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January 22, 2007
Paxil and Cognitive Therapy Treat Hypochondria Equally Well
In a study funded by GlaxoSmithKline, makers of Paxil, Dutch researches are reporting that hypochondriacs treated with Paxil have lessened concerns about illness.
In the first controlled study that compared a group of hypochondriacs given the drug with a group that got psychological talk therapy and another group that received sugar pills, the medication significantly reduced people's fears about imaginary illnesses.
It is important to note, however, that the same study showed that those who were treated with cognitive therapy had the same positive results as those treated with Paxil.
Nonetheless, most media articles (such as the linked Washington Post article below) are making Paxil the headline and mentioning cognitive therapy only as an afterthought.
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I plan to try cognitive therapy. Hope I won't have to take drugs.
Paxil is evil!
i find that if u have a reliable doctor who knos u are a hypochondriac and get tested, x rayed, catscan watever it may be.. and find out the results that you have nothing the mater with u then it usualy calms u down for at least a year b 4 getting fully tested again.
My name is Michael Smith and i would like to show you my personal experience with Paxil.
I am 40 years old. Have been on Paxil for 5 years now. Please be careful if coming off, i started to wean myself with out doctors help couldnt afford it. I went from 20 mgs to 10 mgs for a month, then 10 mgs to 5 mgs for a month. Because the 20 mgs were way to strong took 20 for 5 years and was always on edge. After about 1 month on 10 felt a little better. I stopped for 7 days completly and man did I feel like shit man I didn’t want to leave the house , shop! I just started back on 5 mgs to get it back in my system. Who know what is the right amount you have to be the test subject on yourself!
I have experienced some of these side effects-
Headaches, tremors, emotional wreck, just the blah's when I 1st started takin wasnt bad, cause I also way taken klonopin.
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Michael Smith
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