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 | depression/anxiety | gained 40lbs in 4 months, hard to start and get off of and if i missed a dose i freaked out, | I was in a very hard part of my life and this got me through, this was the 1st of many anti depressant i tried. its seemed to not work that well after 3 months but it did really help me out. if i didnt gain all the weight from it i would have stayed on it longer. i was 18 yrs old 195lbs in decent shape then went to 235lbs maybe even a little higher. i had back problems and ended up getting back surgery which the weight gain may have made my back worse | M | 18 | 4 months ? 1X day | 11/29/2011 | 1 | Depression | nausea, vomiting, and general tiredness | I took this for several months. The side effects listed are supposed to tapper out but never did for me. it just left me feeling sick and took a few months out of my life of college. not fun. might work for you but it didnt for me. | M | 18 | 5 months 100mg 1X day | 2/11/2011 | 1 | Mild depression | I went from midly depressed to extreemly depressed and became suicidal.I started cutting almost every day and my personality completely changed to angery and irritable and to wanting to harm myself. I hardly slept, and truely did want to kill myself, an urge that wasn't there before. I stoped cold because I heard it was painful, I was lucky and didn't reall experiance whithdrawl despite being on one of the highest doses. All my suisidal tendancys stopped within a week. | I believe this can be helpful for some people, but I do not advocate drugs as a first resort, try therapy first. I did not need drugs, but I was put on Paxil after a 15-20 min vistit with a General Medicine Doc. I was 17/18 when I took this medication. | F | 18 | 10 months | 6/7/2006 | 1 | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | terrible nightmares, sleepiness, drowsiness, not being able to speak when i was tired, being so tired that i HAD to go to sleep the very second I got tired, seizure- which caused a car accident, EEG's, and an MRI, only to find out that it was the paxil that caused my seizure and car accident, feeling as though i'm being electricuted, no sex drive... the list goes on and on and on and on... | paxil is THE WORST DRUG ever made. you might as well be on heroine! DO NOT take paxil! it has made my life a living hell for the passed year and a half now. | F | 18 | 1 days | 10/20/2006 | 1 | Depression, SAD/OCD | Stoppedafter just two weeks due to total anorgasmia | Did nothing to help in two weeks, although prob unfair to judge efficacy on such a short trial. | M | 18 | 2 weeks 10 MG 1X day | 1/1/2013 | 1 | depression, anxiety, fatigue...... | emotionless, braindead,lethargic, hyper sensitive,emotionally unstable. | still battling confusion, cognitive deficits,psychological problems,vision problems,fatigue and other long term affects one year after taking my last dose.seeking legal action. beware! visit www.antidepressantsfacts.com/ for anti depressant info or quitpaxil.info | M | 18 | 5 months | 11/29/2004 | 1 | Depression and anxiety | Weight gain (20 pounds in 6 months, 130 pounds in 3 years), inability to orgasm, awful withdrawal symptoms. | Do NOT take this medication! Never! When you try to go off it, no matter how slowly you taper (I'm going down 2.5 mg a month), you will get awful withdrawal symptoms, like horrible headaches and a completely ruined sleep cycle. If you miss ONE dose, you can feel the effects - twitching, 'mini-seizures' (brain repeatedly cutting out), impaired judgement, suicide attempts, it just goes on and on and on. | F | 18 | 3 years | 2/15/2005 | 1 | Depression, panic disorder. | All together I think this drug has robbed me of my life. Nothing good has ever come from this drug. Please try to stay away from it. It's so hard to get off of. Everytime I lower my dose I get awful electric brain shocks in my head that throw me off balance. | This drug is shit. | M | 18 | 4 years | 4/19/2009 | 4 | PMDD, general anxiety disorder | Insomnia with 10 mg, weight loss, feelings of paranoia or nervousness for no reason. It's helped with my relationships with people and my agitation. | F | 17 | 2 months 20mg | 4/19/2012 | 2 | school phobia/depression | increased appetite, weight gain. | i hated this pill!! the pill worked for my depression but i gained 20 punds using paxil. i was on it for 3 years and as soon as i got off of the pill i lost a lot of weight and now im back to my normal weight. | F | 17 | 3 years | 5/31/2006 | 2 | Social Anxiety Disorder | Cloudy urine, stomach pain, loss of appetite, dry mouth, unable to orgasm, extreme drowsiness, insomnia, depression, lack of energy, | The drug helped my social anxiety, but the side effects were so severe that I had to stop taking the medication. All of the side effects were tolerable except the drowsiness which was so strong that I was unable to get out of bed most of the time I was on it. The drug also made me depressed. | M | 17 | 4 days | 8/21/2004 | 1 | depression | absoulutly nothing | paxil was like a sugar pill to me... it changed nothing. | F | 17 | 5 months | 9/1/2003 | 1 | Depression,Anxiety | ALWAYS tired...I once slept till 5pm witohut knowing until i woke up with the noise of my brother coming home from work!,sick to my stomach,zapping(shot of numbness),wake up in the night feeling numb like i was going to die, insomnia, hearing whoosh noises. | I waso n paxil and realised i wasn't helping me because my anxiety was just as bad. So i decided to stop. I had been taking them for 4 months (20MG) and let me tell you i've been off em for 4 days and i feel like an insane person. I'm hearing noises and getting zaps of numbness through out my body. I read on the internet that this was caused by withdrawal. My anxiety is worse then before. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICATION! imagine if my dose was higher and i had been tkaing it for longer. I also have terrible nightmares and have trouble sleeping. please take my advice! | F | 17 | 4 months | 6/29/2005 | 1 | PTSD OCD anxiety panic depression | i feel like im hungover sleep24/7 emotionally dead im so ditzy now- i zone out all the time DONT TAKE THIS IF YOU ARE UNDER 20 .... so many symptoms its not helping me cope w/ any of my previous problems... when im off of this im back to square one w/ my depression,ect. its like becoming addicted to nicorette for smoking | if you think its bad now, try getting off- i tapered this as much as i could and i still had two weeks of hell w/ withdrawls | F | 17 | 1 years | 12/11/2005 | 1 | Depression | Within a day of starting Paxil my mind started racing with thoughts of wanting to kill myself or hurt other people, I shook nonstop and nearly killed myself to make the thoughts stop. | F | 17 | 4 days | 5/21/2002 | 5 | Anxiety | When I first started taking it I didn't think it would work, in fact I felt worse, but after being on it I am SO thankful I am on it. While trying to see if I would be better without it I stopped cold turkey. I was fatigued and dizzy and confused. After the affects of stopping I threw up multiple times and felt horrible. I started it again and feel better than ever. | Honestly it is great. Been taking it for a year and a half. | F | 16 | 12 months 20 MG 1X day | 10/11/2010 | 4 | Anxiety, Stress and Depression | I haven't had any side effects. I am so afraid to take these. Doctors have gave these to me awhile ago and I only took maybe 2 pills. I'm one of those chicken shit that are afraid of taking pills due to side effects. I hate being dizzy and I read that MAYBE you have a 6-15% chance of being dizzy based on a 40mg but I take a 10mg I am so young, 16 years old I need to get out and live my life. I need a 100% positive person in my life to help me and to tell me that I will be ok and that taking whatever I need is NOT going to kill me and that its all just in my head.. Email if anyone out there is supportive and positive. :) I'm in desperate need of help. Also, if anyone has dealt with Stress, Anxiety and depression and you have got it under control Let me know what you done | F | 16 | 8 days 10 | 6/29/2014 | 3 | anxiety, depression, inattentivenes | weight gain, floating feeling, sleepiness during day, insomnia at night, tummy aches, anorexia, fainting spells, suicidal tendencies, self-injury | weight..arg its the worst part...and from all the stuff over to the right, i was late which caused its own anxiety, understandably... overall, i think i need a higher dose..or maybe im just addicted...im only on 10 mg, the yellow one.. | F | 16 | 3 weeks | 11/1/2004 | 3 | anxiety, depression, inattentivenes | just not caring, less sweating actually, more intense PMS, hopelessness but not depression somehow..., fear, floating feeling, sleepiness during day, insomnia at night, tummy aches, anorexia, fainting spells, suicidal tendencies, self-injury | weight..arg its the worst part...and from all the stuff over to the <---right, i was latewith my um..u know.... which caused its own anxiety, understandably... overall, i think i need a higher dose..or maybe im just addicted...im only on 10 mg, the yellow one.. bright flashes or sudden noise/movement scared me easily | F | 16 | 3 weeks | 11/1/2004 | 3 | anxiety, depression, inattentivenes | just not caring, less sweating actually, more intense PMS, hopelessness but not depression somehow..., fear, floating feeling, sleepiness during day, insomnia at night, tummy aches, anorexia, fainting spells, suicidal tendencies, self-injury, cold-like symptoms!!!! | weight..arg its the worst part...and from all the stuff over to the <---right, i was latewith my um..u know.... which caused its own anxiety, understandably... overall, i think i need a higher dose..or maybe im just addicted...im only on 10 mg, the yellow one.. bright flashes or sudden noise/movement scared me easily | F | 16 | 3 weeks | 11/1/2004 |