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 | anxiety, depression | I can't remember initial side-effects other than constant diarrhea, which lasted for several months. Then constipation has kicked in ever since. About one month ago, night sweats, vivid dreams, sleep restlessness *started* as well. Sleeping long hours, waking feeling groggy has never gone away. Can rarely orgasm. | It did knock out my severe depressive symptoms. I can still cry on it and feel some depression. I can still experience anxiety on it, though the feelings are usually lessened. I get the head-buzzing feeling a lot. Overall, I'm not extremely impressed with it. Am taking 30mg and would prefer to lower the doseage. | F | 34 | 4 months | 1/20/2005 | 5 | depression | none whatsoever | great! I am never gonna quit. | M | 41 | 5 years | 1/24/2005 | 5 | fibromyalgia, IBS | Night sweats, some nightmares, small weight gain | This medicine gave me back my life from fibro and IBS--I'm a new person. I'm on 25mg CR. The nightmares aren't too bothersome--they are more bizarre than anything else and give me a good laugh the next day. The weight gain has been great. I'm a very petite person who has always had a hard time gaining weight. I've gained 5lbs in the last few months and I have a butt for the first time. I am so grateful for this drug. | F | 28 | 3 months | 2/3/2005 | 1 | post traumatic stress disorder | headache, nervousness, nightmares, vivid dreams, nystagmus | Very bad! | F | 27 | 8 months | 2/5/2005 | 2 | Anxiety | didn't want sex. ever. | worked well, in terms of the anxiety, but wasn't worth not liking sex! switched to celexa, which i've been on for 3 and a half years now with no major side effects. | F | 22 | 6 months | 2/10/2005 | 5 | panic | weight gain, lethargy, decreased libido | i've run thr gamut of antidepressants and anxiety medications and had to keep coming back to paxil because it was the only one that subsided the panic. | F | 25 | 4 years | 2/11/2005 | 5 | Panic Attacks | rapid weight gain, like 70 lbs in 8 months. I have always been thin and now for the first time in my life I am obese. Constipation, sweating at night,can't sleep at night, tired all day,no desire to get out and do anything but once I'm out I'm fine,nothing really bothers me.... almost to the point of not caring. | It helped with my panic really well but now that I want off of it I'm having a terrible time. I have brain zaps, dizziness, pressure in my head, focusing (eyes) problems, trouble concentrating. I think had I known about the enormous weight gain and possible terrible time getting off of the drug I would have requested a different drug. All I can say is really think hard before getting on this drug. My Dr. didin't tell me any of this stuff, I just had to experience it for myself. Good luck | F | 46 | 1 years | 2/11/2005 | 3 | panic attacks | M | 3 years | 2/13/2005 | 3 | depression | weight gain when dosage increased from 20mg/day to 30mg. Getting off Paxil (even gradually) resulted in bad headaches | After taking Paxil for a year, I increased the dosage by 10mg. This caused a gain of about 30 pounds. Not a good thing when already dealing with body image issues! A recent report said Paxil users tend to gain about 6% of their body weight. Quite scary! | F | 27 | 2 years | 2/15/2005 | 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 | 3 | premature ejaculation | Just felt awful | M | 48 | 30 days | 2/18/2005 | 5 | depression/social anxiety | FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, I HAD BAD HEADACHES AND NASEAU-BUT AFTER THAT IT WAS WONDERFUL. I FELT BETTER, HAPPY, NOT NERVOUS ALL THE TIME, AND I HAD A LOT MORE ENERGY. THE ONLY THING THAT WASNT SO GREAT WAS THE SEXUAL SIDE AFFECT. IT MADE MY HUSBAND NOT INTERESTED IN SEX BECAUSE I COULDNT HAVE THE BIG O. THEN AFTER 5 YEARS OF TAKING IT, I TRIED TO GET OFF OF IT AND WITHIN 8 MONTHS AFTER QUITING PAXIL, I HAD GAINED A LITTLE OVER 80 POUNDS, ACQUIRED A THYROID PROBLEM, NIGHT SWEATS, HOT FLASHES, HAVE HEADACHES QUITE OFTEN, AND AM TIRED ALL THE TIME. IVE SINCE THEN HAD TO GET BACK ON IT BECAUSE I COULDNT STAND THE NIGHT SWEATS AND HEADACHES ANYMORE. SINCE THEN, IVE ALSO BEEN THROUGH A DIVORCE AND AM NOW DATING SOMEONE NEW AND THE SEXUAL SIDE AFFECT ISSUE HAS ARRIVED AGAIN. I WANT TO GET OFF OF IT AND HOPE TO BE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY, BUT DONT KNOW HOW. I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT CHECKING IT OUT FIRST BEFORE TAKING IT, I TRUSTED MY DOCTOR WHO IVE WENT TO SINCE I WAS 3 YEARS OLD. | DONT TRUST ANYONE, CHECK INTO ANY MEDICATION BEFORE TAKING IT. | F | 25 | 5 years | 2/19/2005 | 3 | Anxiety | Anorgasmic | It works great for anxiety, I feel like my old self again, BUT -- I still have a good sex drive but can't achieve orgasm. | F | 37 | 45 days | 2/19/2005 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | Hypothyroidism (and thus rapid weight gain), sensitivity to light, depression, and psychotic episodes | Triggered severe psychotic episodes, dangerous, AVOID AT ALL COST! Look it up in the news, it's all bad!! BEWARE! | F | 21 | 4 months | 2/19/2005 | 1 | Depression | Made me suicidal and OCD. I became a self-injurer while on Paxil and extremely germophobic. | F | 23 | 4 months | 2/19/2005 | 1 | panic attacks | horrible ,akathasia ,couldnt relax ,usually feel easy going ,and suddenly started feeling like i wanted to kill someone ,felt like i wanted to cut myself ,[never felt like this before, insomnia ,no appetite ,stomach churning ,sick ,pissed off depressessed ,wanted to do away with myself ,felt like i couldnt sit still at all ,would wake up from nightmares and have panic attacks worse than ever ,get up pace around for hours,and hours ,eventually i burnt out didnt sleep for 10 days on the shit ,doctor gave me valium to relax me ,should have taken me off the shit all together,but i didmnt know whether it was me getting worse from my panic attacks ,felt lost the worst time in my life . | please dont take this stuff if you go right down hill ,if your feeling close to the edge i can honestly see how people do themselves in ,i found it very hard to distinguish whether it was me getting worse or the damn drug ,i lost confidence in my ability to reason ,now looking back i know i had horrendous side effects ,doctors need to be alot more conciuos of the bad side effects and how serious they are ,and im angry i wasnt warned ,and also that after going back several times he had no answer for me other than take valium .this drug made me feel absolutely beside myself ,i just wanted to get away from myself and couldnt ,i felt so bad ,and rang life line ten times a day thinking i was loosing the plot ,ive never felt like that before!!! | F | 32 | 12 days | 2/23/2005 | 4 | Depression | dry mouth, sedation, weight gain, hard to wake up, lethargy, low energy levels, low sex drive | despite side effects, did cure depression which was debilitating have come off it now, took 3months to come off it, it was hell, now feel anixious sometimes but no depression | F | 38 | 4 years | 3/8/2005 | 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 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | Racing heart/palpitations. Racing thoughts/no ability to concentrate.Hyperactivity. Severe insomnia.Worsening panic episodes. Electric shock-like sensations in head and neck. Very dilated pupils. Flushing/burning extemities. Followed by macular rash, then hives. Extremely elavated b/p. | Prescribed 10 mg. Doc said it would take up to 2 weeks for this to work, probably would not notice a thing till then. 4 hours after first dose I | F | 46 | 4 days | 3/9/2005 | 5 | Depression | Excessive sweating, weight gain, 40 pounds over several years | I was on Paxil 20mg for many years with great benefit. I was less shy and depression lifted. When the dose was increased to 40mg I started sweating and couldn't get it to go away again; even by going back to 20mg. Had to stop taking it. | F | 45 | 13 days | 3/22/2005 |