PAXIL Reviews (PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.9 (1018 Ratings)

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PAXIL  (PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Paroxetine is used to treat depression, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. It works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain. Paroxetine is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). This medication may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level and may help restore your interest in daily living. It may decrease fear, anxiety, unwanted thoughts, and the number of panic attacks. It may also reduce the urge to perform repeated tasks (compulsions such as hand-washing, counting, and checking) that interfere with daily living.   FDA Approval Date: 1992-12-29 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.)
5=HIGH (this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal.)

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 3  anxiety weight gain, no attention span, tired, night sweats, headaches gained 30 pounds in four months which was needed, paxil worked great until i tried to come off it. severely depressed, suicidal thoughts, slept 24/7, am now on effexor and still feel the effects of the withdrawl from paxil. I wish someone would make it known how awful it is to stop taking paxil even gradually. I went on it for anxiety and now have thoughts of suicide. F 38 365 days
10/28/2004
 1  depression lack of sex desire with wife M 49 438 days
100 mg 4X day
12/29/2011
 5  Anxiety My son is a Marine. I suffered through his first deployment to Iraq badly. I didn't sleep. I didn't function well at all. When he returned the second time, I was a basket case. My doctor prescribed a low dose of Paxil and I was myself again. But, now that he's back from Iraq, I want to stop taking it. I stopped it cold, but the results were not pleasant. I've been meaning to call my doctor to see how to wean myself from Paxil, but have not done so. Meanwhile, I'm very lethargic and have gained 20 pounds since my anxiety is under control and my energy is gone. The results of Paxil for anxiety, however, were wonderful! Our son returned safely from Iraq, but had a high calibre bullet whistle past his ear. No wonder I was anxious. F 63 750 days
5/17/2007
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 3  depression Neausia, dizzy, jolts to the head (when I first take it) weight loss, decreased appetite,increased ibido, suicidal ideas, zombie feel, I've only been on Paxil for a week now but it's made me feel really sick. I feel like I want to throw up all the time and it takes a good chunck of the day to get over it. Which I guess is why I don't want to eat anything. When I first take it there's like this strange electric shock to the brain which is super scarry and I don't like it. I do have more energy and haven't thought about suicide as frequent. I still do from time to time and it seems to be even worse then before!!! It's kind of like I'm just floating through life and not really experiencing it. I don't know this is the one and only antidepressant medication I've been on so I don't have anything to compair it to. I just wish I didn't have to take them in the first place! F 23 1 weeks
11/23/2008
 3  Pre Menstraul Dysphoric Disorder Tired first 4 days, no orgasm Overall, i haven't had too much trouble with it other then sexually. However, i haven't been taking it too long, waiting to see what the next few weeks have in store. F 26 1 weeks
20mg 1X day
3/26/2011
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 1  anxiety extreme sleepiness whenever i took paxil i would soon get so tired it was incredible. i would fall asleep for like 3 1/2 hours. i only took it for a week because i didn't feel any less anxious and i would have been a total danger on the road or operating heavy machinery. M 43 1 weeks
2/16/2006
 1  depression I was completely lethargic, wouldn't get out of bed and emotionless Paxil works for some people unfortunatly it didn't work for me. F 24 1 weeks
3/5/2009
 5  anxity and panic attacks no side effects at all! This is the second time i've taken it and last time i went off it was FINE. Not horrible like everyone says. Just taper off and its no problem at all. Paxil is WONDERFUL!!! F 31 2 weeks
1/2/2005
 3  anxiety effected sexual powers M 63 2 weeks
5/24/2002
 3  anxiety night sweats none M 44 2 weeks
5/21/2002
 3  depression Complete loss of sex drive, rash (similar to hives) Had same effect as Effexor on me. I felt better, but the side effects were too great to continue. I had such a hard time (as others have described here) getting off the Effexor that I did not take the Paxil for very long in fear it would be similar. I only took it two weeks and it only took a couple days to get it out of my system. M 39 2 weeks
6/7/2005
 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
 3  Agoraphobia, Anxiety Disorder Sleepiness, Yawning, Weakness, Heart Palpitations I recently went back on paxil again. I was on paxil from 1994-2001 and did wonderfully at a dose of 30mg. Then I was put on Celexa due to weight gain from paxil. Celexa didn't help as much with the anxiety when it came back this spring so I again decided to go back on paxil. This time I am finding it's harder to adjust to the sleepiness and initial feelings of weakness, perhaps because I'm older. I'm going to continue trying it because from what I remember I was at my most functional and happiest when this drug reached it's therapeutic level. F 33 2 weeks
8/6/2006
 2  depression nausea, headache, difficulty with orgasm I may discontinue this drug. F 2 weeks
3/3/2001
 2  social anxiety/depression big increase in appetite, too stoned, couldnt drive safely, teeth grinding, too sleepy during the day This drug did cure my social anxiety because I couldn't feel anything, just completly stoned. I'm also scared of the withdrawal i've been hearing about. Could barely drive and was very unsafe on the road. Although if all the other side affects didnt come with it I'd stay on it a while. It also made me gaine 5 lbs in 2 weeks, just hungry all the time for sugar and carbs i dont usually care for sweets. Head was sore from teeth grinding too, took a week for that to go away after ceasing the meds. F 33 2 weeks
3/29/2008
 1  migraine prevention total inability to orgasm, tachycardia, flat effect overall with occasional episodes of panic. Perhaps due to the short duration, there were no withdrawal symptoms. Heart rate and rhythm resolved and full normal range of emotions returned within a short time of stopping the medication. F 47 2 weeks
11/18/2007
 1  Depression and anxiety Suffered serotonin syndrome after dr doubled my dose from 10mg to 20. Hallucinaions, fever, rapid heart beat, restless. I felt like is was having a bad trip on LSD for hours. I would wake up in the the middle of the night with ponding heart rates. F 26 2 weeks
10/12/2009
 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
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 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
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 1  Generalized Anxiety Disorder At low doses (10 mg)-sleepiness, not many side effects. At high doses (30 mg)-extreme anxiety, irritability, sleeplessness, hallucinations, suicidal thoughts, feeling as if I was going crazy. I took paxil 10mg for a year and a half with no side effects. After experiencing some significant life stressors my dose was increased to 20 mg. I felt normal on that dosage for about 2-3 months. However, soon my anxiety started worsening again because of work-related issues and I was increased to 30 mg daily. I took this dosage for two weeks. One week after increasing the dosage I sincerely believe this medication caused me to become manic-didn't sleep for days on end, extreme irritability and anger/hostility, hallucinations (visual AND auditory), feelings of paranoia, psychotic symptoms-including a couple bouts of hysterical laughter. I believe this drug induced serotonin syndrome. My primary care doc didn't think this drug was causing hallucinations and slapped me on seroquel (an antipsychotic). I ended up taking two and a half weeks of medical leave from work trying to withdraw from this drug. Luckily I got off paxil and will NEVER ever go back on it again. I ended up having to see a psychiatrist to help me get off of this awful drug. I considered checking in to a mental hospital while I was on the 30mg per day dosage. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone! F 25 2 weeks
30 MG 1X day
9/29/2012

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