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 | Horrible! Libido is gone. Stay away from thus drug! | Don't take this drug | 47 | 3 days 10 mg | 3/11/2015 | 5 | Severe BiPolar, extreme panic atts | Just slight weight gain. | Am I the ONLY person in the world whose had success with Paxil? I've taken all the "wonder drugs" for my condition, and nothing has given me my life back like Paxil has. I take 80mg qam. My family loves me again, and I've decided I'll let them live now. I was truly suffering with extreme manic phases, seeing hypnotherapist, acupuncture, chiro, neuro, all the DRs that might help me with the mental pain of Bipolar, the physical pain of Fibromyalgia, and hundreds of sleepness nights. Thank God for this med, I'm no longer a threat to myself, or others. I will take it for the rest of my life. | F | 46 | 3 months | 2/12/2008 | 5 | Panic Attacks | rapid weight gain, like 70 lbs in 8 months. I have always been thin and now for the first time in my life I am obese. Constipation, sweating at night,can't sleep at night, tired all day,no desire to get out and do anything but once I'm out I'm fine,nothing really bothers me.... almost to the point of not caring. | It helped with my panic really well but now that I want off of it I'm having a terrible time. I have brain zaps, dizziness, pressure in my head, focusing (eyes) problems, trouble concentrating. I think had I known about the enormous weight gain and possible terrible time getting off of the drug I would have requested a different drug. All I can say is really think hard before getting on this drug. My Dr. didin't tell me any of this stuff, I just had to experience it for myself. Good luck | F | 46 | 1 years | 2/11/2005 | 5 | depression | M | 46 | 9 weeks | 7/19/2004 | 5 | migraines | abdominal cramping and diahhrea and WEIGHT GAIN | but it has worked wonders. I am extremely bothered by the weight gain,if not for that, it is a wonder drug. Has helped occurrence of headaces 90%!!!and has helped anxiety | F | 46 | | 10/6/2004 | 5 | major depression and anxiety | In the first two weeks, there were headaches, etc., but after the initial side effects went away, there was just the lowering of libido and a numbness down there sometimes, which I've learned to live with and work around. | I've been on Paxil a LONG time. I've tried to go off of it and have lowered my dose many times in the past 13 years. Going off of it is not an option for me, but I still do lower my dose in half, to 10 mg. sometimes, if I'm feeling great and I want to feel completely sexual again. I always end up back at 20 mg. eventually. To be honest, my libido was way too high anyway before I got on Paxil. I had sexual thoughts constantly. My depression and anxiety are gone and I plan to be on Paxil for the rest of my life. | F | 46 | 13 years | 7/2/2007 | 4 | CHRONIC ANXIETY DISORDER | Dizziness, nausea, headaches | F | 46 | 6 months | 12/29/2002 | 4 | anxiety | trouble sleeping, always thirsty, seem to be hungry all the time, heavy sweating | would like to stop it and try something natural, but stopping it for only 2 days made me feel terrible! | F | 46 | 1 years | 1/29/2004 | 4 | F | 46 | 5 months | 6/24/2002 | 3 | mood swings/anger/depression | For the first couple weeks I had what felt like the flu.(Doctor said, nothing to do with paxil, Yeah right.) I was also MORE depressed than I was to begin with. I couldn't function well. I was yawning and tired for the first month or so. Occassional diarreah. Now after 6 months my teeth are hurting me. That's how I found this site, I'm not sure if the teeth are related. I am trying to wean off now and am constantly dizzy and feel these weird rushes in my head from time to time. (They are hard to describe) I feel nausea on and off. About 1 week after I started to wean off, I got some kind of virus, sore throat, sweating, head feels congested. (I'm not sure if this is really sickness) | It helped me a little. My symptoms subsided a great deal. Didn't always feel great but didn't want to keep trying one drug after another. I'm so nervous to completely stop this drug. If I make it thru this and there are no future repercussions then I will say it was worth it for me. I heard however that these drugs get stored in fat cells and when these fat cells get disturbed ie: losing weight, exercising, you get a burst of the medicine which causes a side effect. I did try Zoloft a few years back but because I really didn't want to depend on a drug, I stopped cold turkey 2 months later. I did get residual side effects occassionally for about the next 6 months. | F | 46 | 6 months | 9/26/2004 | 3 | irritability, depression | It worked, but brought on a host of side effects that I could not tolerate. If I had it to do over I would have taken paxil for no longer than two weeks, then switched to Wellbutrin (which has worked well for me). | I would sleep until 2:00 p.m. on weekends and then live to collapse on the sofa after work during the week. I gained 30 lbs. in 9 months (some of which is still with me two years later), and getting and maintaining an erection was impossible. Withdrawal WAS NOT pleasant however, I found Newton's homeopathic DETOX drops and was able to flush the Paxil out of my system in five or six days. Without it I would have had to check into a drug treatment center - and I DO NOT have an addictive nature! | M | 46 | 9 months | 1/9/2006 | 2 | Anxiety with Depression | Diarrhea,dizziness,drowsiness,headache,trembling,difficulty sleeping, blurred vision, red eyes,weight loss, decreased appetite, loss of sexual satisfaction | F | 46 | 28 days | 8/30/2001 | 2 | Anxiety | Loss of appetite, loss of sexual desire, inability to achieve orgasm, loss of empathy, sleep disruption, night sweats, felt like an emotional zombie. | Side effects were worse than the anxiety...stopped taking after 3 weeks...that's been 6 days ago and so far no withdrawal side effects. Original side effects have stopped, but the anxiety has returned...Dr. wants me to try Zoloft, but I'm hesitant after the Paxil experience. | M | 46 | 21 days | 6/28/2007 | 2 | anxiety, SAD | (After combining with Biaxin), extremely cold, very tired, suicidal thoughts, inability to emotionally connect to my loved ones, feeling like i was barely hanging in there, feeling like i was going crazy, very scarey | I was prescribed this to help me through the winter months with the intent to wean off as the Spring approached. Seemed okay for 6 weeks, though i only took 1/2 the dose (10mg) i was prescribed. I noticed that my body responded with a 'dull like' response rather than a typical anxiety reaction. This all changed when i was prescribed Biaxin for bronchitis. After two days on this antibiotic, my thoughts became suicidal. I researched it and discovered the two should not be combined. The pharmacist agreed and my MD put me on Flagyl. After further reading about Paxil I gradually weaned myself off it; very slowly, very carefully and i am okay. I am learning that my pattern of anxiety may be linked to the antibiotics that i have had to take over the past year. | F | 46 | 45 days | 3/1/2009 | 2 | depression | No side effects while taking drug. | I took only 10 mg a day and decided after several years of feeling fine to stop it. The withdrawal was awful. The first time I tried to stop I couldn't because I was in so much discomfort. I succeeded with the second attempt because I was determined to get off it. At first I felt several days of euphoria, then a dizziness set in that lasted a month. I also had a sharp spike of pain in my head once or twice. I would never take Paxil again. I gave it a 2 because while it did help with the depression, the withdrawal problems outweighed any benefit. | F | 46 | 5 years | 4/14/2008 | 1 | anxiety/Panic attacks | SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, major diarrhea, numbness, drowsiness. Had no sexual feelings, unable to climax no matter what. Completely numb in that area, never had that happen before. Burning diarrhea, abdominal pain. Felt dead to the world. Did not care about anything, completely erased all of my emotions. | Was Horrible for me! It made my anxiety worse in the short term. The sexual side effects were distressing to me, I just could not stick it out with this drug. The effects on my IBS were very severe, the diarrhea was unbearable. NEVER AGAIN! | F | 46 | 5 days | 6/1/2007 | 1 | ??anxiety | Insomnia, horrific craving for carbohydrates, feelings of wanting to harm myself | 46 | 7 days | 5/15/2002 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | Racing heart/palpitations. Racing thoughts/no ability to concentrate.Hyperactivity. Severe insomnia.Worsening panic episodes. Electric shock-like sensations in head and neck. Very dilated pupils. Flushing/burning extemities. Followed by macular rash, then hives. Extremely elavated b/p. | Prescribed 10 mg. Doc said it would take up to 2 weeks for this to work, probably would not notice a thing till then. 4 hours after first dose I | F | 46 | 4 days | 3/9/2005 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Always tired, aches and pains, confusion, destroyed sex drive, more panic attacks, no emotions, like living in a fog all the time, ear ringing | DO NOT take this drug. The only thing worse is trying to get off of it. | M | 46 | 10 years 30mg 1X day | 6/6/2014 | 1 | Extreme tiredness... | Crying and not wanting to get out of bed by the 3rd day... by the 5th day, I just wanted to die... | My doctor lied to me and insisted that this drug would help to 'rearrange/reorganize' my sleep stages as I was suffering from excessive tiredness....couldn't stay awake for anything. I called the drug manufacturer who agreed that my reaction was an adverse reaction and they listed it in their database. They also told me that I was wise to have gone off it after 5 days despite my doctor's insistance to stay on it... | F | 46 | 5 days | 8/22/2009 |