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 |
| 1 | depression | I had a very unusual adverse reaction, within hours I had hot flashes and pins and needles sensations that would rush over my skin. Later I got severe nausea, complete insomnia, mood changes, mild visual disturbances, and a host of other issues. Sickest I've been in my life. The worst of this lasted about 3 days. | It's been a decade since this happened to me and no doctors have been able to answer what is up. I'm very sensitive to other antidepressants as well but paxil really messed with me. I'd love to hear from other folks who have had hypersensitive reactions to antidepressants to hear what does work for you. | F | 33 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 10/26/2010 | 3 | anxiety | Weight gain. Difficulty orgasming (and the orgasms are so flat and unsatisfying, it's hardly worth the effort). | I can't really say if it helped with the anxiety. It didn't make it any worse. I would like to stop taking it--mainly because of orgasm problems--but the withdrawal is so horrible, I keep avoiding it. I'm down to 5MGs/day from 40, but I'm afraid of the final step. If I miss a dose, I feel spacey/dizzy/nauseous and it gets steadily worse until I take (and metabolize) a dose. I've managed about a week before the feeling of going out of my mind makes me take another dose. I don't see how it can be classified as non-addictive. | F | 37 | 10 years 40mg 1X day | 10/23/2010 | 3 | anxiety | weight gain, tired | F | 50 | 10 months 20 MG 1X day | 10/20/2010 | 5 | Anxiety | When I first started taking it I didn't think it would work, in fact I felt worse, but after being on it I am SO thankful I am on it. While trying to see if I would be better without it I stopped cold turkey. I was fatigued and dizzy and confused. After the affects of stopping I threw up multiple times and felt horrible. I started it again and feel better than ever. | Honestly it is great. Been taking it for a year and a half. | F | 16 | 12 months 20 MG 1X day | 10/11/2010 | 3 | ocd | addiction to paxil | addictive | M | 44 | 14 years 60 1X day | 10/5/2010 | 1 | Lost my marbles | Nausea, dry mouth, dry eyes, paranoia, terror, panic attacks, restless legs, severe apathy, indifference towards people I cared about and loved.WITHDRAWAL: W/D made me sick, insane, aggressive, more terrified. OCD, brain zaps, blood pressure rush to eyes, vertigo, the shits, extreme anger nth degree like a maniac, dread, hatefulness, utter despair, suicidal ideation when first took it and all along and worse when WD. Now I am not bad off it | Lost my marriage and kids to this veil of numbness in pill form | F | 45 | 16 years 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 1 | depressive episode | inability to orgasm; didn't do much for symptoms; blunted emotionally | Here's the thing. Be very careful about taking this drug. Your doctor probably doesn't know much about the side effects and if you doctor is like mine, they call it a "trade-off" - This drug was not worth the trouble. When I tried to stop taking it, I got very ill with what I can only describe as flu-like symptoms...BAD flu-like symptoms...and I couldn't stop. I had to keep taking the drug. I tried to wean myself but eventually got'the flu" again and had to go back. What finally helped me to stop was a course of prednisone that I had to take for asthma (oh yeah...asthma meds can contribute to depression...all part of the trade-off, downward spiral thing that drs could learn about if they would only 1) listen to their patients and 2) read that little circular that comes with meds but I digress) - the prednisone (another nasty little drug) sort of masked all of my withdrawal symptoms and by the time I was off the course of prednisone, I seemed to have gotten through the worst of the withdrawal. I don't recommend you do it the way I did it but it did work and by that time I thought I would be on Paxil forever....isn't that a handy little side-effect for the drug company? | F | 57 | 2 years 20 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 5 | panic attack | paxil is the best for panic attack | M | 32 | 2 years 30 1X day | 10/1/2010 | 5 | GAD, depression | withdrawal was HELL on earth | I loved Paxil while I was on it, but felt it stopped working after 6 years. Spent the next 3 years trying to get off and couldn't! Doctor was completely ignorant of withdrawal symptoms and unrealistic about weaning... I wish I COuld go back on it and feel like I did for those forist 6 years!!!! | M | 37 | 10 years 40, 30 mg 1X day | 9/27/2010 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Night sweat and nightmares!!! | I am so surprised of all the negative feed back on Paxil. I was so disappointed when I had to stop taking this due to the night sweats and nightmares. It made me such a happier person, better mother, and a wonderful wife. The real me was finally revealed. I have tried Welbutrin, Celexa, Prozac, Effexor, and a mood stabilizer. Nothing works the way Paxil did and I would get so frustrated I would GIVE up. Now I am back at square one about to go through another trial and error of anti depressants. I heard Lexapro and Zoloft are very comparable to Paxil so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that SOMETHING will work like Paxil minus the rare side effects!!!! | F | 22 | 2 months 20 mg 1X day | 9/23/2010 | 1 | GAD | No orgasm in 10 years. Emotional blunting. Not caring about anything, even if it was important. Suicidal thoughts. Sedated. Alcohol overconsumption. | I once took up to 50 mg. It will alter your mind in ways doctors don't know. They don't even know what brain zaps are. I've been off for a month and a half now. My pleasure is almost completely gone and I'm so angry. Every day is a chore. And being an atheist I don't even have anything to look up to or forward to. I've also never been in a relationship. Paxil may have potentially ruin my life. Still no orgasm. The only bright side is that I lost 25 pounds. | M | 23 | 10 years 20 1X day | 9/23/2010 | 1 | PTSD | This drug is the DEVIL. DO NOT TAKE IT. I have severe side effects that hit me like a landslide. No libido, brain zaps, sweating, my deodorant stopped working so I moved to clinical strength kind and that is starting not to work, my EYE SIGHT got WORSE to the point that I have to get new glasses and contacts because my prescription changed so drastically. i have gained 15lbs in 2 months. This has increased my anxiety, like making things even worse. The side effects are WORSE than my PTSD could ever be. My ears ring all the time, i get dizzy and have vertigo. I want to get off of this drug. I have tried to cold turkey and I have to take it to stop the horrible withdrawl symptoms. I cry, panic, and feel like I want to rip my skin off in rage. I plan on asking the doctor about taking prozac to help me get this devil POISON out of my system. | do NOT take this POISON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 38 | 2 months 20 1X day | 9/4/2010 | 1 | social anxiety disorder, depression | Do not take this medication! If your doctor suggests it tell them you would rather suffer with depression and/or anxiety! I have been on this medication for around 7 years. I was on 30mg, then reduced to 20 mg 3 months ago. I have gained over 80 pounds, I have horrific nightmares, and if I miss a dose I have the "brain zaps," shakes, disorientation, fatigue, dizziness, etc. that others have described. My tongue goes numb and I know I am in for hell for the 3-4 hours after I take the missed dose. I can't function if I miss a dose. | F | 34 | 7 years 20mg 1X day | 8/30/2010 | 1 | depression and anxiety | Rage, paranoia, black outs, hallucinations, severe anxiety, suicidal thoughts | I hate Paxil! I was on it for a very short length of time and developed such nightmarish symptoms that I could not function properly. The worst was the hallucinations. I kept seeing demons all around me and I became very paranoid. I have no history of paranoia or hallucinations before or after taking Paxil. I developed suicidal thoughts which scared me to death. I couldn't take the hallucinations and I wanted to die. I scared my mom so much that she called the doctor immediately at midnight because of one of my episodes! I immediately went off of it after seeing the doctor and he put me on Zoloft. I felt much better after getting off the horrible poison known as Paxil. I DO NOT RECOMMEND! | F | 27 | 1 months 20mg 1X day | 8/24/2010 | 1 | depression | insomnia, anxiety, panic, weight gain, increased depression, increased suicidal ideation, delayed ejaculation | Paxil ruined my life and I firmly believe it caused permanent neurological damage. I started taking it for depression (a single depressive bout!) when I was 17. If I had known then what I know now I would have shunned it like death. I took twenty milligrams a day for nine years. It caused horrible panic and anxiety. And it only worsened the depression it was supposed to help in the first place. These days if I get depressed, it feels organic, like a natural sort of depression. When I got depressed on Paxil, it was a crazy, pitch-black, suicidal depression. But the worst part of Paxil is still happening. After I quit, the panic and anxiety, which it caused, blossomed and rebounded in the meanest way possible. Understand, I never had panic or anxiety before Paxil. Now, four years later, I?m still dealing with the ?mean reds? and I think Paxil permanently re-wired something upstairs. Some days I?m so ?off? and so panicked and anxious that I don?t know who I am, what I?ve become. I?m a quivering shell of my old self all those many, many years ago. I had no idea those little pink pills could be so damning. Paxil is poison. Please do not take this drug. It will ruin you. | M | 29 | 9 years 20 1X day | 8/14/2010 | 5 | depresion with severe anxiety | increased hunger, although this could be due to lessening of anxiety. For the first year, inability to have orgasm, however in the second year on Paxil this side effect went away. | I tried 3 other medications and Paxil is the only one that was able to help me. The others either didn't work at all (Prozac) or had debilitating side effects such as severe panic attacks and nausea/vomitting (Celexa). With the Paxil, although I have gained some weight (20 lbs), I am now able to handle stress and finally feel truly happy for the first time in 25 years. | F | 41 | 2 years 20mg 1X day | 8/5/2010 | 1 | Syncope | While on the drug, I felt numb. No motivation, no energy, no life. I am normally a high energy, lively person. The worst part about this toxic drug is when you try to stop taking it, you want to die. | I was taking Paxil for fainting due to neurocardiogenic syncope. When coming off of the drug, which I tapered off of as prescribed, I began to experience a hell I would not wish on anyone. Symptoms included suicidal and intrusive thoughts, insomnia, fear, agitation, rage, extreme sensitivity to light, sound, touch, paranoia, zero tolerance to stress, heart palpitations, nausea, loss of appetite. I would go to sleep, and wake up pulling out my own hair, my fingers completely entangled in my hair at the scalp, pulling it out. 4 months after complete Paxil withdrawal I had a miscarriage(only one I have ever experienced). 1 year after Paxil withdrawal I began to feel like my old self again. Be warned, stay away from this drug at all costs. | F | 37 | 11 months 12.5 mg 1X day | 8/2/2010 | 4 | anxiety | jaw clenching for the first month | No weight gain | F | 51 | 3 years 10 1X day | 7/18/2010 | 2 | PD and severe anxiety | anxious, nervous , more than normal | After only 6 days, I've just decided to STOP after reading all these posts!!! I'm not going to continue another day. I can't gain anymore weight, I'm 220 and trying to get weight off to be healthier, I cant risk that for one thing, BUT man, all the stuff written, forget it. My anxiety is pretty terrible, but it doesnt seem worth it in the long run. My Dr. doesnt want to give me Xanax even though I've never took too many unless I have severe panic attacks, and i still only took the 3 a day at the most, so without knowing what to do next, I DO KNOW that thanks to this site, Im not going to take the Paxil. I hope withdrawls dont happen after only six days. Thanks guys :) I'm going to try exercise, and talk to my doctor. (She could have warned me about this drug) | F | 33 | 6 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/18/2010 | 2 | Anxiety, depression | lower sex drive, then complete loss of libido! | This drug made me immune and unable to have proper reasoning. Sexual side effects are terrible. First lower sex drive, inability to have an orgasm during sex, then complete impotence! even 4 weeks after stopping the drug completely...I really hope it will all return to normal. | M | 29 | 4 months 5mg 1X day | 7/14/2010 |