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 | anxiety and depression | weight gain, apathy, lethargic | this drug should be banned. it isn't good. i couldn't see what was happening to me. it made me stagnant, lazy, sleeping up to 4 hours in the afternoon after i had a ten hour night sleep. i was never overweight in my teens - but since being on paxil i am at least 20 pounds overweight. you cannot miss a dose - you have to take it around the same time everyday or you are in trouble. never alternate doses.Most importantly NEVER go cold turkey. the doctors never tell you that. they also don't tell you that at some point the drug stops working. then what - you are still taking it but are in withdrawal. It will take around 2 years to come off of it - do not rush your brain and body will thank you for it. do 10% drops every 3 -6 weeks. so if you are on 20mg, go to 18mg for 4 weeks, then go to 16.2mg, etc. best of luck. | F | 34 | 12 years 20 MG 1X day | 12/30/2011 | 1 | depression | lack of sex desire with wife | M | 49 | 438 days 100 mg 4X day | 12/29/2011 | 1 | Depression, anxiety, ocd, anger | Anger, no hope, thoughts of suicide, no sympathy for others, rage, hatred, increased depression, feeling like nothing was real, no motivation | Please don't take this it ruined my already miserable life | M | 19 | 1.5 years 75 1X day | 12/29/2011 | 4 | Moderate-Severe Depression; Anxiety | Nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea, mild headaches, very, very vivid dreams, slight reduction in sex drive, possibly delayed menstrual periods. | This is my second time on this medication. The first time I was in my late teens and was on it for 12 weeks, tapering down after 6. Then, I had the typical "flat affect," a feeling of numbness, feeling as if I couldn't stop talking. It also killed my sex drive, though not as much as Prozac. This time (age 25, about 8 years later), I've completely lost my appetite (eating twice a day is an achievement), I've probably lost 10 percent of my weight, and while masturbation no longer interests me, sex is, for some reason, better than ever. I still can't concentrate, but I have enough motivation to get out of bed in the morning, and have even started running errands again. It also quells a lot of my pre-menstrual rage. I'm in the process of tapering back off. Definitely not a long-term drug. | F | 25 | 3 months 20 1X day | 12/15/2011 | 1 | Situational depression | insomnia, void of emotion, anger, no personality, reclusive, night sweats, said what ever thought came into my head even if inappropriate, gained 30 lbs, wasted 10+ years of my life. | I have been tapering off this drug for 10 months and it has been hell, down to 1.5 mgs....the light is at the end of the tunnel. Lost 30 lbs. and I can actually cry again. Do not take this drug, unless you want to feel numb constantly. | F | 49 | 10 years 20 1X day | 12/13/2011 | 4 | PTSD-ANXIETY | I have to say Paxil works wonders for PTSD, social anxiety, and general anxiety. Bad effect was loss of feeling. Caused eventual divorce and not caring about life. I recently went off Paxil after 18 years and the withdrawal symptoms are horrible. Been off for 3 months and feel worst that I did on it. Do not know if the length of time on it caused permanent damage. Overall it did do wonders just be aware of side affects. | 41 | 10 years 40mgq | 12/8/2011 | 4 | panic attacks | constipation, dry mouth, throat so dry i woke up gagging, absolutely could not orgasm | it helped so much with depression that i didn't even cry at my moms funeral and i loved her dearly. i had no road rage or anger. my boyfriend said it was like i had no emotions , but i felt like i was dealing with life better. i quit taking it because of those mentioned side effects. you must taper off this med. even when i did i had dreams so bad that i didn't want to go to sleep. excellent for depression and anger | F | 39 | 2 months 20 mg 1X day | 12/4/2011 | 3 | depression/anxiety | gained 40lbs in 4 months, hard to start and get off of and if i missed a dose i freaked out, | I was in a very hard part of my life and this got me through, this was the 1st of many anti depressant i tried. its seemed to not work that well after 3 months but it did really help me out. if i didnt gain all the weight from it i would have stayed on it longer. i was 18 yrs old 195lbs in decent shape then went to 235lbs maybe even a little higher. i had back problems and ended up getting back surgery which the weight gain may have made my back worse | M | 18 | 4 months ? 1X day | 11/29/2011 | 4 | Panic disorder | Started at 10mg and felt drugged, wild dreams, feet tingling, loss of libido. Reduced to 5mg and all side effects went away. Also helps to eat with food | F | 44 | 1 months 5 | 11/27/2011 | 1 | EXPOSED AT WORK -Apotex | HORRIFYING! | LOOK AT MY WEBSITE AT: PHARMAHOLOCAUST.COM | M | 58 | 6.5 years massive 10X day | 11/24/2011 | 1 | ADD | i became like a robot, not sensitive and do not care much about anything in life, i lost my memories and my sex drive. | i took it for 10+ yrs and i was very tired all the time and decided to stop it cold turkey and it has been 6 weeks going through hell with this paxhell. i advice people not to even try it. the withdrawa symptoms including suicide thoughts, immoral thoughts, extreme depression, lack of sleep, crying spells, wanting to be alone, feeling sick, lost interest in family and friends and many many other bad and dangerous withdrawal symptoms. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG EVER. it robbed me from my thoughts and identity, personality, my nice me. it has been 5 weeks and i still suffer but slow improvement. it takes a long time to get it of my body, the worst was the brain zaps and suicide thoughts. Just hang in there my friend, we have to beat this poison and get it off the market. | M | 55 | 10 years 40 1X day | 11/23/2011 | 2 | panic attacks and depression | Insomnia, anxious,headache, | It help a little with the panic attacks but I still get them and my depression is horrible . | F | 31 | 90 days 30mg 1X day | 11/9/2011 | 1 | anxiety | WEIGHT GAIN,apathy,nausea,fatigue.EXTREMELY tired-I could not get off my couch | I can't remember the exact dose I was put on because this was a few years ago.All I can say is that it was AWFUL for me. The withdrawals were horrible too.It took me 3 whole months before I could function properly again after getting off this drug. | F | 34 | 6 months ? 1X day | 11/6/2011 | 3 | Depressioin | This drug eased anxiety and caused my appetite to increase (which I sorely needed), but it also caused Cervical Dystonia (a neurological disease of the neck). The only reason I'm still on it is that I am weaning off of Klonopin (which causes depression, weakness and weight loss in me) and I have to stay on the Paxil until I am off (or nearly off) of the Klonopin. Paxil also caused muscle weakness, sleepiness and fatigue, however. It also caused tremors in my hands and I wasn't as sharp mentally or as focused as I was before I took this drug. | I had rough withdrawal symptoms (not being able to sleep at night, nausea and loss of appetite, weight loss (10 lbs. in about a week or two), agitation, anger and irritability, and wanting to cry) for about 3-4 weeks. Lack of sleep, however, lasted for about 6 weeks. I had to go back on Doxepin (25 mg.) at night in order to sleep. The reason I withdrew from Paxil was that I found out it was causing the Dystonia. I withdrew with my doctor's permission but had to go back on it due to the depression, etc. caused by the Klonopin. | M | 49 | 4 years 30 MG 1X day | 10/25/2011 | 1 | depression, anxiety, panic disorded | Gained over 70 lbs, extreme apathy, IMPAIRED JUDGEMENT, night sweats (severe), excessive yawning, fatigue, worsening of depression, abnormal EKG, skin boils, dry mouth | Please do NOT take this horrible drug. I have been on and off of Paxil for 10 years; originally, it was prescribed due to clinical depression (brought on by a difficult divorce). Instead of weaning me off this poison, my doc would just refill, and because one of the noted side effects of Paxil is apathy, I never questioned it. My daughter is the one that opened my eyes to the terrible side effects of Paxil...she said, "mom, you don't look or act at ALL like you used to". It is difficult, but absolutely possible, to withdraw from Paxil, but it must be done slowly. Tell your doc you want to get OFF this dangerous drug, and if he/she questions it or refuses, FIND ANOTHER DOCTOR. Good luck! | F | 50 | 10 years 20 - 40 mg 1X day | 10/18/2011 | 3 | Anxiety | UNABLE TO HAVE ORGASM! Also made me extremely tired I missed my period when i started this | Made me somewhat more outgoing | F | 21 | 3 weeks 20 1X day | 10/12/2011 | 2 | Vasovagal Syncope | Fatigue, dry mouth, headache, nausea, mental fog, delayed orgasm | I didn't last long on Paxil. I had to weigh the risks/benefits of it and decided I'd rather have a fainting episode twice a year than experience these side effects 365 days a year. | F | 27 | 7 days 10 mg 1X day | 9/26/2011 | 4 | panic disorder | Initial side fx were drowsiness, compulsive yawning, vivid dreams, muscle twitching, inability to orgasm, some nausea. The last five years side fx are nonexistant libido (but orgasm is normal), some weight gain though nothing horrible, and chronic apathy. | As someone who suffered from panic attacks and agoraphobia so badly that I could not function at all and was a terrible burden on my family, I had no choice but to take Paxil. It is not a perfect drug, but it did give me back my life and self-sufficiancy. I have noticed that I take a much lower dose than most of the people who have written in, and I think that may be the key. I can't handle anything higher than 5 mg as it makes me waaaaay too sleepy. My biggest challenge now that I have been on it 13 years is apathy ... life is always flat to me. This really sucks but I am terrified to quit Paxil and end up like I used to be. | F | 45 | 12 years 2.5 - 5 mg 1X day | 9/4/2011 | 1 | Depression | Insomnia, low sex drive, loss of interest, difficulty focusing, lack of emotion. | I have been prescribed prozac, zoloft, paxil, and lexapro. Paxil has had the worst side effects. It is extremely hard to quit taking. The withdrawals make me feel sick. I don't think I have benefited from this medication at all. | M | 23 | 8 months 20 MG 1X day | 8/29/2011 | 5 | anxiety | None | F | 68 | 5 years 20 mg 1X day | 8/4/2011 |