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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 1  post partum anxiety/depression First day: Terrible nausea and extreme jitters. Second day: Severe burning sensation across my chest, almost dropped my baby. Had to call my husband to come pick me and my son up at school, uncontrollable shaking and felt very very cold. Despite my doctors assurances that it would get better, I discontinued right away. My doctor hesitantly switched me to Prozak, which worked like a dream. They told me to expect 6 weeks until full effect felt, I felt like a normal human being again in 3 days. Panic attacks completely gone. Used for a year and a half and then successfully weaned off myself. Perhaps Paxil works for some, but not for me!! Never never again! F 33 2 days
8/8/2006
 5  Anxiety. Panick attacks. Slight nausea. Went away if I ate crackers.. or ate with it. This somehow blocks my negative thoughts!!! I feel happier..I'm more energetic Focused. ..I have no panick attacks and i can instantly tell its the pill! I tried not taking it And after 2 weeks everything came back...I started again and its been 2 days and back to feeling good again. No panick attacks!!! or anxiety. Thank god for this medicine. I also use hydroxine for anxiety with this and both are amazing at calming my nerves. F 32 3 days
20mg
10/15/2016
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 4   M 30 3 days
10/23/2003
 3  Depression/Anxiety Hello I am currently taking paxil(the generic brand). It has helped me with my depression anxiety not so much but also as a mood stabilizer I used to cry for everything! Literally I couln't live my life. It has controlled that and I can say Im somewhat happy because I do have happy days but I have gained weight and it is horrible probably around 50 pounds. My whole family keeps telling me to go on a diet but cant seem to go lower than 5 pounds. The sweating is horrible!!! Cant sleep or sleep a lot! If i miss a daily dose ill start crying like my usual self but then i take it and it goes away! Im so tired of this and wish i had a better medication! One time i went off it cold turkey but that went really bad so i ended up going back on paxil. If anybody has experienced a better medicine let me know please F 26 3 days
20
12/14/2014
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 3  depression / anxiety / social anxie want to sleep all the time, sleeping 12+ hours, zombie like, out of it, nearly crashed my car a few times, mini-amnesia like episodes for a few seconds or minute when i come to i'm about to hit a car or something, dont feel like doing anything but veggin' out. Also from the first day had an on-set of wanting to eat all the time especially sweets and junk food... i normally have little interest in sweets... at this rate i'll become overweight in a couple of months. i think my symptoms say it all, including a burning, itching sensation in my private area and urinating a lot in the morning. I can't get pass the withdrawal horror stories, it scares me too much to continue this drug... also i dont want to perma damage my brain. It did help with my anxiety... relaxed me and made me more comfortable around people even after only 3 days of use but it's only because it made me a zombie that doesnt care about anything. i didnt take my pill today and i'm slowly returning to normal and i'm going to try st johns wort, fish oil, flaxseed oil, kava and valerian and meditation (becoming aware of the present and being objective of my thoughts). P.S. I was on 10mg. F 33 3 days
2/16/2008
 2  anxiety disorders Only a mere 5mg/day. First 2 days: slight headache, feeling hazy and increased libido actually. 3rd day: severe depression, loss of concentration, anger, deep sadness, even suicidal thoughts weren't far. Stopped it at once(our best doc. remains ourselves) and fortunately I was(almost) back to normal the next day just some very little dizyness. I can't believe they're calling that an anti-depressant. I've never been severly depressed(with suicidal thoughts) of my whole life until I take this. It did take care of anxiety but I was so out of it, that's quite normal. I was laughing when I first saw the suicide risk warnings and thought that was only for f%#cked up teenagers but everybody may experience this. I hope I'll have a better chance with the next SSRI or else I'll continue with Klonopin when needed and try CBT without SSRI. M 27 3 days
11/27/2007
 2  Anxiety/Depression Total emotional numbness/apathy. Shakiness I totally lost my ability to feel. Feel totally detached from my girlfriend. Feel like a robot. I hate it. Before I was really sad, had anxiety, cried everyday and super sensitive to everything and the pill took all that away but its left me numb. Id rather cry than be numb and wreck my relationship with my girlfriend. Im not going to take it anymore. M 24 3 days
2/23/2007
 1  Depression Weight gain -- 40 pounds in 3 years. Decreased (no) libido. Unable to have orgasms. Narcolepsy -- sudden uncontrollable urge to sleep. Often had to pull over while driving home from work to sleep in parking lots. Apathy -- didn't want to get out of bed. Delayed grocery shopping until there wasn't a shred of food left in the house. No longer cared about housework or working in the garden. Okay, so I may have been temporarily depressed due to four deaths in my family and my son serving (repeatedly) in Iraq, among other things. But the side effects of Paxil are far worse than whatever depression I had before. After three years of Paxil I was an obese, sexually dysfunctional semi-zombie. Before Paxil I had an active lifestyle -- now I just exist from day to day. My psychiatrist refused to take me off the drug, so I went off cold turkey (although I was able to gradually reduce my dosage over a three-week period). Suffered significant dizziness and most of the other withdrawal symptoms. I do not recommend Paxil. M 52 3 days
2/22/2007
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 1  Irritable gut/bowel & anxiety Paxil ON:Insomnia, mania, piercing headaches, nausea, vomiting, INCREASED ANXIETY, PANIC ATTACKS, restlessness Paxil WITHDRAWL: PAXIL-FLU with, vomiting, nausea, insomnia, Massive pain all over body, The ever famous ZAPS, PANIC ATTACKS, MOOD SWINGS, HOPELESSNESS, UNBEARABLE COLD SWEATS...sensitivity to light, you name it, i felt it.. THINK TWICE!!!!!! A lot of doctors unfortunately are being influenced by the pharmecuetical industry. YOU MUST read up thoroughly and seriously think twice before you allow yourself to fall victim to drugs with such intense physical withdrawl. Look for the BLACK BOX in the pharmacy manual they give you with your prescription. If you see that, please save yourself the next year of your life possibly and choose your drugs wisely. Cuz when you are in the hospital bed feeling like you are going to die, and no one understands, you will know exactly what i mean. F 22 3 days
10/19/2005
 1  anxiety Horrible! Libido is gone. Stay away from thus drug! Don't take this drug 47 3 days
10 mg
3/11/2015
 4  Depression and anxiety Actually on 20mg for25 years, do not recall side effects other than a hot sensation when it started to react each day Am in a bad depressed and anxiety state now.All symptoms have increased especially the anxiety F 77 4 days
30mg
9/11/2016
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 4   Weight gain and sexual side effects Stopping the medicine is hard, the withdrawal symptoms make you feel like you falling even if you just standing or stitting still. F 34 4 days
8/11/2004
 4  Anxiety, Rage, Irratablility wonkie head when I try to cut back, diarriah several times through the day if I take a whole one everyday, instead of 1/2 one day 1 the next. Forgetfulness if I have a drink or two....duh...feeling and slow. Very very bad feeling whenever I've tried to quit. Might be addictive??? Desperate Lows that I didn't really have before I started taking the meds. I expect to be on it always. M 47 4 days
12/23/2005
 4  depression diarrhea, trouble sleeping the first two nights, but last night was fine Day 4: seems to be affecting my mood positively. M 27 4 days
20mg 1X day
3/23/2010
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 3  panic attacks Helped with panic attacks. Weight gain (50+ pounds),lack of emotion, horrible withdrawls (a week in bed) very scary. Paxil has been a blessing for many people. It's a bummer that it is so additive and causes such weight gain. F 44 4 days
2/9/2007
 3  anxiety/depression drymouth, insomnia I just started this drug - everyone says they gain weight. Is this because everyone is just feeling better and eating better or are people eating the same amount and experience a slow down of their metabolism? F 33 4 days
9/12/2007
 2  Social Anxiety Disorder Cloudy urine, stomach pain, loss of appetite, dry mouth, unable to orgasm, extreme drowsiness, insomnia, depression, lack of energy, The drug helped my social anxiety, but the side effects were so severe that I had to stop taking the medication. All of the side effects were tolerable except the drowsiness which was so strong that I was unable to get out of bed most of the time I was on it. The drug also made me depressed. M 17 4 days
8/21/2004
 1  Anxiety Anxiety/panic attacks,agitation,tingling,numbness,loss of appetite,sweating,dry mouth After 4 days I had every side effect possible-scared the heck out of me-made me think maybe my anxiety wasn't so bad- I'm afraid now to take any type of anxiety/antidepressant drug-the "cure" was worse than the condition. F 44 4 days
12/24/2002
 1  PMDD Severe restlessness, anxiety, sleeplessness, despondency, electrical jolts, nausea, vomiting, feeling I was going crazy, feeling like I was dying, no appetite, flu-like symptoms, diahhrea, heart palpitations. Had severe withdrawal after taking just 4 10 mg doses. Everything that happened as a side effect happened worse in withdrawal which lasted 2 weeks and 36 hours. F 44 4 days
8/11/2006
 1  Depression Within a day of starting Paxil my mind started racing with thoughts of wanting to kill myself or hurt other people, I shook nonstop and nearly killed myself to make the thoughts stop. F 17 4 days
5/21/2002

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