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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Stress and anxiety following CVA | I am actualy taking Sreroxat. Side effects:- Loss of appetite,lost 8Lb in 1 week, 3 hour bouts of profuse sweating 2 or 3 times a day, like a zombie, vivid dreams at night, constant yawning, clenched and chattering teeth. Loss of sex drive. | Did not have enough interest in life to get stressed out. My wife saw doctor to express her concern, Dr. called me in to see him reduced dose from 20mg daily to 10 mg. Side effects reduced but still there to some extent. Anxiety and stress reduced. I am now on 10mg every other day and it is keeping me stable. Tried to come off altogether but had to return after 5 days. I am thinking of reducing the dose to 5mg daily to see how I get on. My advice is don't start taking it. | M | 60 | 2.5 years | 8/14/2002 | 1 | anxiety | Extreme weight gain, 80 lbs., absolutely NO sex drive, and had little or no emotions. | Please do not ever take this drug. It makes your life pure hell. Try something else besides an SSRI. It ruined my life. Horrible to try to get off of. I tried to withdrawal for 6 to 9 months. I went through many medical test because I didn't know that PAXIL withdrawal was why I was so sick. It was like having a never ending terrible flu. Finally, I got back on it because of even worse depression and that's when I realized that it was Paxil withdrawal that was making me so ill. I gained even more weight, 25 lbs. very rapidly. I HATE IT. And no one can tell you how to get off this stuff. | F | 60 | 13 years | 6/29/2009 | 1 | Protracted benzo withdrawal & pain | Huge weight gain (diet and exercise didn't help) and increasing hypersomnia, sleeping up to 18 hours a day! Then HORRIBLE protracted withdrawal. NOT worth any initial benefits! | Doctors' "slow" taper schedules aren't nearly slow enough for most people. I learned too late that tapering by no more than 10% of previous (MOST RECENT) dose, dropping no more than every 3-6 weeks when stabilized at dose, is the most effective way to successfully taper off for most people. Best is not to take it! Terrible med. | F | 60 | 13 years 15 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 1 | menopause | Inability to have an orgasm, emotional blunting, demotivation, sluggishness, passivity | Tapered off over a few weeks in October 2004 and have had severe withdrawal syndrome ever since, including 6 months of head zaps, 2 years of tingling pain in shoulders and arms, 3 years of depersonalization and complete anorgasmia, inability to concentrate, sleep problems, exhaustion. After 3.5 years of withdrawal syndrome, I suffered severe anxiety attacks and sleep panic, then completely lost the ability to sleep. I have been mostly disabled by this for the last 2.5 years. Prior to taking Paxil, I never had had an anxiety attack and my sleep and sexual response were normal. I survived because of the support I received on paxilprogress.org, a patient support site for withdrawal from all psychiatric drugs, not just Paxil. | F | 60 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 5/13/2010 | 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 | 4 | extreme depression | Brain zaps, weight gain, dry mouth, tinnitus | Paxil is not for everyone, but I firmly believe if I did NOT take it I would have NEVER gotten rid of this major depression. A year after I was taking Paxil my brother and mother both died within 9 mos. Had I not been on Paxil I would have been locked up on a psych ward. This is the second time I have been taking Paxil for depression. Thank you Paxil! | F | 59 | 2 years | 12/20/2008 | 3 | depression | It definitely lifted my mood but it caused bronchialspasms/asthma attacks so I had to go off of it! I also put on weight--about 10 extra pounds. I sometimes had trouble gathering my thoughts to complete a senstence! | I am afraid to try any other kind of anti-depressant for fear of an asthma attack. Haven't had one since being off of Paxil three years ago! | F | 59 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/8/2010 | 2 | anxiety/depression | "EYE JERKS". Feels like electric zaps quickly pulling my eyes from side to side. I've just been weaned off the drug, and the eye jerks are much worse, though I had them while taking drug. | Took Paxil for six years, and it was helpful. But in the long run, the negatives outweigh the positives. | F | 59 | 6 years | 1/16/2008 | 1 | depression | strong suicide thoughts, anxious, feeling of electrical shocks in the head during long withdrawl period. Difficulty walking a straight line if I would have had to. | M | 59 | 120 days | 5/27/2006 | 5 | anti-alcohol, anxiety, ADHD | Exteme Sleepiness, totally unconcerned about my duties and obligations, and terrible weight gain - went from 235 to 285 in 1 year....BUT...I was calm, productive, positive, happy and had no problem completely stopping the self medicating (binge drinking) I had done all my life. It took ZERO effort to quite the 2 - 3 times a week binge drinking episodes after 40 years of drinking. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS DRUG FOR ANYONE WHO BINGE DRINKS ! So what - you gain a little weight. | I switched to Zoloft and am more alert, sticking to my diet and loosing weight and not too sleepy. Also, I feel very sociable and am very friendly with everyone. I am amazed by that. And fortunately for me I have no desire to drink alcohol to self medicate. | 58 | 2 years | 5/9/2004 | 5 | Panic | None, it worked well and then pooped out. It was the best medicine for panic that exists. | I stopped it from one day to another. Nothing happened. Then 6 months later, under a lot of stress I had the W0RST PANIC ATTACKS that I ever had in my life. Had to be hospitalized. You cannot really get off paxil - even if discontinuing it is easy. But it is not as much of a poison as effexor xr which is really poisonous and impossible to discontinue. | F | 58 | 8 days | 8/19/2006 | 5 | depression and insomnia | The only lasting one was that my persona felt kind of flat and less 'edgy' -- | For all of you with the 'sleepiness' issues: like you, when I first started taking 20 mg. of Paxil in the morning, I was groggy most of the day. What I did after about two weeks was to cut the pills in half, reducing my daily dose to 10 mg., and then to take my pill at night at bedtime. For me, this worked perfectly. My doctor felt that 10mg. wasn't a strong enough dose to alleviate depression, but I found that just getting good sleep was a great help in making me feel better. | F | 58 | 3 years | 6/16/2008 | 5 | anxiety disorder | weight gain.....that's what really bugs me. | should i periodically get tested to see if my kidney is okay while tkaing this drug and can i take this drug forever without any medical problems to my body | F | 58 | 3 years | 12/29/2004 | 4 | Depression | First started taking Paxil 10 mg. over 1 year ago. It really helped me to stop crying and thinking all the time. Then I was taken off by my Internist because he said it will raise my blood pressure. Internist just said come off it there won't be any side effects because the dose was so low. 3 months later, I was severely depressed again. Now I'm taking 20 mg and feel so much better. I am having some trouble sleeping and I do feel tired a lot of the time and prefer to stay home most of the time but I'm not depressed and I'm not thinking contantly. I'm aware of the weight gain and I'm especially careful about what I eat. Hopefully I will feel energetic enough soon to do some exercise. | F | 58 | | 9/25/2002 | 1 | Depression | Nasty drug! It took 20 years from me and I don't know how many more because the withdrawal is awful!! | F | 58 | 20 years 30 MG 1X day | 7/10/2014 | 1 | depression | worst withdrawals I have every had with any medication. It took 4 weeks to get off of this. My head was spinning and my eyes were jumping. I would NEVER recommend this to anyone!!!! | F | 58 | 3 years 20 mg 1X day | 7/10/2012 | 1 | panic attacks, obsessive thoughts | Lethargy, huge weight gain. Weight loss made impossible due to food cravings. Lack of motivation for physical exercise. No sex drive. | Thank God I am Paxil free for the past four months after being on it for 13 years! Last month, I started feeling anger more intense than I have ever felt. I have also had days of crying and sobbing. This has lessened a bit in the past two weeks; I have no illusions that I am not in for more severe reactions. After stopping this horrible, horrible poison, I had terrible brain zaps and panic that I had never dreamed possible. I demanded my psychiatrist help me continue my efforts to get this poison out of my system. He prescribed Prozac which I took instead of Paxil for about two months, tapering down from 40mgs per day to zero. When I had attempted to stop ingesting this legal poison several times during the last 13 years and experienced the intense brain zaps, crying, panic, overwhelming anxiety which I now know are withdrawal symptoms, my psychiatrist dismissed my symptoms as my "illness" returning. He said I should be on Paxil for the rest of my life and to see it the same way as a diabetic needing insulin. Perhaps I was so scared and my brain was so fogged I did not ask a logical question. If my panic attacks, depression and obsessive thoughts for which the medicine was prescribed are to be compared to diabetes, which is determined by measuring blood sugar, why were my seratonin levels never tested? The reason, of course, is that this whole idea of treating people's reactions to the world around them as a disease are wrong and, ultimately cruel and hear | F | 58 | 13 years 30mb 1X day | 5/18/2010 | 1 | EXPOSED AT WORK -Apotex | HORRIFYING! | LOOK AT MY WEBSITE AT: PHARMAHOLOCAUST.COM | M | 58 | 6.5 years massive 10X day | 11/24/2011 | 5 | social anxiety disorder | the only side effects that i have really noticed are jaw clenching, weight gain (even with restricted diet and exercise), a loss of motivation to workout, and the worst one, i have an inability to achieve orgasm. | My inability to achieve orgasm bothers me much more than it does my fiance. She says that while she would like to see me achieve more sexual satisfaction she feels that the benefits it has given me are far more important. I own a company with over 1000 clients and before taking Paxil I had only met 3 of them in person. since i started taking Paxil i have met more than half of them and am still working my way thru. i was encouraged by the number of people who indicated they had had some relief of symptoms with decreased dosage and am going to discuss that with my doctor. | M | 57 | 3 years | 6/7/2006 | 5 | Depression, anxiety, PTSD | Initially, and with each increase I had nausea and itchy for about two weeks. Sweating, even the bottom of my feet. Bizarre dreams. I have lost 25 pounds since starting this medication. Started 10mg one month later moved to 20mg. 3 months later moved to 30mg and after a very bad episode of depression I've arrived at 40mg taken every morning. I cannot explain how good it is to be able to sleep at night, make simple decisions again like what to make for dinner or which brand of mustard to buy, or to pay my bills on time! I have missed a dose without any side effects. I was going to tell my doctor that I wanted to start decreasing my dose because I felt so much better now, when I realized that the Paxil is why I was feeling better. | First let me say I know Paxil saved my life. I HATE medicine of any kind, very much into clean eating and natural remedies. 5 years ago I started this dark downward spiral into hell. My doctor tried to get me to start taking something to help. I refused. Last year, I was to the point that I couldn't even get dressed for work (what should I wear???). I wanted to die and only knowing my kids and grandkids then would think that killing yourself was an acceptable solution, kept me from committing suicide. She suggested Paxil and I have since thanked her for saving my life. | F | 57 | 9 months 40 1X day | 3/1/2015 |