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 |
| 5 | Depression... | No side effects unless I fail to take it in which hours later, I get irritated easily - for no reason. If I drink or eat anything containing aspartame, it cancels the benefits of Paxil. | Before being prescribed Paxil, I tried talking with a psychologist, that did not work. I was so sad I could have walked away from everything.. Nothing was important to me.. I have never been suscidal nor wanted to hurt anyone... just very very sad. I believe I have always had depression; I was a very sad child and recall very little happiness - I cried a lot. Paxil makes me feel "normal". I still have sympathy for others, I have never had intimacy problems. I believe some people are on the med who should not be using it. | F | 73 | 20 years 20 1X day | 1/20/2019 | 5 | Anxiety OCD | No side effect | Works for my anxiety and OCD. NO side effects including no weight gain. Love it! | F | 55 | 1 years 20 | 11/23/2018 | 3 | General Anxiety Disorder | Yawning, Extreme fatigue, Couldn't keep eyes open, Dizziness | I had started taking this medicine whileI do still have some degree of anxiety but its helpful enough id keep taking it. I had worked for a company for almost 2 years, and within two weeks of taking paxil they had let me go. I strongly feel it was related to the start of this medicine, and the side effects it had on me while at work. I will say that I did not stop taking it and I'm able to take a shower by myself if I need to, I no longer have obsessive thoughts about things in my life, and have gotten a new job that ive been doing pretty good i'd say. I'm no longer getting easily irritated at work unless I miss doses. other than that I have not had withdrawl symptoms. I would not recommend taking starting to take this medicine if youre working because of what happened to me but everyone has different jobs and the side effect are different for different people | 21 | 3 months 20 1X day | 12/26/2017 | 1 | 1 month | Tiredness but could not sleep always exhausted | This med is hard to get off of, it's like a heroin addiction from what I hear, I stoped this drug cold turkey I threw up 9 days and was very mean and agitated, I will never ever take this drug again, non addicting? ya right! | F | 40 | 1 months 25 mg 1X day | 11/19/2017 | 3 | Migraine prophylactic, anxiety | Was great for the first few years at limiting migraines and helping with some less concerning social anxiety. I have now gained over 50 lbs. I have tried for over a year to discontinue but cannot get down below 10 mg without disabling discontinuation syndrome. | It is great for calming severe anxiety! Just beware, once you are on, you may never get off. | F | 35 | 6 years 10 2X day | 7/31/2017 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety/OCD | The usual when you start any SSRI with the additional problem of feeling angry and aggressive. | I just couldn't handle the anger and aggression that came on so quick. I have heard it is hard to get off, so I quickly went off so I didn't have withdrawal to add to the anger and aggression! Everyone is different but I've noticed a couple of people on here say Celexa (also called Cipramil) was good for them. I am back on it now and relieved. Maybe try it if you have had a problem with Paxil. | F | 49 | 2 days 20mg 1X day | 6/13/2017 | 4 | obsessive thoughts, depression | Loss of most sexual feeling, complete loss of orgasm. Loss of appetite. Dry mouth, yawning. Sweating. | So I've read 120 of these comments. To my relief,I see some weird things I have been experiencing are side effects not mentioned in PDR's. I've had a few scary dreams. This weird dizzy,whooshing feeling in my head and tingly in my body if I look in a different direction quickly. I have lost a little weight. My appetite is gone. I cannot have an orgasm to save my life. But overall, I feel so much better. The endless runaway train of horrible obsessional thoughts has stopped. I do feel a bit zombie-ish sometimes. I do feel like my moral sense has been lessened. I was ready to die, so I started on 20mg of paxil. The very next day I felt completely different. Overjoyed even. Of course the night I took my first pill was the last night I had an orgasm. Oh well my marriage sucks anyway so I don't really miss it that much. | F | 49 | 2 years 40mg | 3/16/2017 | 4 | Anxiety disorder with panic | Withdrawal comes within hours of not taking my daily dose, sweats, dizziness, feeling out of breath, etc. When I was first prescribed it took a while to not feel "brain dead" | Has helped with my panic attacks and the feeling of anxiousness and urgency. I no longer over think every situation and I'm even able to concentrate on school and handle my course load now! Overrall I'm satisfied but the feeling you get when you're a few hours late taking it, is a damper. | F | 20 | 1 years 10MG | 2/2/2017 | 5 | Anxiety | Anxious / Ringing in ears / Inability to Orgasm / Sweats/Flashes / Brain Zaps / Irritability / Euphoria (good/bad) | All of these side effects wore off within two weeks. Except, the ringing in the ears which stuck around about 6 months. The ability to orgasm got easier after a year and finally normalized out. If you want to stop this medication, which i have done a couple times over the 17 years, you have to ween your self off very slowly. I would cut the dosage incrementally, wait 2 weeks for the side effects to go away, and then cut again and repeat until i was off the med. If you don't do this, you WILL be SORRY. Stopping this med immediately is crazy. Cut your pills into 1/4 or even 1/8. Buy a cheap pill cutter. | M | 44 | 17 years 20mg 1X day | 1/30/2017 | 4 | depression/anxiety | burst of energy, then a few hours later started uncontrolled deep yawning. took nap. ate, went to bed, woke up sweating, out of body feeling. layed awake, wired til 5 in the morning, at which point i took a muscle relaxer(zanaflex) and went to sleep. woke 4 hours later feeling fine. also had uncontrolled diarrhea, which subsided by midnight. | 2nd day, I'm gonna wait it out and see if side-effects subside with time. | M | 2 days 20mg 1X day | 1/11/2017 | 4 | Panic disorder, anxiety, OCD | Slight dizziness upon first taking, sensitive to light, eye issues / blurred vision, weight gain ( was on 20MG and gained weight, on 10MG now and no weight gain., Orgasm / length of time to reach which can be a good thing. Weaning off is a little challenging, brain zaps, dizziness but I have come off of it three times, so it can be done. | This med has helped a great deal with panic attacks, OCD, not so much for depression. I was off this med for two years, and felt it had almost cured me. Best Antidepressant I've ever been on, and I tried a few. GL to all. | M | 42 | 15 years 10 MG 1X day | 12/20/2016 | 1 | Panic disorder, anxiety, depression | When I started taking Paxil 11 years ago it was a lifesaver for me. I was in a constant state of panic and couldn't calm myself down. Paxil really helped at first. But after a while I kept gaining weight and nothing would help me to lose it. My libido was gone. I never cried I felt numb and like I was just existing. Now with no insurance or Doctor to prescribe I was forced to taper fast. I am on day 17 of hell. Head zaps, nausea, vomiting, anger, crying, suicidal thoughts, headaches. I just feel like crawling in a hole. I was never warned of this. I am trying to stick it out instead of going back on and being fat with no sense of being. I never would recommend this not even to my worst enemy. I'm going to try Prozac as soon as I can get insurance. It has a longer half life and no severe withdrawal symptoms. | F | 30 | 10 years 20 | 12/12/2016 | 4 | Anxiety & Depression | Complete lack of sex drive, some insomnia( could be caused by other things, too), | Works really well on anxiety and pretty well on depression, but I feel numb - it's a lot better than heart pounding anxiety! It's just too bad that drugs aren't better! I'd love to get relief & still feel good- I'm currently tapering off as I've been on Paxil for so long, I'd like to see how I feel without. I also have a lot less stress. So far it's been uncomfortable, but ok- mainly headaches. | F | 53 | 5 years 50 mg | 11/26/2016 | 3 | Anxiety | None that i have noticed | I am upset that i was even prescribed this evil medicine. It has done away with the anxiety sonewhat but the cost of that is never sleeping, weight gain, no sex drive, emotionally disconnected. My wife thought i was seeing someone else. Absolutely no sex drive. Emotional state is like a zombie. I dont care about anything. I want to stop it. I hear its living hell to try to get off. Going to try anyway. I want my life back. | M | 40 | 1 years 20mg | 11/16/2016 | 5 | Anxiety. Panick attacks. | Slight nausea. Went away if I ate crackers.. or ate with it. | This somehow blocks my negative thoughts!!! I feel happier..I'm more energetic Focused. ..I have no panick attacks and i can instantly tell its the pill! I tried not taking it And after 2 weeks everything came back...I started again and its been 2 days and back to feeling good again. No panick attacks!!! or anxiety. Thank god for this medicine. I also use hydroxine for anxiety with this and both are amazing at calming my nerves. | F | 32 | 3 days 20mg | 10/15/2016 | 5 | Depression and anxiety | Initially insomnia, low sex drive, sleepiness. All of these disappeared after the first few weeks of treatment. | I started on Paxil many years ago when I got depressed in my 20s. Depression was accompanied by severe anxiety and debilitating insomnia. Paxil literally restored me to life within days. I was feeling so good that after a year I decided to go off it in hopes that I will be able to keep my mood in control on my own. That was a mistake. Depression and anxiety came back with all the nasty symptoms. I got back on Paxil for another four years. After this I was able to go off it and actually did reasonably well for over a decade. Now I became depressed again-there are some major things going on in my life and a lot of stress. So I am back on Paxil. I will see how things go and for how long I will take it. I wanted to say that both times I was able to stop Paxil without any issues. I did it slowly, of course, but there were no withdrawal symptoms at all. It is definitely possible to get off it. Don't be afraid to take Paxil for a long period of time. It doesn't mean that you will have to take it for life. It also might be interesting for some people that I got pregnant, had a baby, and breastfed her for a year-all while on low dose of Paxil. My daughter was born healthy and happy, and breastfeeding went just fine. | F | 44 | 5 years 20 mg 1X day | 10/9/2016 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | Actually on 20mg for25 years, do not recall side effects other than a hot sensation when it started to react each day | Am in a bad depressed and anxiety state now.All symptoms have increased especially the anxiety | F | 77 | 4 days 30mg | 9/11/2016 | 5 | Panic Disorder/Anxiety | I was at the end of my rope. Had tried Pamelor (Tri-cyclic) Prozac (SSRI) ANYWAY, at first the Paxil made me nauseous and dizzy but after about a week, my panic attacks STOPPED, and i napped every day, and was very sleepy. I was on .05mgs of Xanax at night also. I have been on Paxil (Paroxetine) for over TWENTY years. I am now 59. Combined with Xanax or Klonopin, it has been a great combination. Now, since I lost my job due to car problems, i, a former PROFESSIONAL am now on MEDI-CAL and have to see either a P.A. or N.P. the Physicians are TOO GOOD to see people on Medi-Cal apparently. Anyway, they are trying to stop my use ot Benzos. IF IT AINT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. IT TERRIFIES ME TO THINK THAT MY MENTAL CARE IS BEING DICTATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. | PAXIL has helped me in ways that i didn't know possible. It has also taken over my system. I will be on it for life. I tried weaning off it very slowly three times. All three times I CRASHED HARD. This is a LAST RESORT drug. I had tried natural alternatives first, everythng I can think of and nothing touched my Anxiety/Depression like PAXIL. BUT BE WARNED. Once you are on it six months or longer, plan on HORRIBLE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS, OR INABILITY TO WITHDRAW AT ALL. | F | 59 | 23 years 20mg 1X day | 8/30/2016 | 2 | Anxiety and depression | Feel down, sweats, zombie like, just tired ann want to lay down, nausia | Took 10mg for 3 wks, 20 mg for 3 wks, now 6wks on 37,5 | F | 69 | 6 weeks 37,5 | 8/8/2016 | 3 | Depression | Paxil has given me the most wildest dreams. Almost like lucid dreaming ir something.. A lot of night mares too. Dejvu times 2, I see things in my dreams daily and see them again in real life it's almost confusing lol idk. It's made me lose my appetite as well a bit. I get dizzy and zone out a lot. Random bursts of energy sometimes too | I am not depressed anymore though lol | F | 20 | 3 months 20 | 6/6/2016 |