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/panic attacks | racing thoughts, weight gain, depression/suicidal thoughts, headache and after about 2 months brain zaps. The worst were the night TERRORS and skin boils. | I read all the warnings about stopping this drug when my doc said "there may be side affects if you stop using it" Always a big sign that the doctors know the problems. I attempted suicide 3 times and they found my liver enzymes to be over 6000 (less than 300 is normal}.Each attempt the hospital put me back on paxil. I finally went to stay with a friend to go cold turkey. It was the worst 4 MONTHS of withdrawal (?) I ever experienced. I wanted to die. Slowly the boils began to heal (3 were removed surgically) and I began to be able to carry on conversations and stay awake longer and longer. Doctors get MONEY and GIFTS when they prescribe drugs like these. They have NO incentive ti tell you the side affects, even if they could kill you. Its been 2 years since I stopped taking paxil and the side affects are still lurking. My liver will never be the same and I still fear going to sleep. Beware of this drug, you have a right to know what it can do to you. | F | 45 | 2 days | 11/4/2006 | 1 | anxiety/depression | dilated pupils, heart racing-feeling, nervousness | Started on 20 mg for 5 weeks, along with ativan 1mg a day. Paxil immediately caused my pupils to dilate and heart to pound. After 5 weeks depression was worse, anxiety not a problem because my emotions were blunted, concentration and memory were MUCH worse than before. I do not recommend Paxil to be initiated at 20 mg., which is the typical dose. I was informed recently that my symptoms (emotional blunting,concentration/memory problems) were most likely from the too large (for me) starting dose. Currently only taking amitriptyline (VERY sedating, don't take in daytime) and hoping for improvement. Best wishes to all of you. | F | 45 | 5 weeks | 10/9/2004 | 1 | Anxiety | I blacked out and passed out after taking the second dose. Fell to the floor in a friends living room. Scared everyone and never touched it again. | F | 45 | 2 days 15mg 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 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 | 5 | Depression/Fibromyalgia | Loss of libido/inability to achieve orgasm;excessive yawning; diarrhea; gas; shaking/tremors; severe and excessive sweating | The worst part of taking Paxil was the how difficult it was to stop taking it. It took me over a year to wean myself from the medicine. The first time I tried to stop taking it I felt like I was having a nervous breakdown. I think the word "addictive" should be used in the patient info pack. I would not recommend this drug unless all other drugs were exhausted. | F | 44 | 5 years | 12/24/2005 | 5 | Anxiety, perimenopausal joint pain | Felt somewhat aggitated-hyped, with loss of appetite and wakefulness at night in first 2 weeks and when I upped dose from 10 to 20mg. Now, I feel more relaxed, appetite returned and I sleep well most nights. | Very gradually started feeling better. Pain in my joints decreased and I stopped having evening anxiety attacks. I feel more normal mostly than I have in a long time. I like it because I don't feel like I'm "on" something. | F | 44 | 3 months | 2/2/2002 | 5 | Depression & severe anxiety attacks | I don't recall any. I started on 20 mg. for several years then when i went through stressful situations, I went up to 30 mg. for a couple of years and then eventually 40 mg. It helps tremendously. | I am scared to wean off (possibly at some point in the future) as I have heard it is very difficult to get off of this medication. | F | 44 | 11 years 40 mg 1X day | 1/10/2014 | 5 | Depression & Anxiety | Dizziness, Sleepiness | As with any drug, you have to decide if the benefit outweighs the side effects. Paxil is the ONLY drug that helped me with my EXTREME agitation. It was a feeling like I had super PMS or something. Currently, I take Paxil and Wellbutrin both. The Wellbutrin takes some of that sleepy feeling away. Then I got diagnosed with Narcolepsy and take Provigil and Adderall. That definitely takes the sleepy away. My only complaints would be: 1. It has a very short half life, therefore, if I miss a dose, I feel psycho pretty fast. 2. There should be a big fat warning about the withdrawal symptoms if you try to stop. They are horrible. Regardless of the sedated feeling I get from it, I wouldn't trade it for anything! | F | 44 | 20 years 40 mg 1X day | 7/4/2015 | 5 | panic disorder | I've been taking this med along with ativan...it's worked wonders for me...As I was agorophobic...I've been free from panic....In the beginning I had loss of libido but that's worn off...weight gain most definitely and am afraid to go off this in the future | F | 44 | 10 years 40 mg | 8/20/2014 | 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 | 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 | Panic Attacks Anxiety | First 3 weeks were not nice. I was very tired, couldn't stop yawning and felt 'out of it'. Since then my libido is not was it used to be, and I do feel somewhat emotionally numb. | The drug has given me relief from Panic attacks and I have noticed that my anxiety levels are really quite low. I am functioning like a "normal" person if there is such a thing and can do things and go places that i was not able to before Paxil. I certainly don't intend to stay on this forever (30mg) but it is nice to feel normal for a few years. After reading the withdrawal symptoms on this blog i am a little nervous | M | 44 | 3 years | 5/7/2009 | 4 | PANIC ATTACKS | I had been taking desyrel and eventually that quit working so the doc put me on paxil which worked much better. However, now that I would like to try coming off of it, I notice that I cry "at the drop of a hat"! I have tried in the past to quit, slowly reducing the dosage every 2 weeks, and I would start the crying jag so I'd go back on. Well, this time I thought I would drag it out even more slowly and maybe the crying wouldn't happen but no such luck. | F | 44 | 8 years | 4/7/2008 | 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 | 4 | anxiety | Decreased sexual activity, dizziness and headache if forgotten | Overall I am very satisfied with the results of the medication. | F | 44 | | 1/2/2001 | 3 | ocd | addiction to paxil | addictive | M | 44 | 14 years 60 1X day | 10/5/2010 | 3 | Anxiety | Dry mouth, dry eyes. Lack of emotion. Zero sex drive. | The medicine worked well on my anxiety. In the last 2 months it has left me feeling emotionally numb and tired. I'm starting to experience some depression. | F | 44 | 1 years | 5/5/2003 | 3 | depression | sexual dysfunction | F | 44 | 3 months | 7/24/2003 | 3 | panic attacks | Helped with panic attacks. Weight gain (50+ pounds),lack of emotion, horrible withdrawls (a week in bed) very scary. | Paxil has been a blessing for many people. It's a bummer that it is so additive and causes such weight gain. | F | 44 | 4 days | 2/9/2007 | 3 | anxiety | night sweats | none | M | 44 | 2 weeks | 5/21/2002 |