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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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXILCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 2  depression shaky and dizzy didn't help at all F 14 1 months
2/24/2001
 1  depression and anxiety Rage, paranoia, black outs, hallucinations, severe anxiety, suicidal thoughts I hate Paxil! I was on it for a very short length of time and developed such nightmarish symptoms that I could not function properly. The worst was the hallucinations. I kept seeing demons all around me and I became very paranoid. I have no history of paranoia or hallucinations before or after taking Paxil. I developed suicidal thoughts which scared me to death. I couldn't take the hallucinations and I wanted to die. I scared my mom so much that she called the doctor immediately at midnight because of one of my episodes! I immediately went off of it after seeing the doctor and he put me on Zoloft. I felt much better after getting off the horrible poison known as Paxil. I DO NOT RECOMMEND! F 27 1 months
20mg 1X day
8/24/2010
 1  Trauma injuries Night sweats, tremors, nightmares, hair loss, crying, & depression. This drug is horrible. I was put on this drug while in the Intensive Care Unit for severe trauma injuries. The side effects are horrid!!! I never would have taken it had someone told me what might happen to me. This is very disturbing! I am trying to heal but this stuff is not helping at all. F 31 1 months
4/29/2004
 1  social anxiety loss of sex drive; constipation might as well have been a placebo M 19 1 months
6/27/2005
 1  Anxiety, Panic Attacks Yawning, dizziness, sexual (not able to orgasm), extreem sleepiness, nausia, diarhea, tense feeling in my legs, sweating, feeling "out of it", double and triple vision when I woke up in the morning, headaches, and a general unwell feeing all the time. 40mg for the first few days then reduced to 20 mg due to side effects, they lessoned but still too much for me. Paxil did not agree with me, my wife took it in the past and it worked wonderful for her. The side effects were too much for me to handle, I am a 36 year old man and I was messing my pants with diarhea several times. M 36 1 months
10/27/2008
 1  depression/anxiety short and long term memory loss, thoughts of suicide, severe depression, sadness, melancholy I only took this for about a month and it was AWFUL. I would dial a phone number and by the time someone answered, I had forgotten who I was calling! I would walk into a room and forget why I had went there......it increased my depression, added suicidal thoughts and terrible nightmares and hallucinations. TERRIBLE DRUG! DO NOT TAKE! Luckily, I wasn't on it long enough to experience withdrawel! F 35 1 months
3/13/2007
 1  Anxiety/Panic attacks nervousness, sweating, heart palpitations, anxiousness, insomnia Paxil made me VERY anxious and worried, and I had constant fear of everything. I was scared to leave the house. I would sweat from head to toe every day. I had the palpitations every hour on this pill. It was horrible for me. It definately made my anxiety worse!! I stayed in my room for a whole month! F 24 1 months
10/14/2004
 1  depression flat affect, extreme weight gain, decreasing social skills, lack of desire to communicate with family and friends, anxiety, insomnia i was prescribed paxil by my pediatrician due to my depression at having to drop out of college. no follow-up appointment was made, and so for one month I descended into a true depression, weight gain, and decreasing mental state. eventually, after my family became concerned at my DRASTIC personality change, I was led to a psychologist who said the "paxil brought out my true bipolar nature" and sent me to a psych ward for a 3-day detox of the drug, but because of my actions while on paxil, i was given the label "bipolar" and placed on a 1.5 year polydrugging nightmare, the culmination of these medications caused me to gain 80lbs , develop hypothyroidism, and caused me to lose many personal relationships that meant a lot to me. i had never had weight problems in my life, but I experienced not only weight gain, but acne, and hair loss (possibly due to the hypothyroidism, which I will have to deal with for the rest of my life). Paxil is what started this route-to-chaos, and the doctors never took into account that it altered my personality so gravely. F 19 1 months
15mg 1X day
4/24/2014
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 1  1 month Tiredness but could not sleep always exhausted This med is hard to get off of, it's like a heroin addiction from what I hear, I stoped this drug cold turkey I threw up 9 days and was very mean and agitated, I will never ever take this drug again, non addicting? ya right! F 40 1 months
25 mg 1X day
11/19/2017
 1  Social anxiety/phobia I can't cry or get off sexually. I took it for 1 month and noticed very little. All it did was take away my ability to cry and get off. It didn't do anything for my anxiety.... at least I didn't notice anything. I'm thinking about getting of it and staying on Buspar. I'm scared though. M 26 1 months
6/6/2008
 4  Borderline PD, GAD, OCD, Depression Cronic fatique and sleepiness (which sucks because I have kids at home). So far so good. Hoping this continues to help. My depression has subsided. I am still suffering from irritability. F 34 1.5 months
20 MG 1X day
7/14/2011
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 5  Depression/Anxiety Night sweat and nightmares!!! I am so surprised of all the negative feed back on Paxil. I was so disappointed when I had to stop taking this due to the night sweats and nightmares. It made me such a happier person, better mother, and a wonderful wife. The real me was finally revealed. I have tried Welbutrin, Celexa, Prozac, Effexor, and a mood stabilizer. Nothing works the way Paxil did and I would get so frustrated I would GIVE up. Now I am back at square one about to go through another trial and error of anti depressants. I heard Lexapro and Zoloft are very comparable to Paxil so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that SOMETHING will work like Paxil minus the rare side effects!!!! F 22 2 months
20 mg 1X day
9/23/2010
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 5  anxiety/social anxiety headaches and nausea first week, insomnia first 2 months, vivid dreams, loss of apetite, weight loss Paxil has helped me feel more relaxed. I take 10 mg a day. Definitly made an improvement in my life. The insomnia was hard at first but has gone away. F 23 2 months
1/30/2006
 5  OCD, anxiety Yawning, increased sweating/ night sweats, slight twitching The side effects I have expereinced have been well worth the positive effect the pill has had on my mental health. Foe the first time in a long time I can relax. I feel like my life is getting back to normal. It is important to talk to your doctor about your reaction to Paxil. F 22 2 months
4/5/2008
 5  Bulimia and depression Initially: Yawning all the time, sleepiness, muscle twitches, loss of appetite, dry mouth. Currently: No side effects. Paroxetine gave me back my life. I was very hesitant to go on it after hearing horror stories about side effects, but I am unbelievably happy that I did. A month ago I was sleeping 12 hours a day, couldn't be bothered going to my university exams so dropped out, couldn't face turning up to work and got fired, refused to leave the house, and pretty much only got out of bed to binge and purge. I hated myself, my life and everything in it. Then I started on 20mg paroxetine and went from purging once or twice every day to not at all. My constant love/hate obsessive thoughts about food have stopped, I'm not terrified of social situations anymore and life seems like something to get out and enjoy instead of something to hide in bed from. I read these ratings before taking paroxetine and nearly decided not to take it out of fear of side effects and terrible withdrawls. If you're reading this trying to decide whether to accept a recommendation to take it, remember that people who'v F 20 2 months
8/24/2006
 5  Anxiety, Depression, Panic Disorder At first: nausea, jaw clenching and teeth grinding, unable to sleep more than 3-4 hours. These side effects all went away after a few weeks. Some mild side effects still remain: Slightly delayed orgasm, jaw tightness, and some daytime tiredness. I have been taking Paxil along with Omega 3 supplements, and together they have helped quite a bit with my issues. Before the medication, anxiety and panic gave me great difficulty driving, making it through a day of work, or spending time doing anything outside my apartment. Sometimes I thought I was going crazy or having a full-blown nervous breakdown. This worsened my depression, and I felt horrible and was losing the will to live. Little by little, most of these problems faded away with time and the medication. I no longer have thoughts of insanity or suicide. As each day passes, that stuff is beginning to seem like a distant memory. So far, Paxil has made life so much more manageable. I hope this continues. I feel more well-adjusted than I ever have before. M 25 2 months
9/8/2007
 4  OCD, general anxiety Mildly sleepier, not nearly as bad as Zoloft, which makes me snooze for 12 hours a day. Much more difficult to orgasm. It's actually a huge effort to the point where I don't even try. I black out every time I have 3 drinks or more. Works very well for OCD although that is an under the counter use for it. I am more chill overall. I think that's because it's taking care of my anxiety, which triggers my OCD. Very nice. Be careful drinking! F 20 2 months
11/3/2008
 4  generalized anxiety, depression low libido, sweaty legs in the night This is maybe the third time I have taken this drug...I had to take it for post partum depression at one point and now, again, for anxiety. I am certainly fatigued and am now underweight from lack of appetite but I don't yell at my children or cry at work anymore. Wouldn't trade feeling "normal" for anything. It also works within days once I start it. The hard part is wondering when I really am "okay" enough to stop it again. I didn't have any major withdrawal symptoms in the past but am also on a very low dose. F 39 2 months
12/14/2008
 4  Anxiety disorder, depression Ringing in ears, shaky hands, muscle twitches... still annoying! took about 2 months for it to kick in. at 30mg, finally seeing a difference. has helped to take the edge off, and has taken away apprehension, especially of driving. side effects still present, which make me wonder if this is an old school drug that is too powerful. who knows, all i know is my floating head feels better. F 22 2 months
11/8/2008
 4  Generalized anxiety / mood swing None so far It works great! Don't believe everything you read about this med, like other medications work for some and for other does not, Me ha quitado la ansiedad hehe M 30 2 months
11/11/2008

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