Hello. I'm on 40mg Paxil/day. Have been for 10 years with great results. I feel like it has stopped working. Have any of you experienced this and successfully switched meds? Thanks!

I wasn't on anything long term. But when I first was prescribed SSRI-it was zoloft-horrible-made me anxious, insomnia, exaggerated startle-awful. Then went to prozac and was great. So I know from my experience that if one doesn't do it another can. Good luck! lamy

I switched from zoloft (10 yrs on) to lexapro. It took me about 2 months to make the change. The doctor had me do a cross taper. He also prescribed me klonopin to help with the transition.

thanks for the replies. panicmom, did the lexapro work for you once you switched? why the switch? thanks again.

You can read back through my blogs, but I started getting hourly panic attacks and was a mess. The pdoc thinks I had "ssri poop out" with the Zoloft. I do think the lexapro is helping. I don't have any side effects that I notice.
Feel free to message me with any questions. I know it is a tough thing to go through.

I switched from Paxil 40 mg/day to Lexapro 15 mg/day and it seems to be working more or less. I had the same situation as you -- it seemed like the Paxil had stopped working (which, as I understand it, happens with most SSRIs after about 7 years, give or take). I did a cross-taper, which is the way you need to do it, and it was rough for a while but then got better. The Lexapro doesn't seem to totally block out the panic attacks, but neither did the Paxil.

Good luck!

-Jeremy