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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | anxiety | difficult or orgasm, withdrawal sucks | good overall expereince | M | 24 | 2 years | 11/2/2004 | 3 | panic disorder/anxiety | First started taking paxil cr 12.5mg, had horrible sweats, dizziness, shaking, nausea and worse panic. Stopped after one week and went on 10mg reg paxil, not as many side effects, weird sharp pains randomly throughout my body in the joint areas and general tiredness, still have slight anxiety but havn't had a panic attack in one week. Have really vivid dreams, not necessarily bad dreams just really vivid. feel lightheaded with physical exertion, sensitive to light. | My mother has been on Paxil 20mg for about 6 years, works well for her but I don't think she will be able to come off it because of severe withdrawl. Im terrified for the time when I have to come off this drug, my neighbor was on it for 6 months and had very little withdrawl. I am hoping to only have to be on it for 6 months also and pray that i dont have horrible withdrawl | F | 26 | 2 weeks | 11/2/2004 | 4 | Mild Depression | Sexual side effects, night sweats, strange dreams,WEIGHT GAIN (about 10 pounds in 1 year) | Found the sexual side effects very disappointing...didn't emit the | F | 33 | 1 years | 11/3/2004 | 1 | anxiety | mild visual hallucinatins, sensitivity to light, bad body sensations, mildly ichy skin, an inhibited feeling and a back ache. | It sort of worked, but it gave me sweaty hands and a general ill feeling. Kind of like having the flu, but it wasn't as bad as some of the other anti-depressant drugs used for anxiety. In my opinion traditional benzo's like valium are best for anxiety at least you don't start seeing things an hour after taking a benzo. < Thats the side effect, ( along with the bad body sensations and ichy skin ), I hate most about antidepressants. All in all I stopped using it because it did nothing to treat my anxiety. I'm now being prescribed 20mg.s of diazepam (valium) to take three times a day and its working to treat my anxiety very well. At least with valium I felt relaxed enough to go out and get a job. PAXIL didn't work for me. | M | 23 | 6 months | 11/4/2004 | 5 | To overcome shyness | This drug is great for guys!!! I met the most gorgeous girl while I was starting to take it. My libido decreased, and she was amazed that I was the only guy that was not trying to take her to bed because of her beauty. Furthermore I also have the delay ejaculation side effect. She loves that I can keep on going for hours!!! Now the most gorgeous girl in the world begs me for sex!!! This drug changed my life. Withdrawal symptoms? No way!!! I will keep on taking Paxyl. | M | 41 | 1 years | 11/6/2004 | 3 | GAD | First 2- 3 weeks..Constipation, insomnia, weight loss, longer to orgasm | I feel a bit better, sometimes still in the lows, but not as bad as before. My sex drive is gone. It is weird I cannot get turned on by even pornos or even beautiful woman..I feel sexless..I do not like this as I do not feel me anymore. I used to love sex. | M | 2.5 months | 11/8/2004 | 5 | anxiety, panic attacks, depression | greetings. previously misdiagnosed with bpd and prescribed wellbutrin xr, depakote, and clonazepam by central florida psychiatrist. went to see him after complaining of depression and restlessness and racing thoughts after discontinuing alcohol and cannabis use. began taking wellbutrin xr(bupropion hydrochloride) for depression and depakote(valproic acid) for mood stabilization and kolonopin (clonazepam). felt like hedonistic superman. began dating beautiful but severely disturbed alcoholic stripper. began drinking socially, but combination of dysfunctional relationship (duh!)and financial problems plus stress caused by botched leg surgeries sent me into a talespin. by the end of the year, in addition to my daily 8 prescribed pills, was drinking 20 to 40 drinks a night on top of 1 to 2 grams of cocaine, 1 to 4 grams of marijuana depending on quality, ecstasy, painkillers by the handful, anything and everything except steroids. i'd say one out of ten of my old friends was dead by 35. felt invincible and was becoming notorious for my amazing tolerances, propensity to spend money, and promiscuity after i found out my ex was cheating. drank and drugged enough to kill most people any given night. began blacking out for 4 hrs. at a time, blew all my money, got into fights and was surrounded my self with so many criminals and thugs i began carrying a loaded .40 glock everywhere i went and drove drunk routinely. although i knew what i was doing would cause me problems, i was so zombied up that i just kind of kicked back and watched the horror of my life with amused detachment and not much concern for anything beyond doing anything and everything to feel | M | 26 | 6 days | 11/14/2004 | 1 | depression | Memory loss, disorientation at times,reduced sexual drive, thinning of hair, gained 50 pounds, very bothered by noises, but went through menapause without a care in the world. | I am going to attempt to stop taking paxil, with a doctor's assistance. The memory loss and disorientation are of great concern. (I have had an EEG and MRI and neuropsychological tests which point to paxil as the cause.) | F | 54 | 13 years | 11/16/2004 | 2 | Fear of becoming bipolar. | Had to sign a release at my psychiatrists because I suddenly had severe bruising--without injury to the bruised areas. She said if I'm bruising outside, I'm brusing inside too. It was a very rare side effect. I was eventually changed to Paxil CR about 3 years ago. Over 6 months ago, I developed TTP--a very rare blood disease--that involves platelets dropping, bruising, blood spots on skin. | F | 47 | 3 years | 11/17/2004 | 2 | Fear of becoming bipolar. | Had to sign a release at my psychiatrists because I suddenly had severe bruising--without injury to the bruised areas. She said if I'm bruising outside, I'm brusing inside too. It was a very rare side effect. I was eventually changed to Paxil CR about 3 years ago. Over 6 months ago, I developed TTP--a very rare blood disease--that involves platelets dropping, bruising, blood spots on skin. | F | 47 | 3 years | 11/17/2004 | 1 | Anxiety and Depression | Severe Weight gain | I was 120 Lbs when i started taking Paxil, after taking it for 6 months I was at 250 Lbs, Since Paxil made me put on so much weight in such a short amount of time my liver had made multiple fat deposits on it. The doctor took me off of Paxil and within a few weeks I began losing the weight, and the fat deposits on my liver disappeared. One of the reasons I was on it was depression, gaining that much weight did not make me feel better about myself. Now Im on Lexapro and its working well without any side effects. | F | 19 | 10 months | 11/19/2004 | 5 | depression and anxiety | diarrhea | This medication saved my life. I have been taking anti-depressants for 14 years, and nothing had worked until I started taking this medication. I do, however, highly reccomend taking the Paxil CR (controlled release) form of the drug. It was a lot better for me than the regular Paxil. It's been two years since I first started taking it, and I couldn't be happier. | F | 26 | 2 years | 11/22/2004 | 4 | depression / social phobia | Weight gain & No sex drive at all | Worked great. Mitigated depressive thoughts and social phobias a great deal. (As a side note, drinking while on paxil was such a fun experience ... i highly recommend it and miss it! lol. irresponsible i know...) Stopped it because it destroyed all sex drive & minor yet noticable weight gain. | M | 32 | 2 years | 11/26/2004 | 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, anxiety | SEVERE fatigue and somnolence, listlessness, weight gain | Paxil was undoubtedly the worst antidepressant I have ever taken. It did next to nothing for my depression. It also caused me to feel constantly exhausted. I would sleep up to 16 hours a day on this drug. It completely threw off my circadian rhythm (body clock). It has taken me 8 years to get my sleep cycle back to normal. I would not recommend this drug at all. Effexor has been much more effective for me. | F | 24 | 1 years | 11/29/2004 | 4 | anxiety and compulsive eating | My positive side effects were increase in libido and better organsms. It really helped me cure my compulsive eating. Negative side effects- could not stop sleeping. I could sleep for days, I had trouble exercising and hardly any motivation to do anything. | I did not have any problems getting off this drug. I was properly supervised by my physician and lowered doses over a six month period. However, if I ever forgot to take my doses I would have severe vertigo and nausea and could no longer function. | F | 24 | 2 years | 12/1/2004 | 1 | anxiety | took this for 2 days. On the second morning I could not leave the house, I kept looking out the window (I kept talking to myself) could not concentrate for one second except on (suicidal thoughts). I could not lift up my legs ( I walked like a 90 yo man (shuffling). Grinded my teeth and I noticed it but could not stop!!! vertigo. This was the scariest experience!! I called my Dr. after the hellish experience was over probably around 7 hours and she said give it a few weeks??? Is she nuts...I stopped this medication immediately. | F | 43 | 2 days | 12/8/2004 | 3 | anxiety, mild depression | 8 lbs weight gain, delayed or no orgasm. Trying to come off of it was really really tough. felt like I had the flu, achy, muscle tension, headaches, extremely irritable. If you come off of it, taper down very very slowly. Do not discontinue suddenly. | definitely helped with my anxiety. | M | 43 | 1 years | 12/9/2004 | 5 | Panic Disorder | Flushing/Burning Sensation over entire body (first 2 weeks), extreme dizziness or vertigo, 50lb weight gain within 6 months, No normal sadness over life happenings (ie. Don't cry..it is like when I get sad something inside me says stop...and I just don't care), Vivid Nightmares, Night Sweats, Tired always, Agitation, non-existent Libido. | M | 11 years | 12/11/2004 | 2 | depression/anxiety | Reduced sex drive, delayed orgasm, weight gain | All the side effects, none of the therapeutic effects! Yuck. The worst for me of the 5 SSRIs I tried. Celexa has similar side effects but works the best for me. However a friend had good results with Paxil for panic attacks. | M | 40 | 3 months | 12/17/2004 |