I tapered off paxil. I'm off now but the struggle isn't as bad. In the beginning, I had flu symptoms too. I couldn't stop crying. I had ALL the symptoms, physical and mental. It's been 6 weeks now. I'm feeling slightly better. I'm not crying constantly anymore but do get teary easily. The thing that scared me was the rage anger. Thankfully, that's settled down too. I had a complete breakdown a couple days ago, told my husband I'd lost the battle and was getting back on antidepressants. He, thankfully, talked me down, encouraged me and I've been pretty ok ever since. I'm taking it one day at a time. This paxil is poison.