Re: Any success of returning to Paroxetine after a break?
You are dealing with bereavement here on top of everything else so I would concentrate on getting through the ordeal of your Mum's funeral and if you can't cope with a whole group of people afterwards then so be it. You won't be judged if it's all too much.
Are you having any therapy or bereavement counselling? May be of more help than an increase in meds but just my view.
Re: Any success of returning to Paroxetine after a break?
Having the normal counselling.
Just finished CBT. Not sure it helps, really.
Thanks for your thoughts
Re: Any success of returning to Paroxetine after a break?
I had really improved after my mum's funeral and returning to work.
But after two weeks, there was a slight criticism of something I did (not work-related) and all the symptoms came back again - anxiety, tearfulness, panic. This all happened a day after I saw the NHS psychiatrist who said how well I was doing, Now there's a 6-week wait. The psychiatrist raised my dose to 30mg from 20mg. Supposed to be going way on Tuesday and next week and dreading it instead of looking forward to it. Just want to cry all the time, I wake up with a dark weight of depression and anxiety over me. So scared. Letting people down, guilt, missing my mum etc. Just want to cry all day, and feel sick and unable to cope again.
Re: Any success of returning to Paroxetine after a break?
The psychiatrist is now recommending 40mg of paroxetine daily.
I'm at a really low ebb with panic, anxiety and depression. I wonder if I'll ever get better. Grief takes over, then darkness and anxiety and I feel like it's not fair on everyone else. I'm back at square one. Horrendous. I can't take time off work as I've used up all my sick pay. At least I can work from home, but even that's a struggle. MY mind is a like a sieve letting in all these invasive thoughts.