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Hi there,
I started Serzone for Social Anxiety Disorder and continued that until it was taken off the market. I was then forced to take Paxil and about 6 months after that (when I turned 21), I started drinking. The "alcoholism" phase didn't start until about a year ago. I stumbled upon some information that other people who had been prescribed Paxil had also experienced increased cravings. so I switched anti-depressants and the cravings decreased, but were not gone entirely.
As a sort of experiment, I start Paxil back again and the same day, the cravings came back full force. Now I have stopped all drugs and have cravings still, but am unable to get that "happy" feeling with alcohol that I used to get. I mean, I drink, but it used to be that within a few minutes a sort of "peace" would come over me, now it doesn't happen. I tried all the way to 16 shots one night and still didn't get drunk and didn't wake up with a hangover like I always did with Paxil. I did some research but since the effects of anti depressants are not completely understood, it's impossible to discover exactly what the hell is going on.
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