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 |
| 3 | social anxiety disorder | Inability to ejaculate. | M | 28 | 2 months | 8/2/2001 | 2 | Anxiety | No bad side effects for the first week. After the second week the headaches were horrible. I also felt depressed, blurry vision,loss of concentration.I was also taking Xanax to help with the major panic attacks. | Still seeing side effects after 5 days off. The headaches are not nearly as bad. My ears feel clogged and still can't concentrate well. | M | 28 | 17 days | 10/3/2004 | 2 | Panic Disorder | Night sweats, teeth grinding, major stomach issues, weight gain | I was happy that the panic attacks went away but WOW if I had known what was to come. I have always been thin and I refuse to weigh myself b/c I feel so bloated and uncomfortable all of the time. My eating habits have not changed but my clothes do not fit the same. I have not taken for about six days now and it is awful. I can not sleep, I am either freezing or sweating, unbearable headaches, fatigue, depressed, and MOODY . Is scares me because I feel this drug has changed me. I have always been easy going and hope that these side effects will go away!!! Everyone is yelling at me telling me it is my fault b/c you should ween yourself but I can not deal with it anymore, ya know? I started with 12.5 mg then the dosage was increased to 20 mg. | F | 28 | 6 days | 3/8/2005 | 2 | severe anxiety and depression | It helped with the depression. However, I felt like I was watching my life and not experiencing any of it. It was like I was watching a movie (only way I know how to describe it.) I have known many other people who have taken this drug and become extremely conceited and only cared about themselves. Also tended to act recklessly without regard for others feelings. | Only good thing I can say is that it seemed to increase self-esteem. I woke up and looked in the mirror and thought I looked better for some reason. However, it wasn't worth the extent that I felt out of touch with life. | F | 28 | 3 months | 4/26/2008 | 2 | Depression | Loss of sex drive, suicidal thoughts, fatigue, weight gain, | I started to take Paxil after comming off of Effexor. What a mistake. I had to stop the Effexor due to the cost. I never felt more depressed, tired, and fat. I was only on it for a month and it was awful. I ended up in the hospital for suicidal thoughts. | F | 28 | 30 days | 8/8/2009 | 1 | Work stress | SEVERE DISABLED FROM THIS NEUROTOXIC POISON can't walk leg pain and neuropathy Burning skin Akathisia Sensory disturbances Cold intolerance SEVERE SEVERE chronic pain all over body Nerve pain intensity 10 all over This is all 24/7 every second of the day is agony and hell | Disabled for 3 YEARS now after stopping this horror drug. My life is over and i guess i wont be around much longer because living with those symptoms is daily torture. I lost everything, job, marriage etc. Normally i would look online and think " just a exceggarated horror story" - i wish i would know before that after those horror stories are REAL persons. Just search for Paxil Lawsuit and you will see how many lawsuits will show up because of this defective and dangerous drug. Stay Away and save your life. GlaxoSmithKline is the most heavily fined criminal company (billions) look it up, dont let this satanic company take your health away. You only have 1. One day they will get their karma right in their ugly face for taking so many young lives away. | M | 28 | 1 years 10 1X day | 5/23/2023 | 1 | Social Anxiety | anorgasmia, the libido of a baked potato, zombiefication, tremor, drowsiness, brain shocks | At very best, was mediocre for SA. Most of the side effects can be managed or dealt with except the brain shocks. This is the single worst feeling I've ever experienced in my whole life. | M | 28 | 9 months | 5/27/2008 | 1 | anxiety/depression | I have been on paxil for 10yrs. and it gave me nightsweats,vivid dreams,shakiness,etc. Now have been trying to get off for 8mths and it has been a nightmare the scariest thing in my life.Forget about the side effects lets talk about the withdrawls.... | I want everyone to know that this medication is horrible and no-one should ever consider this med. the side effects are so horrible. Im trying to get off it and it's like the devil of all antidepressants and antianxiety meds. that are out there. Just quickly let me descrbe the withdrawl symptoms..DIZZINESS,NIGHTSWEATS,FATIGUE,NAUSEA,HEADACHES,PRESSURE IN THE HEAD,SHAKINESS,THOUGHTS OF IT NEVER ENDING, CONFUSED, DISASSOCIATION,ETC. SOOOOOO BAD TO THE EXTREME ALL OF THESE WITHDRAWLS...HARD TIME GETTING TROUGH THE DAY WITHOUT CRYING AND FEELING LIKE IM DYING... | F | 28 | 10 years | 5/1/2008 | 1 | Panic and slight depression | I went to the doc and told him I was getting panic attacks with slight depression afterward. He started me on 10mg a day the first night I woke up soked at 3am did not like it one bit. The next day I woke up felling off balance and tried to push through the day but ended up having a panic attack and had to relie on old fathful (xanax) took Paxil again before bed and woke up soking wet at 2am and at 5am and could not get back to sleep. That day was the worst day I can ever remember having. I wished I was dead. I stoped taking that shit only after 2 days. I know I did not give it time as they say but I couldin't bare feeling that way one more day!!!!! Good luck to all I hope you don't feel the same as I did on that stuff! | M | 28 | 2 days | 3/18/2002 | 1 | anxiety/depression | I experienced EVERY side effect, and am having a horrible time coming off of it. I am almost 9 months into a taper that will take me a year to complete safely. | It causes insomnia, as it suppresses REM sleep - wasn't told that. Became extremely suicidal - wasn't told that was a possibility. Am in a LOT of pain while going off the drug - wasn't told this would happen. It's horrible, horrible, horrible. | F | 28 | 12 years | 12/29/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | I blacked out in the shower after one pill at 10 mg. Woke up to muscle weakness, shakiness, extreme vertigo and nausea. | I'm just glad I'm still alive after taking this stuff. I can't believe the FDA approved it. | F | 28 | 1 days | 10/13/2004 | 1 | depression | weight gain, hypersexuality, gambling, lieing. | suks big coc | M | 28 | 5 years 40 1X day | 5/21/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | Bad withdrawals. Withdrawals included: nausea, "the zaps", severe fatigue, depersonalization, constricted pupil causing "tunnel-vision", chills and anxiety. While weaning off I had suicidal thoughts. I have been on this for 14 years and I am 28 so who knows what sexual dysfunctions I consider "normal". | This medication caused me more distress than my anxiety did. I experienced withdrawals if I was a few hours late taking my daily pill. Wean off SLOWLY and work with your Doctor during the process. I went from 40mg to 2.5mg (cut up 5mg pills). I constantly see commercials from law offices asking, Did you take Paxil while pregnant and your baby was born with a heart defect, lung defect or other serious medical condition..if so call so and so because you may be entitled to financial compensation. If it does horrible things to fetuses what has it been doing to me for the past 14 years??? | F | 28 | 14 times 40 1X day | 6/24/2010 Patient History | 1 | Anxiety/Depression | dry mouth, low libedo, low energy/tiredness. | This is the worst of all the SSRI drugs, it should not be prescribed to any new patients. I was on this crap for 10 years and I did not realize how miserable my life was because of it. After 3 years I was finally able to get off of it. Just do a web search and you can see that a lot of people have a very hard time getting off of it. Trying to stop this crap takes a long time and a lot of suffering. It took me 6 months of slowly tapering my dose to finally get off of it. I still suffered the brain zaps, nausea, irritability, dizziness, vivid nightmares, cold sweats, and the worst panic attacks of my life. | M | 28 | 10 years 40MG 1X day | 3/20/2010 | 1 | Severe health anxiety, panic attack | Spaced out, dizzy spells, feeling of passing out. Extreme panic attacks, nausea, racing heart, high blood pressure, no energy, tired all the time, everything would look weird like a dream. Head pressure Stomach cramps. Felt like I was in a zone. Kept thinking I was going to have a heart attack! | F | 28 | 2 weeks 5mg | 2/11/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Emotional numbing. Sexual numbing. With time, nausea, dizziness (when using voice!), fatigue, runny nose, diarrhea, sweating, skin rashes. Upon quitting after a five month taper, far worse anxiety than I'd ever had before and a host of other mental and physical symptoms. Ended up hospitalized. | Horrible drug. Stay off it! If you're on it and believe it's great, try coming off it. | M | 28 | 3.5 years | 8/11/2006 | 5 | Panic disorder | None. | I am so glad I got on Paxil. I had panic disorder that developed into agoraphobia and I couldn't leave my house. Now, four months after starting Paxil, I am making out of town day trips for fun and have even registered for college next semester. I went from being a total recluse to actually getting out and getting things done for once. I am so proud of myself. I have gained 5 pounds since starting the Paxil but I have also stopped exercising and I eat like crap because I'm happier. I think the 5 pounds would have come on regardless. There has been no change in my sexual performance. I'm still as horny as ever and I can "get off." I can't think of any side effects. | M | 27 | 4 months 10 MG 1X day | 11/27/2012 | 5 | nerve pain | an unexpected reduction in migraines reduced appetite at doses above 40mg daily | i tried several meds before the paxil, none of them worked like the paxil does | F | 27 | 3.5 years | 11/12/2002 | 5 | OCD, anxiety, intense worry | I felt better, literally, five hours after taking this drug. IT SAVED MY LIFE! Only side effects are jitteriness, sort of like my body is buzzing, if I take too much. Takes longer to have an orgasm, but it is still possible. | I take a very low dosage. Was originally prescribed 20mg daily but I now take 5 mg (a 10mp cut in half) every other day. It seems like practically nothing, I am pretty tiny, but it's the perfect dosage for me. I have not experienced anything weird with this drug, IT GAVE ME BACK MY LIFE from worry and OCD. I URGE OTHERS READING THIS POST to seriously think about the side effects that anxiety has and not attribute your symptoms to paxil necessarily, I take paxil but I also worked VERY VERY hard to overcome my problems. Paxil won't fix your life, but it will help YOU FIX YOUR LIFE and make it easier to think. Maybe it's not for everyone, but it worked for me. Peace! | F | 27 | 9 years | 6/9/2005 | 5 | anxiety, depression | fatigue, vivid dreams, lack of sexual desire, jaw clenching, night sweats occasionally, headaches | This drug does work to cure anxiety and depression. I went from being a suicidal, timid person, to being more socially outgoing and suffering a lot less from anxiety. I can drive confidently, attend major functions without dreading them for days. And I feel pretty content with life. The key to this drug is that you have to give it time to work and adjust to the right dose. Being on it for a couple of months is useless. I am now trying to get off of it due to the fact that it's unsafe during pregnancy, and the withdrawal is horrible. I'm doing it with doctor supervision at the rate of 10mg a week (I was on 210mg a week)but it's still bad. The dizziness and electric shocks and fatigue are awful. I'm only on week 3 of withdrawal and I'm having a rough time. Overall, it's been a good drug for me and the side effects are manageable and definitely much better than the depression and anxiety! | F | 27 | 4 years | 9/17/2007 |