill splitter to cut them into 5mg segments, and you get a year's worth

for ten bucks from the Sam's Club or Walmart pharmacy.

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> Debbi in Michigan

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