PAXIL Reviews (PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1018 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PAXIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | ANXIETY | Definitly calmed my anxiety - i was actually able to take a nap which felt so nice. Was working a lot of hours and keeping up, although it kind of became my life - I've never been so dedicated to a job that it was the highlight of my life, and never want to. The EXTREME bad thing was it made me not give a shit about anyones feelings around me. Totally lost all morals. Started sleeping with a married man for money. Started doing METH. This drug made me kind of insane... would lie for no reason... just awful. | NEVER WILL I TAKE THIS AGAIN! GROSS | M | 20 | 3 months 10 then 20 1X day | 2/28/2011 | 5 | Depression,OCD,Panic Attacts. | I just started having bed wetting for the last two months and I'm very mad about this because I have a wife and 5 children and I need to know what are who I can call to stop this bed wetting, the reason for this to is because I'm a business broker worldwide and I travel so now I can not even get on a plane anymore because of this issue. If someone could try to help me more about this information, thank you very much and God Bless! | M | 33 | 5 years 40 1X day | 2/20/2011 | 1 | Depression | nausea, vomiting, and general tiredness | I took this for several months. The side effects listed are supposed to tapper out but never did for me. it just left me feeling sick and took a few months out of my life of college. not fun. might work for you but it didnt for me. | M | 18 | 5 months 100mg 1X day | 2/11/2011 | 4 | mild depression/anxiety | Only libido loss and sexual response; very weak orgasms. My libido wasn't affected at first, and now it may be due to menopause as well. Vivid, detailed dreams | I felt I had to add to this board because so much of it is negative. I originally checked it for comments about another anti-depressant and the comments were so over-the-top I wanted to see what the consensus was on a drug I was familiar with. I have had no side effect other than those mentioned. The sexual ones are certainly problematic, but as far as the dreams go they're not bad, just involved. Paxil has been a great help to me. Zoloft and Wellbuturin made me too wired. I'm aware that this is a med that needs to be tapered when you discontinue, but there have been a few instances where I ran out of my Rx and went without for 2 or 3 days and it was no big deal for me. Also when I tried a couple of other SSRIs in an effort to mitigate the sexual side effects, I tapered off paxil and it wasn't an issue. I don't doubt the word of other posters here - just be aware that everyone is different and for many this isn't the horrorshow some people here make it out to be. | F | 52 | 6 years 20 mg 1X day | 2/7/2011 | 5 | depression & anxiety | They were minimal, but I experienced frequent yawning, some lethargy, possible grinding of teeth at night | Paxil truly helped me to change my life around. I was very depressed before I started taking it, and was doing poorly in school and had almost no friends. My life completely changed after I started on paxil and the three years I was on it were some of the best years of my life so far. I decided to stop taking it a couple of years ago because I did not like the idea of being hooked on a medication. I did fine for awhile but my anxiety and depression started to return not too long ago. I decided to try Lexapro instead which I have been on for about a month now, and it has given me horrible insomnia. I am going to ask my Dr. about getting back on Paxil because it really helped me so much with minimal side effects!! | F | 25 | 3 years 10mg 1X day | 2/6/2011 | 3 | depression anxiety | tiredness, sexual SE's, | M | 54 | 15 years 20 mg 1X day | 1/23/2011 | 1 | anxiety, ocd | extremely sleepy, lethargic, no memory, terrible word recall, extreme weight gain, no conscience, didn't care about anything. Even though I would never do it the thought of running my car into a wall sounded like it would feel good. Just weird ideas like that. Total zombie. Did things I wouldn't do normally. Spent a lot of money, ate alot, other things I won't mention. I liked that people couldn't manipulate me anymore, I liked that work wasn't stressful and everything just rolled off my back but in the end it wasn't worth the price I paid for it. It gave me IBS, hair loss. | Getting off it I am totally and completely dizzy, headaches, panic attacks, shaky, nauseated one moment then binging the next, irritable, no patience for anything. Sensitivity to light and sound, depression, can't concentrate. Don't want to do anything. My mind is mush. Still having bad memory and word recall. | F | 37 | 4 years 20 mg 1X day | 1/22/2011 | 3 | anxiety | Increased appetite, lethargy, decreased sexual drive | F | 36 | 5 months 20 1X day | 1/20/2011 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | Upon stopping the paxil I experienced anxiety like never before taking the drug. I also had numerous crying spells and depression which also was never a issue pre-paxil.My confidence and self-esteem was shot but is slowly rebounding.I'm doing much better than most withdrawing from paxil.DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!! You become a shell of your former self....try CBT with a qualified therapist.I'm serious this is no joke!! Paxil is poison!!! | M | 35 | 12 years 20-40mg 1X day | 1/11/2011 | 5 | depression, social anxiety | Early on: loose bowel movements. There are definitely withdrawal symptoms, too. If I forget a day, I begin to get strange "electrical" sensations in my head and other unpleasant feelings, as others have mentioned. | I believe that this drug has practically saved my life and has definitely made me a healthier, more stable and more productive human being. Before beginning this drug, I spent much of my life trying to avoid situations that triggered anxiety and depression. Since beginning Paxil, I have become more willing to tackle life head-on. I would be happy to take it the rest of my life. | M | 50 | 10 years 15-20 MG 1X day | 1/4/2011 | 1 | panic disorder | in 1st 6 months i gained 40 lbs, felt nothing, nothing was important to me | i took this drug for almost 4 years and right now i am on my 7th day without it. i tried to get off of it before and the withdrawal was horrible. i was terrified the entire time. this time, i think my body was telling me that it was time to be off of it so i am in the process. the only thing so far has been a little dizziness and small panic, which i keep telling myself that i will be ok and to calm down. if you are trying to get off this wicked drug, i wish you well. make sure you tell everyone in your environment that you are going off of a drug incase something happens and make sure that they are supportive towards you. wish me luck, i hope i have the strength to continue on without having to take another pill | F | 33 | 3 years 20 mg 1X day | 12/23/2010 | 1 | depression | I nearly died from a different drug, to which I violently reacted. I had everything from hallucinations, to bowel issues, to akathisia (could not sit still), feelings of terror, tingling in hands and feet, panic attacks, obsessive thinking, suicidal urges, mania, hair loss, etc.... I personally found that after I felt an end to the severe depersonalization/derealization I experienced from Celexa that infusions of stinging nettle greatly help lessen the drug effects. | Stinging nettle really, really helped me overcome negative antidepressant reaction effects. As I understand it, it blocks the effects of adrenaline, which helps to break the negative feedback loop of extreme stress the drugs create. It's not for pregnant women however. I took one part dried nettle to four parts boiling water and steeped for four hours before drinking. Also I waited until I was over the DP/DR, which took a long time, before taking nettle. | F | 37 | 2 days 1X day | 12/20/2010 | 2 | Anxiety / depression | Insomnia, very frequent urination | I took this for anxiety, one source of my anxiety being compulsive urination. I learned quickly Paxil is NOT the right drug for reducing urination! Maybe that side effect would've gone away in time, but the 3 weeks of constant peeing were just too much to handle. Lots of people benefit from Paxil, so I figured it was worth a try. | M | 53 | 3 weeks 20mg 1X day | 12/14/2010 | 4 | GAD, panic attacks | inability to orgasm, mild hypomania | Paxil worked great...but let me say Paxil, and not the generic. After a year and a half I switched to generic because the brand name is no longer produced, and it made me a zombie, and it ceased to have any positive effects on me. Other than that, I had no withdrawal symptoms, but did have a mild hypomania on it which was undiagnosed during the treatment. | M | 30 | 1.5 years 40 mg 1X day | 12/5/2010 | 1 | anxiety | nausia, diarrhia, dizzyness, extreame tiredness, panic attack, dry mouth, lost 3kg in 6 days | after taking just one tablet I felt side effects and after 6 days couldnt stand taking it anymore so stopped. My doctor seemed suprised that I would have experienced any side effects so soon as she commented it has a week or 2 'loading dose'. Can safely say it was a horrid experience taking this and feel better after just 2 days off it, although still upset stomach. | F | 39 | 6 days 10mg 1X day | 12/1/2010 | 4 | Depression and Anxiety | I started taking this med at 18 when my dad died. It did well for me at the time, but I was always battling the fact that I should be able to handle my emotions on my own - without drugs. I would take myself off of it, just to need to start it again within a few months. I have never really had a "clear moment" with this med and have tried others in between. I am up to 40mg a day and it is not doing anything for me anymore. I am moody, my sex drive sucks unless I drink alcohol, I sleep at least 12 hours a day when it allows and I still want to sleep the other 12. I have been put on Effexor to try to see if that will help, instead of the paxil. Here it to hoping!!! | F | 31 | 13 years 40 1X day | 11/16/2010 | 1 | amxiety, panic attacks | nausea, shaking, severe anxiety, insomnia, vivid dreams, heart palpitations, pounding heart, diarrhea, dizziness, ugly thoughts | This drug and my brain did not mix well. I took one dose of 10 mg at about 6 pm and had insomnia, diarrhea, nausea, shaking, dizziness, pounding heart all night and morning. I couldn't sleep even though I felt very sleepy. Everytime I would fall asleep I would wake up from the shaking from the severe anxiety or vivid dreams. I also had a weird feeling like I had stopped breathing that would wake me up. It has not been about 27 hours since I took that one dose and I still feel anxious and shaky. I hope to have a better nights sleep tonight. I will never take this drug again. | F | 26 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 11/10/2010 | 5 | severe anxiety | None other than lower sex drive. | Got rid of anxiety/depression, worked like a charm. Fit like a glove. Probably take it for the rest of my life.. I could be the 'poster boy' for paxil it works so well. Never been happier. | M | 50 | 10 years 1X day | 11/5/2010 | 5 | Anxiety | I've been so happy with Paxil. I tried Effexor and Lexapro both for several months before my Dr. finally agreed to put me back on Paxil. (I had taken it about 9 years ago after the birth of my daughter.) I haven't gained weight but I do have to work harder not to gain, and I've started taking it at night because once the anxiety and panic got under control it made me feel drowsy if I took it in the a.m., but I cannont speak highly enough of the good it did for me. Goes to show, what works for one might not for another, but I wouldn't shy away from it just because of someone elses negative experience. | F | 41 | 20 months 40 mg 1X day | 11/4/2010 | 2 | This article came out today. The drug company behind Paxil is being fined $750 million for selling contaminated and ineffective products, Paxil being one of them: www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/business/27drug.html?pagewanted=1&ref=us | F | 24 | 0 days 1X day | 10/27/2010 |