Ok so to put it simply, this has been the greatest result I could have hoped for after 4 months of this med. I was thinking to myself this morning in the shower that this is easily the best I have felt inside. myself in a long time
Worry is basically an emotion that is almost gone from my life now and all I can say is good riddance!
As someone who has lived with Social Anxiety for many years now I have basically stopped worrying about things that happen during the day, how I acted in front of other people, what others think of me etc... Beautiful, I still have times when I'm nervous around others and lacking in confidence but once the moment is over I basically just don't give a f@$! what people think of me.
Also the grief that intrusive thoughts were causing me has been eliminated, once the thoughts stopped receiving their fuel(my anxiety and worry about what these thoughts meant) then life just got a whole lot better.I still have some intrusive/unwanted thoughts each day ( usually the same thoughts) but the frequency and distress caused by them has been greatly reduced ( greatly reduced fuel for the unwanted thoughts).
I am very glad I worked my way through the hard first few weeks or so.
I know a lot of people bag Paroxetine but it really has helped me and I'll take the happiness while I can.