Dh has been on this for nearly two years for post traumatic stress compounded by work related stress possible depression.
A few months ago he was considering trying to come off it as he felt his symptoms and stress triggers no longer existed (work situation now sorted and had emdr for the trauma).
In the last few weeks he's started displaying similar symptoms to before he started taking the medication. He was on 10mg for about 3 mths and then increased to 20mg. He did miss a days dose about 6 weeks ago and had the subsequent withdrawal feelings for a good few days after. I was wondering if that hiccup could have caused the recent depression? If he goes to see the GP will they just increase his dose to 30mg?
Ideally he'd like to come off the paroxetine but he knows this is going to be a long withdrawal given the horrible side effects.
Is it possible for him to start to taper down and and then start a different AD that would limit the withdrawal effects?
Thanks