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 | GAD, social phobia | EXTREME excessive sweating, (soaked through clothes just being outside 5 minutes and even when cold), heart palpitations to the point it made my anxiety WORSE, dizziness when standing up or moving head around to look at anything. | This medication was alright for a little while until I realized that my other health problems were side effects of the drug. My doctor prescribed this initially for anxiety and by the end of the year and a half of taking it I was worse than when I started. The sweating was so bad I couldn't bare to go anywhere if it was hotter than subarctic temperatures outside. Doc prescribed some topical agents that just dried out my skin but didn't stop the sweating. The heart palpitations were so bad I had to go in for testing and heart monitors. I was prescribed an anti-vertigo med for the dizziness which didn't help. I felt generally spaced out on this. It DID however dull my mood swings but to the point I wasn't as sharp as I am without it. I found myself feeling like "freaking" out on occasion, especially when surrounded by people or when in the car with others. I didn't notice any sexual or weight side effects though. | F | 22 | 1.5 days | 7/5/2006 | 4 | panic attacks /depression/ life | shakey, threw up a few times, dizzy, but i feel more alive, no more panic attacks. but i also feel like i just smoked crack, heh. all loopy. kinda fun. | i love it. makes me happy, but i just hope i dont regret it. because i hear alot about sexual dysfunction and addiction/withdrawl | M | 18 | 2 days | 1/21/2003 | 4 | depression/anxiety | burst of energy, then a few hours later started uncontrolled deep yawning. took nap. ate, went to bed, woke up sweating, out of body feeling. layed awake, wired til 5 in the morning, at which point i took a muscle relaxer(zanaflex) and went to sleep. woke 4 hours later feeling fine. also had uncontrolled diarrhea, which subsided by midnight. | 2nd day, I'm gonna wait it out and see if side-effects subside with time. | M | 2 days 20mg 1X day | 1/11/2017 | 3 | OCD, PMS or PMDD | This is my second day and I am very, very tired...but then again...I love to sleep and I get sleepy from Non-Drowsy medicene. I am happier though. | Well see how it goes....People claim that after the 3rd week, you won't be sleepy anymore. | F | 23 | 2 days | 11/19/2003 | 3 | migraines | WEIGHT GAIN, no matter what i do. Exercise 1 to 2 hrs a day and still gaining weight... But works great for the headaches... | will try to get off of it and switch to Effexor to try to lose the weight | M | 45 | 2 days | 10/6/2004 | 3 | anxiety/depression | sweating, sleeplessness | So scared. I don't know if I should hope it works or not. Those addiction stories are daunting. | F | 37 | 2 days | 7/28/2006 | 2 | Depression/Anxiety | No side effects until after 6 months: weight gain (33 lbs w/in 6 months), thinning hair, haziness, difficulty concentrating, increased high's and low's, panic attacks, swelling in the stomach (no i'm not pregnant) | I rated it 2 and not a 1 because for the first several months, it did serve its intended purposes of calming my anxiety and preventing severe depression. After this time though, I'd definitely lower the score to 1 or even .5 For those who claim that others only try it for "a couple of days and then just give up" let me tell you something, you are the exception to the rule and good for you that you don't have to experience what so many of us have, but you have no right to judge someone else's issues! Get a freakin' grip and grow up! | F | 23 | 2 days | 7/25/2006 | 2 | Depression | Extreme fatigue, all I wanted to do was sleep. | Impossible to take this medication and still go to work. Stopped after 2 days with no side effects. | M | 54 | 2 days | 12/10/2008 | 2 | Bipolar II | hand numbness/tingling/fullness; headaches | I didn't read this in anyone else's comments--my hands felt numb, tingly, and filled with fluid (like when you come inside with cold hands or feet and put them in a tub of warm water). I'm a writer and couldn't hardly type. Went off this medication after 2 days. | F | 48 | 2 days | 2/24/2009 | 1 | Anti Anxiety | Insomnia, Chattering teeth, feeling giddy, unable to concentrate, unable to sit still, floating feel when I walk, dilated pupils, cloudy thinking and the list goes on | I took this for 2 days and it was the worst thing I have ever been on. On day 1 I felt like I was wired and couldn't sit still. Felt like a caffeine rush. That night I couldn't sleep but the next day I felt like I had slept all night. Then the teeth chattering set in. My teeth chattered like I was cold for over 2 hours and I had an uncontrollable tremor in my right arm. I walked into the doctors office and even they were in a panic just from looking at me. They had never seen anything like that and thought I might have a neurological problem but nope it was all a side effect of good old Paxil. I had to quit taking it after just those 2 days. Even the next day I had headaches and cloudy thinking. I would never take this again even if my life depended on it. | F | 23 | 2 days | 2/11/2008 | 1 | GAD | Every side effect listed on the drug's official Prescription Information page, except Homocidal Tendencies. It was meant to prevent panic attacks, and gave me my worst one ever. | They keep telling me it helps some people, but the study stats say it's really only a small percentage of those who wouldn't be helped by a placebo. | M | 38 | 2 days | 6/25/2002 | 1 | Panic and slight depression | I went to the doc and told him I was getting panic attacks with slight depression afterward. He started me on 10mg a day the first night I woke up soked at 3am did not like it one bit. The next day I woke up felling off balance and tried to push through the day but ended up having a panic attack and had to relie on old fathful (xanax) took Paxil again before bed and woke up soking wet at 2am and at 5am and could not get back to sleep. That day was the worst day I can ever remember having. I wished I was dead. I stoped taking that shit only after 2 days. I know I did not give it time as they say but I couldin't bare feeling that way one more day!!!!! Good luck to all I hope you don't feel the same as I did on that stuff! | M | 28 | 2 days | 3/18/2002 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety/OCD | The usual when you start any SSRI with the additional problem of feeling angry and aggressive. | I just couldn't handle the anger and aggression that came on so quick. I have heard it is hard to get off, so I quickly went off so I didn't have withdrawal to add to the anger and aggression! Everyone is different but I've noticed a couple of people on here say Celexa (also called Cipramil) was good for them. I am back on it now and relieved. Maybe try it if you have had a problem with Paxil. | F | 49 | 2 days 20mg 1X day | 6/13/2017 | 1 | Anxiety | Increased anxiety and anxiety symptoms. Made me sick to my stomach. | Don't take. | F | 25 | 2 days Half of 10 | 4/25/2020 | 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 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | racing thoughts, weight gain, depression/suicidal thoughts, headache and after about 2 months brain zaps. The worst were the night TERRORS and skin boils. | I read all the warnings about stopping this drug when my doc said "there may be side affects if you stop using it" Always a big sign that the doctors know the problems. I attempted suicide 3 times and they found my liver enzymes to be over 6000 (less than 300 is normal}.Each attempt the hospital put me back on paxil. I finally went to stay with a friend to go cold turkey. It was the worst 4 MONTHS of withdrawal (?) I ever experienced. I wanted to die. Slowly the boils began to heal (3 were removed surgically) and I began to be able to carry on conversations and stay awake longer and longer. Doctors get MONEY and GIFTS when they prescribe drugs like these. They have NO incentive ti tell you the side affects, even if they could kill you. Its been 2 years since I stopped taking paxil and the side affects are still lurking. My liver will never be the same and I still fear going to sleep. Beware of this drug, you have a right to know what it can do to you. | F | 45 | 2 days | 11/4/2006 | 1 | depression | I nearly died from a different drug, to which I violently reacted. I had everything from hallucinations, to bowel issues, to akathisia (could not sit still), feelings of terror, tingling in hands and feet, panic attacks, obsessive thinking, suicidal urges, mania, hair loss, etc.... I personally found that after I felt an end to the severe depersonalization/derealization I experienced from Celexa that infusions of stinging nettle greatly help lessen the drug effects. | Stinging nettle really, really helped me overcome negative antidepressant reaction effects. As I understand it, it blocks the effects of adrenaline, which helps to break the negative feedback loop of extreme stress the drugs create. It's not for pregnant women however. I took one part dried nettle to four parts boiling water and steeped for four hours before drinking. Also I waited until I was over the DP/DR, which took a long time, before taking nettle. | F | 37 | 2 days 1X day | 12/20/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | I blacked out and passed out after taking the second dose. Fell to the floor in a friends living room. Scared everyone and never touched it again. | F | 45 | 2 days 15mg 1X day | 4/26/2010 | 1 | depression | THIS IS AN AWFUL DRUG! I had dilated pupils,inabilty to concentrate, feelings of dread, dizziness, racing heart rate,irritability,insomnia, trembling, and hot and cold flashes | This was the most awful experience I have ever had with a drug. My doctor switched me to it after my Prozac seemed to stop working. I literally thought I was going to die within 30 minutes of taking this medication. On top of that I had no sex drive for over 2 week after stopping this medication. I ended up stopping prescription antidepressants and switching to st. johns wart and Valerian and have never felt better. | F | 21 | 2 days 40 mg 1X day | 2/11/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | started feeling following side effects after 1 week- headaches,sinus pressure,post nasal drip,worse anxiety,weakness in legs,vision problems(seeing floaters),feels like im in a fog or druged up ,dramatic decrease in libido,penis always feels ice cold! back aches-muscle soreness. so far this drug really sucks!! If anyone has these same symptoms please e-mail me. | M | 26 | 2 days | 3/24/2006 |