Date:  Mon Feb 26, 2001 11:53pm

I TAKE ZOLOFT NOW BUT MY HANDS AND FEET ARE STILL NUMB FROM 1 PAXIL PILL 20 
MG ONE DAY AND 1/2 FOR FOUR MORE DAYSFIRST PILL TAKEN ON 1/31/2001. SO MY 
SYMPTOMS HAVE NOT GONE AWAY AND THE DOCTOR THINKS I AM LYING ABOUT IT, THAT 
IT JUST CANNOT BE.

Pamela

Date:  Tue Feb 27, 2001 0:15am

Response1:
FIND A NEW DOCTOR!! NOW BEFORE THIS GUY KILLS YOU!!

Trisha

Date:  Tue Feb 27, 2001 0:22am

Response2:
Hi Pamela,
And welcome to the group. Well we believe you and you are not the only one ! 
Many members of our group reported this side effect from SSRI's. You've got to
give it some time to heal and I can imagine this must be very frustrating 
after taking just 1 pill of Paxil. I think there were some members who reported 
that they could not even feel the water falling down on their skin when they 
took a shower.

Charly

Date:  Tue Feb 27, 2001 11:58pm

Response3: 
I couldn't feel the water running on me in the shower, nor could I 
taste food for about 1-2 months after stopping Cipramil (Celexa).

Debbie

Date:  Tue Feb 27, 2001 0:48am

I WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND THEY THINK BECAUSE I HAVE 
CRIED AT THEIR OFFICE TWICE, AND MY JOB HAS BEEN HORRIBLE FOR THE LAST THREE 
MONTHS ,WITH SOMEONE ELSE BEING OUT SICK FROM AN OPERATION ,THAT I SHOULD 
TAKE ZOLOFT TO COPE. IT HASN'T SEEMED TO AFFECT ME AND I TOOK NOTHING FOR ONE 
WEEK BETWEEN THE PAXIL AND THE ZOLOFT.

DOES ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND THEY PRESCRIBED ANTI- 
DEPRESSANTS ? AND WILL THIS NUMBNESS EVER GO AWAY ? WILL THE INOSITOL VITAMINS 
HELP ME ?

Pamela

Date:  Tue Feb 27, 2001 3:43am

Response:
Pamela, if you are taking another SSRI, other then the
Paxil, it too can be contributing to your problems.
Take care,

Cynthia

Date:  Tue Feb 27, 2001 12:10pm

Great ! I better decide to get off of this too !

Pamela

Date:  Thu Mar 1, 2001 5:22am

Response:
Pamela, Dr. Peter Breggin has a website:  www.breggin.com 
He's also the expert witness for the CA public interest lawsuit regarding 
Paxil.  This is all on his website.  His book (mentioned earlier by Patrick?) 
is titled "Your Drug May Be Your Problem:  How and Why to Stop Taking 
Psychiatric Medications".  I've been reading it, and it's very good. 
I've also heard a lot about Dr. Ann Tracey and her book, and Dr. Joseph 
Glenmullen's book too, but haven't started reading them yet...

Renee