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/anxiety | NONE WHATSOEVER | Paxil is a life saver. I feel wonderful!!!! | M | 35 | 1.5 years | 1/2/2005 | 4 | Anxiety/Pamic attacks | Loss of sex drive | 20 mg daily completely took away my anxiety/panic attacks. I notice a severe lack of sex drive, but if husband initiates, I still can enjoy it. | F | 35 | 5 years | 9/13/2008 | 3 | Panic/Anxiety | Lack of libido. Difficulty reaching orgasm. Hardcore withdrawl symptoms... | Worked well for the first 2-3 years with dosage creep. Initially helped very well with PA's and anxiety then became pretty much ineffective. Continued taking due to debilitating withdrawal symptoms. This medication should come with a bold warning about it's physiological addiction and severe withdrawal symptoms. After a very bad bout of panic and anxiety last year my psych prescribed Avanza(Remeron) as an addition to help me over the hump. I'm now completely Paroxetine free (and feel great) as I was able to tapper off over 6 months using the other med as a prop. The slower you can tapper the better. This is a good med for the short term but comes with it's consequences with prolonged use... | M | 35 | 6 years | 8/25/2008 | 3 | PTSD, Depression, | irritability, racing thoughts, restlessness, insomnia, very boring dreams, slow to get up in the morning, strong desire to sleep. | The side effects dissipated over time, usually taking about 4 weeks per increase in dose. However, I did get up to 30 MG, which put me into a chronic irritable hypomanic state (even though I do not have Bipolar Disorder). I reduced to 15 MG and was much better. I tried to titrate recently, am eating excessively, very, very tired, sleeping more. So noticeable side effects when you try and get off of it, even if its slow. | F | 35 | 6 months 15MG 1X day | 10/29/2014 | 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 | 3 | anxiety/depression | FATIGUE | love it but could anyone help me with the fatigue? - | M | 35 | 6 days | 5/11/2007 | 3 | Manic depression | Decreased libido, weight gain, sleepwalking, nightmares. | Side effects worse if you miss a dose. | M | 35 | 1 years | 1/3/2005 | 3 | Weight gain, increased sleeping, loss sexual desire and more difficulty having an orgasm, | Before taking it i was 24/7 crying and i was unable to work and function so it took away those feelings of loss and negativity... | F | 35 | 9 days | 2/5/2009 | 3 | Social and Generalized Anxiety | First 3 to 4 weeks I yawned alot. (nothing to worry about). Prolonged ejaculation (which has been a good thing for me and my lady I must admit :)). I sweat alot in bed now when asleep (a bad thing). I have alot of memorable dreams (good dreams so far). | I now have far less negative thoughts. I feel more confident around others. I suffered alot of pain through-out my body but that has all gone now. I feel like a better person now but I believe I can be even better over time, I hope. I still suffer minor panic attacks but I'm hoping this will go in time. Drinking beer always helps (just starting drinking it since being on this medication). I've been on holiday for 4 of the 6 weeks I've been on this medication, so I'm yet to see the conclusion. | M | 35 | 6 days | 1/31/2004 | 3 | anxiety (GAD), panic, depression | I am ALWAYS tired, take caffeine to deal with it. Zombie like mornings especially, missing a pill = nasty side effects, brain-zaps galore, and feels like my brain can't keep up with my eyes when I move my head quickly. Also hard to focus on tasks at work. | life is better with, than without. Don't take withdrawal lightly, my shrink did, and I ended up in ER. Probably will be on for rest of my life. I take Clonazepam too for panic attacks, which only started during withdrawal and never went away after I went back on paxil. Tried a couple of other SSRI's but nothing worked for very long. Tough decision to go back on Paxil, as I knew that if I went back on, I knew I would probably never come off. Withdrawal took 6 months, and now I need more Paxil (30 mg) to get the same affect as before. What can I say, anxiety/depression is a bitch, and I am never really free of it, but Paxil takes the edge off, so I can think about life situations and issues without driving myself insane. Just remember to take your pill! 2 days without, and I'm ready to rob a pharmacy to get rid of the sides...God bless all of you, my troubled brothers and sisters.... | M | 35 | 17 years | 12/13/2006 | 3 | anxiety/depression | weight gain! sexual side effects, 2 cardiac incidents | M | 35 | 7 years | 4/29/2006 | 2 | panic attacks/ depression | extreme sleepiness, emotinal numbing, anorgasimia, decreased libido , withdrawal from life really | Extremely bad withdrawal syptoms after taking just 10 mgs. Insommnia, crying, depression, extreme stomach pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, electric shock feelings,- I had to take an antipyschotic to sleep - for the first time in my life due to wd | F | 35 | 4 years | 6/9/2004 | 2 | GAD. Depression | Sleepy , less motivated, loss of interest , dry mouth, | I am not sure if it is Paxil or just me but after 3 weeks on Paxil I feel almost more isolated and in a fog then before. I have less anxiety but still depressed. I fall a sleep in the afternoons and general loss of motivation. I would think it would be the opposite ..Is it only me? | M | 35 | 21 days | 10/4/2004 | 2 | depression | complete loss of sex drive | worked ok on the depression except not having any sex drive at all when you're normally a horndog is really depressing. Stuck it out for long enough to decide the side effect wasn't going away. Switched to Celexa, no major side effects with that. | M | 35 | 6 months | 5/8/2006 | 1 | Anxiety Disorder | I experienced very dry mouth with sore tongue. I also experienced tremors in different parts of my body. Sometimes a twitching arm or leg or even my whole torso would convulse while trying to fall asleep which did not help the insomnia. Foggy headed with occasional dizziness was pretty constant from about week 3 to week 7. I had itchy skin all over and some dryness but the dryness may not be caused by Paxi. Overall, the negatives highly outweighed the benefit. Actually, I can't see any benefit since after I stopped taking Paxil, my anxiety dimished. | I don't think this was the right drug for me. Also, after relating my symptoms to my doctor in week 6 on Paxil he DOUBLED my dose to 40mg/day. It was shortly after that when things got very bad. I abruptly quit and am still having slight side effects one month later however, they are definitely diminishing. I am very happy to not be on Paxil and am instead seeing a psychologist who does cognitive behavioral therapy. The only side-effect of that is my smaller bank account. :-) | M | 35 | 7 weeks | 5/3/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | Increased anxiety, depression, weight gain, muscle problems, brain zaps, bad memory, other health problems. A consistent decline in overall mental and physical health. | Do not take this POISON!! It ruined my life. Still trying to heal from the damage of it after quite a long time. I wish I could give it a zero rating because that is what it deserves. Shame on GSK for putting this toxin out and destroying people's lives!!!! | F | 35 | 13 years 40 1X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Forgetfulness, zaps and zings, changes in vision, rapid weight lose, hallucinations (all senses), occasional blackouts, painful muscle spasms, vomiting, rapid changes in blood pressure, severe mood swings, unsteady on my feet, high fever, acne, heart palpation's, and retinal detachment (during withdrawal), hands shaking, loss of all inhibitions, and strange behavior in general, that was out of character for me. | Followed the Dr.'s orders on weaning off, 2 days after last dose, major hallucinations began, and I experienced difficulty separating reality from fiction. On the 4th day I checked my self into a mental health hospital, for my own safety, and for those around me, and I wish I had done that sooner. Because when I had blackouts I would destroy things, and injure myself, and get in my car and go to the store and buy seemingly random things. After 6 failed attempts at quitting this drug, there was noway I was backing down this time. 3 months out, I'm still experiencing more than mild side effects however to a lesser degree. This drug made anxiety and depression worse and gave me a total loss of inhibitions(luckily I could not get an erection). Also withdrawal has been on going for more than 3 months. Even though many of these symptoms showed up days after beginning this medication, 3 out of 4 Dr.s told me these symptoms are not caused by this medication, The psychotic part of the withdrawals and black outs went away 8 weeks after I quit taking it. During the first 8 weeks of not taking it at all, I had dangerous long lasting blackouts, sometimes I would just wake up and realize days had past, and have physical injuries I could not explain. Lost my job (very promising career, I was being groomed for upper management) because of severity of withdrawals, they lasted too long and I was a wreck if I made it into work. I really don't care about that getting the Paxil demon off my back | M | 35 | 2.5 years 30mg 1X day | 4/19/2012 | 1 | panic disorder | weight gain, malaise, constantly tired, lethargy, electric shock sensations, felt like I lost my creative drive, loss of motivation, depression, and nightmarish horror when i'd try to quit. | getting off of paxil was the worst thing i've ever experienced. months and months of anxiety and depression way more extreme than anything i had ever previously experienced. also, dizziness, light headed waves, buzzing sensations in my chest and legs, numb fingers, weak arms, unrelenting electrical shock sensations, and a lot more. nine months of hell. these nine months after five months of tapering. a few more before i was really free of it. it was an absolute nightmare. now that i'm free of paxil withdrawal (2 years off of it) and not taking anything else (aside from exercise, sleep, and avoiding caffeine and alcohol) i'm doing better than i thought possible. much much better than when i was on paxil. | M | 35 | 8 years | 1/1/2007 | 1 | panic/anxiety | bad sexual side effects, some weight gain... HORRIBLE WITHDRAWAL | Even though this drug helped a lot with my panic and anxiety, when I went to slowly wean myself off it, it was the worst experience of my life. I cannot believe the horrible thoughts and feelings I had while going off this medicine. It caused severe depression even after being off it for 4 months, along with insomnia and a host of flu-like problems. For that reason alone, I urge people to not take this medicine. | F | 35 | 7 years | 8/7/2006 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | Upon stopping the paxil I experienced anxiety like never before taking the drug. I also had numerous crying spells and depression which also was never a issue pre-paxil.My confidence and self-esteem was shot but is slowly rebounding.I'm doing much better than most withdrawing from paxil.DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!! You become a shell of your former self....try CBT with a qualified therapist.I'm serious this is no joke!! Paxil is poison!!! | M | 35 | 12 years 20-40mg 1X day | 1/11/2011 |