Drug Ratings for PAXIL CRAverage Rating: 3.3 (573 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXIL CR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 5 | | 4/24/2002 | 5 | | 4/24/2002 | 5 | | 4/24/2002 | 5 | anxiety attacks | M | | 9/24/2007 | 5 | saved my life | for the first 4 months sexually i couldnt have a orgazm.. that was the only bad thing. was worth it tho | paxil saved my life.. I had awfull panic attacts and OCD .. stay with it.. it gets better! If Paxil isnt working 4 u talk to ur Dr. everyone is different help is there for all of us.. im lucky paxil helped me... but im sure something else can help u if paxil isnt doing the job... everyone reacts different | F | 37 | | 3/6/2008 | 4 | anxiety, panic attacks | sleeping too much and weight gain | I've always been super skinny.. and I don't know what it is about this combo of Paxil CR 25 mg and Buspar.. but I have gained so much. i went from a size 2.. *barely small enough* to a size six *struggling to fit in* thats depressing but i almost dont care because I feel amazingly better. situations that would drive me crazy and make me panic have become ok. Somewhat weary of the fact that I may have to rely on a drug to feel "normal" for the rest of my life. But i'm ok with it for now. Only downside .. being a college student.. alcohol is a huge part of the college lifestyle. I still drink... not much.. but in the morning I feel like I suffer from increased anxiety. Guess I should read the warning lables. | F | 22 | | 5/17/2007 | 4 | | 2/25/2005 | 4 | | 4/24/2002 | 4 | | 10/14/2002 | 4 | Anxiety/panic disorder | Sleepiness,crampy, diarrhea | none to date,haven't been on it for a long duration of time yet. | F | 29 | | 5/20/2002 | 4 | anxiety | M | 47 | | 7/30/2003 | 4 | depression | works pretty well for me | M | 34 | | 9/19/2003 | 4 | | 9/16/2007 | 4 | | 8/25/2005 | 4 | Panic attacks and anxiety | Loss of appetite and weight loss of about ten pounds. Also developed an eye twitch and occasional nightmares. Otherwise, I havent noticed anything | It is MUCH MORE effective than Lexapro for TRUE panic attacks. I was on Lexapro 10 mg for years and still had severe Panic attacks at times Once I switched over to Paxil CR they are almost completely gone. Regular Paxil was horrible tho, it made me SO tired but the CR doesnt. | F | 24 | | 2/7/2006 | 4 | | 7/28/2005 | 4 | Depression | the only side effect i experienced was when i would forget to take the pill i would get really dizzy. other than that it is and still is helping me with my depression | F | 17 | | 10/26/2004 | 4 | F | | 6/8/2004 | 4 | | 5/7/2004 | 3 | | 8/12/2004 | 3 | | 8/20/2004 | 3 | depression | | 9/25/2004 | 3 | | 12/7/2005 | 3 | anxiety | M | 29 | | 2/14/2006 | 3 | | 1/3/2004 | 3 | | 1/5/2004 | 3 | | 1/15/2005 | 3 | | 1/26/2005 | 2 | | 12/31/2005 | 1 | i dont think the doctors listened | IT CONTROLLED EVERY EMOTION I HAD....EVEN HAPPINESS...LIGHTHEADED ALL THE TIME EVEN WHEN DRIVING...HYPERVENTILATION!!!!I FOUND OUT THAT THIS CAN CAUSE A STROKE, SEIZURE, OR BE FATAL...IM TOO YOUNG TO DIE FROM THIS STUFF. I THINK MEDS SHOULD BE USED AS TO HELP YOU GET OVER THE "HUMP". THEN YOU CAN FIX THE REAL ISSUES | EXTREME UPS AND DOWNS.........TOO EXTREME FOR ME PERSONALLY. MAYBE SOMEONE ESLE FEELS THE SAME WAY, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD FEEL BETTER, BUT I DO TODAY NOW THAT I GOT OFF THIS STUFF AND DONT TAKE ANYTHING AT ALL | F | 31 | | 11/11/2005 | 1 | CAUSE THE DR SAID TO | ALL ON THE WARNING LABEL AND MANY MORE | TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET | F | | 11/11/2005 | 1 | depression | The popular antidepressant drug Paxil used by millions of Americans has been linked to linked to birth defects, miscarriages and suicides among patients. | M | 29 | | 6/30/2006 | 1 | Depression, Anxiety, Anorexia | WEIGHT GAIN, fatigue, binge eating, increased depression/anxiety | This drug is the devil. I hate it! I have develeped uncontrolable eating habits. My weight has soared in a short amount of time (which is NOT cool being recovering anorexic). My depression became more severe as well as my anxiety. I am suicidal and have no desire to recover from my Eating Disorder. I have definitely changed for the worst on this medication. I had been on Zoloft prior and loved it. My stupid doctors decided to change me over to the devil drug, Paxil, and I am begging to go back on Zoloft. I hate Paxil! | F | 17 | | 10/31/2006 | 1 | Anxiety/depression. | Nothing at all. I would've at least preferred a slight NEGATIVE affect, just to prove that it was, indeed, flowing through my bloodstream. | Complete waste of time & money. | F | 18 | | 7/29/2007 | 4 | mild anxiety disorders | Yawnings, tiredness at times. Some scary feelings when the effects are dissipating.(like rec. drugs) | This is really powerful stuff. Anyone who can't get out of their house will change his/her life with that. That's really not my case, I wanted it just to "take the edge off" and be calmer instead the drug totally took the driver seat of my mind. Sure I was calm, sociable, smiling(even at wrong times), not a care in the world but somehow I didn't like this "baked" feeling at all. I also felt zombie, almost braindead when the drug was taking in and flushing out. I recommand this stuff only for highly anxious and/or depressed people with absolutely no life/job/activities, etc... I had more modest but much more comfortable results with 5-HTP supplement and occasionnal Klonopin, I'll stay that way. FYI: I only took one 5mg dose! and that will be my last. | M | 26 | 1 times | 11/13/2007 | 3 | deppression | F | 42 | 12 times | 7/26/2003 | 4 | premaure ejaculation | M | 30 times | 10/25/2005 | 1 | Depression, Anorexia | Before I started to read this site & find out that this drug causes weight gain I was all for it. Now I'm not going to take it. | F | 26 | 0 days | 4/27/2004 | 5 | social anixeity; panic attacks | The first couple of weeks i experieced some insomina and headaches, the next couple of weeks side effects gradually disappeared | Heres the deal with all of these people slamming this drug! They say the side effects were too much, they say it was hell getting off it. Listen alot of these people in this room have taken this drug for years and then slammed it. It must have been effective for a quite a while? Theres not alot of positive feedback in here but I personally have experienced great results and have tried numerous meds until i found Paxil. If your anxiety is not that severe then you will not benefit from this med. If you do not work on congitive therapy then you will not benefit. If your anxiety is such a burden too were you cannot function and are paralyzed by fear thoughout the day from social interactions or just simply driving your car then I think your in need of Paxil. If your anxiety is not severe enough to cripple your life then dont even think about taking any kind of anxiety drug. You dont go though the trouble of finding a serious mind altering drug because you want to be a little more calmer th | M | 24 | 1 days | 3/24/2008 | 2 | panic attacks anxiety | I have take zooloft, celexa, buspar over a period of a year and just took my first paxil today.. being an anxious person may have contibuted to the side effect I feel today, dizziness, shaking... Ihad to take xanax to keep me from feeling like I was going out of my mind..which usually happens when I am having panic attacks... I hope this goes away and the drug begins to help..all the others did not. hence the xanax. | F | 52 | 1 days | 6/30/2004 | 2 | panic attacks anxiety | I have take zooloft, celexa, buspar over a period of a year and just took my first paxil today.. being an anxious person may have contibuted to the side effect I feel today, dizziness, shaking... Ihad to take xanax to keep me from feeling like I was going out of my mind..which usually happens when I am having panic attacks... I hope this goes away and the drug begins to help..all the others did not. hence the xanax. | F | 52 | 1 days | 6/30/2004 | 2 | Antidepressant switch | Life circumstances beyond control got my Generalized Anxiety Disorder to kick in and I thought that the Zoloft 200 mg had stopped working as well for depression. I took 25 mg at noon. Then after 3-4 hours felt profound anxiety with rapid heartbeat. Spent the whole night overmedicated with Klonopin, Seroquel, and Restoril and just got a lousy six hours and woke up in shivers. I spend an entire day with a feeling of horrible, non-stop panic and a feeling of dread. Panic disorder I don't have, but I felt like it and I can now relate to people with panic disorders. I went back to My Zoloft full dose and still have the Paxil shivers/diarrhea/hyperthyroid, although the shivers will take a bit to die down. Not the best for my hyperthyroid condition. | I'm glad I went off. I read about withdrawal and if I have stuck with it for a week, the experience of withdrawing would have been a challenge. | F | 36 | 1 days | 11/12/2009 | 1 | depression | to many side affects that i am reading don't like them the withdrawls they have are terrible someone said you might as will be taking crack so i no i will have to be depress and trust in god to help me through | F | 47 | 1 days | 4/8/2004 | 1 | depression | to many side affects that i am reading don't like them the withdrawls they have are terrible someone said you might as will be taking crack so i no i will have to be depress and trust in god to help me through | F | 47 | 1 days | 4/8/2004 | 1 | Anxiety, Depression | Swelling of lungs, nose membranes, lips, eyes, tongue, throat. Irritation, dizzy, blurred vision, nausea, trouble breathing, sweating, sleepiness,slowed down feeling, spacey feeling, dialated pupils, headache, rapid heart beat, palpitaions, nervousness, urge to bite, pull hair, swear | WOULD NOT TELL ANYONE TO TRY THIS | F | 24 | 1 days | 8/30/2004 | 1 | Anxiety disorder | Extreme vertigo. slight nausea. The vertigo is so bad that I keep falling | I took Paxil CR only ONE time. 1 pill. thats it. It has caused me to have the most severe case of vertigo. Every time I move, I fall. | F | 29 | 1 days | 5/3/2007 | 1 | panic attack- | Didn't care about anything, slept all the time, death obsessed, suicidal, suicide attempt, failing at school(previous a student) | Wean off this drug VERY slowly. It will require changing to regular paxil or liquid paxil. Withdrawal can take a LONG time. Do not expect to feel better once weaning is complete. It can get worse before it gets better, but it does get better.It took me a year to feel "normal" again after 1 year on paxil. | M | 18 | 1 days | 5/3/2006 | 1 | Anxiety, Stomach Problems | Extreme anxiety, restlessness | This drug was awful! After one dose I felt ten times more anxiety. I was extremely restless. I had to take time off of work because of my reaction. | F | 28 | 1 days | 3/3/2008 | 5 | depressiona/anxiety/OCD | None | It worked the first day I took it. It's been such a long time since I don't have "thoughts" in my head that drive me nuts all day long. I can concentrate while I'm at work with out the "distractions." I can have a conversation with my boyfriend without feeling uncomfortable because I was analysing everything he said. I can sleep now because I'm not all wound up from being anxious all day long. Sex is fine, with myself and others :) | F | 33 | 2 days | 2/11/2003 | 4 | anxiety, panic and depression | i don't have any side effects other than have to take klonopin to help with my panicky feelings until the paxil cr kicks in. i have only been on it for 2 days so it is too soon to tell. but i have been having panicky feelings around the time i need to take my next dosage. I don't know if it is due to the paxil wearing off or what. i am also not eating...no real appetite. | I have only been taking paxil cr for 2 days, i also take klonopin twice daily to help control my panic and to calm me down. but i am only suppose to be on this until the paxil kicks in...hopefully. I am still feeling anxious and i am unable to take naps in the afternoon even though i am TIRED. i still walk up the early mornings with a feeling of panic and am unable to get back to sleep. SO mornings are hard. But i am hoping in another couple of days that the paxil will kick in and all will be better. i look forward to the weight gain due to be losing 10 or more pounds with the anxiety and depression. I am a little person so i need some weight. | F | 27 | 2 days | 2/25/2005 | 4 | anixiety and major panic attacks | lightheaded,not hungry,dry mouth tired | iam also taking .25 of xanax twice a day and 7 1/2 mg. of buspar twice aday along with 12.5 mg of pacil cr. | F | 35 | 2 days | 8/9/2005 | 4 | anxiety/panic attacks, depression | stomach cramps, upset stomach, a little tired during the day, light-headed | I have taken regular Paxil since I was 16.Had to go off of it when I found out I was expecting in 2003.I was put on Zoloft(Hated it) until my baby was born, then I was put on Paxil CR. It helped me so much. But when it was recalled I found myself with nothing to take to help me. Now I have a hard time taking any meds due to fear of side effects.Weird,cause never had any problems before.Now Dr. wants me start back on 12.5 paxil CR, but I can't seem to bring myself to take it.Withdraw symptoms are horrible,but the good paxil did,was worth it.Now I just need to get it back in my system. | F | 26 | 2 days | 7/12/2005 | 4 | anxiety/panic attacks, depression | when I miss a dose or two I become extremely dizzy. Weight gain controlled with low carb diet. Naps during the day for awhile but no more. Decreased libido now extremely increased. | feel like a normal person again. | F | 37 | 2 days | 10/19/2004 | 4 | anxiety, depression, panic attacks | Increased hunger, more energy | I switched from celexa to paxil cr about 2 days ago and I LOVE IT! I havent had any bad side effects YET besides increased appetite, but thats ok. When I was on celexa, I felt like a zombie 24/7. With Paxil CR, I feel more like myself! I also have more energy than I did while taking celexa. I've only been on Paxil CR for 2 days, but so far so good! | F | 20 | 2 days | 2/2/2007 | 4 | panic attacks/ depression | weight gain 25 lbs. no sex drive. dizziness | the first month or so every thing looked very animated and my body was very tingely. attacks were still there but very mild. socially it works great, no fear. hard to cry and release emotion, i dont freak out anymore, im just very calm. weening off next month to 25 mg. im a little scared. | F | 25 | 2 days | 4/16/2004 | 3 | Anxiety, panic attacks | Havent been taking drug long enough to experiece any side effects. | I just started taking the drug 2 days ago and i mixed emotions about taking and my family especially my sister who is a nurse says dont take and i've read alot of side effects and its hard to get off and i'm only 20 so i think i'm going to stop taking it. | M | 20 | 2 days | 1/3/2004 | 2 | anxiety/depression | I've always had stomach trouble- Paxil CR just made it worse with wave after wave of nausea. Makes the day drag by when you are drowsy, too. Persistant slight headache on and off. These continued even two days after my final dosage. | With all I've experienced and heard about how hellish it is going on and getting off this med, I would never recommend it to anybody. | F | 22 | 2 days | 5/31/2002 | 1 | Mild Anxiety | Inceased Anxiety, emotional mood swings | I took this drug for two days. From the time I started taking it my anxiety increased 3 fold accompanied by extreme emotional mood swings. Was taking Klonopin half of a .5 mg tab about 3 times a week for mild anxiety that would surface occassionally. Thought it would be good to go on a therapeutic medication to try and halt the mild anxiety all together but after two days of greatly increased anxiety I am going to stop. | M | 31 | 2 days | 10/7/2002 | 1 | severe anxiety/panic disorder | Extreme nausea, unbearable headache, insomnia,appetite decrease, vomiting, unusual sweating, tremor | This is my third time trying Paxil. Doctor and counselor are insistent this is the drug for me. I can't bear the side effects! | F | 23 | 2 days | 9/11/2002 | 1 | Panic/Anxiety | HORRIBLE Tremors, Unbearable nausea, INSOMNIA SO BAD I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY!!!!! a | Please PLEASE don't EVER take this pill. I have been SO sick for over a week. Can't eat, can't keep anything down... NO SLEEP EVEN WITH ATIVAN!! I went to my family doc.. he said Paxil CR was RECALLED!!!! It's been a week since my first pill and I'm still sick. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't take this pill.. PLEASE!! | F | 22 | 2 days | 5/10/2005 |