Thanks for your responses. Since last Thursday I've been off of Paxil. I couldn't function on that...I was like a zombie! My dr said he thought I needed a break from the stress and am now on long term fmla for 4 weeks. I guess how it works is that I have to be off for 28 days for short term dis to kick in. The only thing is, is that the 28 days of fmla uses up all my vaction days. My hr dept actually told me to use a bit more than the 4 weeks because it will be more beneficial to me should I go back to work to early and then have to leave again...I'd have to start over with the fmla before short term dis kicks in again. This doesn't make sense to me...then again, not much does these days. When I told my supervisor I needed to leave for 4 weeks I thought she was going to slug me. She was soooo angry and wanted to know who he was and how he came up with the conclusion that I neede 4 weeks off. I don't share many of my symptoms with my co-workers so they think that if I'm walking, I must be ok. I work my butt off at work and collapse when I get home. Just not sure if I want to live like that anymore.