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How long does it take in weeks for paroxetine to work on general anxiety, worrying about everything, many thoughts all the day, and/or shyness?

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Days to weeks: If anxiety is severe, affecting your general functioning, it is recommended you start low 5mg or go slow, increase the dose, by 5 mg every week, to favor tolerance and avoid initial re bounce anxiety. Response is gradual, almost immediate for general free floating anxiety. the woryness, negative thoughts will take longer(2-3 weeks) and the social phobia may take 233months, better with CBTtherapy

Answered 11/28/2015

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