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 | depression | Loss of desire for sex and when attempt to, cannot acheive orgasam, weight gain,uncontrollable hunger all the time, especially for carbs and sweets and alcohol.Trying to come off this drug, but very difficult. head zaps,horrible mood swings... | It was a great medication for the deppression, but the bad side effects and withdrawl are not worth the outcome. How can such a good thing turn into a nightmare????? | F | 52 | 7 years | 4/20/2004 | 1 | anxiety, depression | Robotic existence, enhanced Obsessive-compulsive behaviours,disturbed sleep cycle, loss of creativity...more | It is very disturbing to note that having posted my extreme low rating on this drug 3 months ago, namely late June 2006, that 106 further sufferers have added a level 1 rating to this index. This does not even include the level 2-3 unsatisfactory ratings. I am posting this for others to gauge in time how many new ratings are added. This drug is causing grief on a major scale. Posted Sept 20 2006 | F | 52 | 3 years | 9/19/2006 | 1 | chronic migraines | weight gain and impossible to stop taking the pills | My biggest problem is that I would like to stop taking Paxil and I CAN'T. Lowering the dose even just a little bit causes drastic headaches. Will I have to take this for the rest of my life? | F | 52 | 5 years | 11/29/2006 | 1 | Depression | Weight gain -- 40 pounds in 3 years. Decreased (no) libido. Unable to have orgasms. Narcolepsy -- sudden uncontrollable urge to sleep. Often had to pull over while driving home from work to sleep in parking lots. Apathy -- didn't want to get out of bed. Delayed grocery shopping until there wasn't a shred of food left in the house. No longer cared about housework or working in the garden. | Okay, so I may have been temporarily depressed due to four deaths in my family and my son serving (repeatedly) in Iraq, among other things. But the side effects of Paxil are far worse than whatever depression I had before. After three years of Paxil I was an obese, sexually dysfunctional semi-zombie. Before Paxil I had an active lifestyle -- now I just exist from day to day. My psychiatrist refused to take me off the drug, so I went off cold turkey (although I was able to gradually reduce my dosage over a three-week period). Suffered significant dizziness and most of the other withdrawal symptoms. I do not recommend Paxil. | M | 52 | 3 days | 2/22/2007 | 1 | anxiety | Suicidal thoughts, anger, aggression, insomnia,impulsivity. | This drug almost cost my son his life to suicide. The withdrawal was totally debilitating and extended. He now has permanent adrenal damage due to Paxil. | M | 52 | 14 months 50 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 1 | Depression | The worst is the weight gain; I gained 40 lbs. in a year and haven't been able to budge it in the two years I've been off it. I also experienced extreme sleepiness and very strangely, "suicide ideation" (I had never been even remotely suicidal.) Withdrawal was a psychotic hell; but I bit the bullet and stuck out the month or so it took after I quit it, cold turkey, in a fit of anger over the weight gain. | Any physician prescribing Paxil MUST warn the patient about the weight gain; it's an atrocious side effect and reported by about 75% of your respondents. And yes, the doctor will tell you, "This isn't a side effect." Tell THAT to your FAT ASS!!! | F | 52 | 2 years | 9/29/2005 | 1 | anxiety, panic attacks | Weight gain, robotic addictive existence, increased compulsive behaviour incl. hoarding, hair pulling, gambling; lack of self care with hygeine, eating; sweet & carbo craving; some very agressive behaviour; loss of creative drive; diminished sexual drive & capacity, and more...... | Feedbacks show that this drug is extremely powerful in its negative affects beyond the target problems. For this reason, and because many Doctors are negligent in their management of the use and withdrawals, I would never recommend this drug (also known as Aropax. If I thought side effects were bad then I was about to be taken to a level of extreme distress when withdrawing. Have since learnt that going from 10mg alternate days as the final level was not low enough -but no warning was given. Withdrawals can take around 7-10 days AFTER your last dose and then extend for weeks months or years - so I have read. Currently for me it is 7 weeks free of the drug but 6 weeks of hell -weeks of nausea and sweating, extreme mental irritation, completely upset gastro system -burping and diarrhoea; one bout of strong anxiety, one bout of suicidal thoughts,constant exhaustion; kidney or lower back ache, pains down legs; shuffling gait. Current main symptom is exhaustion in daytime and alertness, som | F | 52 | 3 years | 6/13/2006 | 1 | GAD, depression, cancer | I understand this drug works for some people and good for them....until it isn't!!!! Coming off is completely pure hell. Also, I went from 117 pounds which has been my normal weight my entire adult life to almost 180 pounds and it wasn't normal feeling. My skin literally took on a different form. I could barely breathe from the weight gain. I cant stress enough how evil this drug can be and after extensive research Paxil shouldn't be used BY ANYONE WITH THYROID PROBLEMS!!!!! I hope to help save someone else from going through hell. Unethical company behind these drugs!!! | 50/60 pound weight gain that was extremely bizarre feeling. It wasnt like I became fat but skin became so very thick and twitchy. | F | 52 | 1 years 40 1X day | 7/12/2020 | 1 | anxiety & depression | dizziness, lack of concentration | I take 60mg a day and still have anxiety attacks. I should have taken a placebo! I tried to get off Paxil (cold turkey) but had terrible withdrawal symptoms. I also take welbutrin and risperdal (for sleep). And I have tinnitus. | M | 52 | 3 years | 8/22/2002 | 1 | depression | Severe neurocognitive side-effects upon withdrawal. Even with tapering with prozac not only did depressive symptoms return, but severe dizziness, "zapping" feeling, inability to drive, inability to concentrate. I lost one month of work and quality of life to paxil and would caution anyone from taking this drug. I've had prozac in the past and did not suffer such withdrawal. | F | 52 | 2 years | 2/24/2009 | 1 | depression, anxiety | Sweating, no libido, zombie affect | Do not use SSRI's- they can ruin you sexually forever!!!!!! The rating should be -10!!!!!!! | M | 52 | 2 years | 10/29/2008 | 5 | Dysthymia (depression) | Initially, I had insomnia, dry mouth, weight gain, and loss of sexual desire. Hard to lose weight, but don't know if that's due to drug or to age (51). | Paxil made me feel normal for the first time in 37 years. For me, the benefits far outweigh the side effects. As my psychologist asked, "Would you rather be depressed or a little overweight?" I'll take the extra 15-20 lbs. (which I'm slowly losing) anytime. | F | 51 | 7 years | 4/10/2007 | 5 | anxiety due to opiate wean | I was started on 10 mg. to treat the anxiety from weaning off opiates. After 4 months or so, I noticed an immediate relief from much of the panic and depression that I still had after using Wellbutrin for a decade. Because I still had some anxiety, I was increased to 20 mg. QD, With the 10 mg. I had NO negative side effects, however with 20mg, I began to have bizarre, violent dreams nightly and the inability to have an orgasm. I could live with the dreams but I choose to not live an asexual life. My psychiatrist would like me to try 10mg one day, then 20mg the next day, alternating. There is a lot of wiggle room in dosage with Paxil, and therefore may need a bit more time to tweak the correct mg. Good luck, and again, I can't say enough good things about this drug. | I have been on Prozac, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Effexor and Celexa in the past, with minimal results since 1990's | F | 51 | 9 months 10-20 mg. 1X day | 6/19/2013 | 4 | Severe Anxiety Disorder | Side effect I notice the most is sometimes not being able to reach orgasm. This occurs maybe 20% of the time. But when reaching orgasm they are greatly intense. Other side effects are a slight decrease in strength and slight tiredness. | Paxil honestly helped me big time. I was having severe anxiety and could not stand it any longer. I started feeling better in just a few days after starting on 20 mg and have adjusted it up to 30 mg. | M | 51 | 5 years | 12/8/2009 | 4 | depression, after cancer surgery | I, gained about 25 pounds.also lost my libdo. | F | 51 | 17 months | 10/8/2002 | 4 | anxiety and panic attacks | clenching jaw, weight gain of about 20 lbs., excessive yawning, slight insomnia at first and decreased sexual orgasms. | worked great for my panic attacks on 20mgs. | F | 51 | 8 months | 9/11/2007 | 4 | anxiety | jaw clenching for the first month | No weight gain | F | 51 | 3 years 10 1X day | 7/18/2010 | 4 | Anxiety Attack | have had very few side effects . some loss of sex drive. Great for me because I can't tell I'm on it just No attacks. Have miised a few doses with little problem but after a week nightmares and dizzyness | Have not tried to get off Paxil other viewer ratings are scarrrry | M | 51 | 5 years | 5/28/2003 | 3 | anxiety ocd | gained 40 pounds, lethargy, loss of orgasm, slept for three hours every afternoon | terrible drug | F | 51 | | 1/29/2007 | 1 | GRIEF | anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, shaky jitteryness, inner trembling, feelings of doom, intense crying jags, nervousness with no cause, low motivation, | This drug and its manufacturers should be abolished!!! Looking back, i should have realised that no pill was going to make the grief go away, and time was the only healer. I have had to endure horrific symptoms from tapering this drug, and have lost the best part of the last 15 yrs of my life. THANKS GSK!!!!! for not revealing the truth about this drug, we have all been stitched up tidy, when u complain to a doctor, they have no idea that its the drug thats causing this, and we are being misdiagnosed and poly drugged with other poisonss. Not me!!!! i now know thqat a lot o mental illness today is caused by the drugs we take,which are meant to cure the very symptoms we all complain about in w/d. What a complete travesty, we had it with the thalidomide drug in the 60,S, the benzos in the 8O'S how long is it going to take before the public wise up. Obviously gsk's only concern is raking in billions and billions $$$$ from there super poisons thaT ARE WRECKIONG PEOPLE'S LIVES. cheers, what a trade off eh, I FOR ONE HAVE BEEN CONNED AND MADE VERY ILL, AND god ONLY KNOWS HOW LONG ITS GOING TO LAST. | F | 51 | 14 years 30MG 1X day | 4/16/2010 Patient History |