You need to go back up to a dose where you're not feeling the anxiety, fatigue, depression etc anymore -- these are withdrawal symptoms. If you are getting these with 5mg then 5mg is too lilttle.

I wanted to be free of my drug too, but I discontinued too fast. The symptoms I listed above? I can't imagine you'd want to have those too. Paxil really is devilish stuff, probably the worst of all the ADs.

If you have increased your dose and are still feeling rough, then I would suggest applying to join Withdrawal and Recovery. There is help there for people who have discontinued their meds too fast, and unfortunately plenty who have had the Paxil experience.

Best wishes,
Linda.