PAXIL CR Reviews (PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (595 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PAXIL CR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXIL CR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Depression and Panic Disorder | decreased libido, completely unable to ejaculate, confusion and just feeling "out of it". | This medication was bad all around for me. Did not help my depression or panic attacks at all and made me feel like a zombie. Sexual side effects were intolerable. It was also very difficult to stop taking this drug. Terrible withdrawal syndrome even though I only took it for a few months. | M | 21 | 4 months 37.5 | 4/26/2021 | 1 | PMDD | Severe headache and brain fog.Unable to think! | Going in the trash! | F | 47 | 2 days 12.5 MG 1X day | 10/20/2014 | 1 | anti-social | extreme weight gain | F | 37 | 365 days 20mg 1X day | 11/17/2012 | 1 | anxiety attacks | Severe anxiety,tachycardia,palpations,severe depression | I am a nurse and started having anxiety attacks was put on paxil CR 12.5mg.On the 5th day started feeling depressed which I had never been depressed before.Figured it was nothing took the pill on the 6th day.That was a big mistake.I have never had anxiety attacks like i had that day.My heart was beating at almost 180bpm I could feel it pounding out of my chest. I was histerically crying nonstop.I was having crazy thoughts and feelings in my head.That night was woken up thinking I was having a heartattack.In the 6 days I took the paxil I lost 8lbs and had bruises all over my body.Never took another pill again.Think before taking this pill it could make you worse. | F | 33 | 6 days 12.5 1X day | 7/12/2011 | 1 | GAD and Social Anxiety | While I was taking this medicine I didn't care about anything. My emotions were completely numb, minimal weight gain, no interest in sex. Others noticed I was withdrawn, but didn't say anything because they thought I was happy. When I decided after 6 years to not up my dose and actually wean off of it, the nightmare began. I had a HUGE rush of emotions that I couldn't control that had been numb for years, my head was fuzzy: I couldn't think, brain zaps. It was horrible!!!! It has been almost a year since I got off of Paxil and I am still trying to pick up the pieces over the past 6 years. Including my friendships and most importantly my marriage. I DO NOT recommend this medicine or anything that resembles it like Cymbalta. I now take Buspar and have never been happier! Well...as happy as I can be for losing 6 years of my life... | F | 31 | 6 years 30mg 1X day | 3/19/2011 | 1 | anxiety | Mind racing - day 2 cold turkey | Day 2 of going cold turkey, mind racing, no sleep but I will persist. Happiness is not obesity that is causing my depression | F | 49 | 240 days 40mg 1X day | 9/2/2010 Patient History | 1 | ptsd, anxiety | Didn't help me. After 2 years I would say I was definately in a fog, no bad emotions, but no good, and I think a healthy level of ups and downs is what makes us learn and grow as human beings. So, I stopped taking it and, WOW, UNCONTROLABLE RAGE at any tiny random thing, severe headaches and best of all, hallucinations so bad I was terrified to drive bc if I reacted poorly to a hallucination I might endanger someone else's life. I had to take doxepin hcl every other night for 2 weeks to come down off this drug without hurting people, either from being a gigantic jackass or from smaking them upside the head after seeing a 'giant spider' where their bangs used to be. I've been on doxepin for 2 months now and I don't know why I wasted so much time in a fog on Paxil. | F | 26 | 2 years | 5/17/2009 | 1 | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | 12.5 mg daytime sleepyness, nightmares intensified, suicidal thoughts and actions, loss of libido, weight gain, sweats, nausea, increase in appetite, constipation with alternating diarrhea, shock sensation in legs, unstable moods, emotional numbness just sort of "blah" and blank. | This stuff is horrible there is no way I'd ever do this again. I was on zoloft for 2 years with some nightmare problems so the doctor switched me to Paxil CR and it's just been a nightmare. I can't seem to pull myself out of this depression. | F | 31 | 45 days | 9/26/2008 | 1 | it messed me up - warn others | If you think sitting in a closet with your head messed up is a great way to spend your life go ahead take this drug....look out for withdrawal you will be very FAT | sexless raving lunatic at least I was | F | 48 | 10 months | 9/3/2008 | 1 | anxiety | I have been on opaxil for a couple years now and I HATE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Makes me feel crazy and very very angry. I am currently coming down from it and the side effects are absolutely CRAZY. Rage(at anything small cant control), Nightmares, Nausea, Vomiting,Paranoia, Depression, very very very sleepy the whole time i've been on it | M | 36 | 2 years | 8/20/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | I was FINE, 10 mg per day a touch over three years, having NO bothersome side effects until after three years, then slight side effects. Last fall I fell apart, and I found out the CAUSE, Caremark changed the generic I was using. The last change caused my body to react HORRIBLY, and I have spent two grand on doctor bills trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I am done with Paxil and any generic form of it. | Vivid dreams, heart palpitations, horrid night sweats, swelling, joint PAIN, headaches, HAIR LOSS BY THE HAND FULLS, gastric upset and bloating, vertigo, dizziness and FALLING with injury. DO NOT believe your mail order prescription providers nonsense about "monitoring" for drug interactions. Caremark changed my generic WHILE I was taking THREE other medications that were prescribed due to side effects of Paxil. All three meds were on the "watch" list with Paxil. Still yet, they changed my generic AGAIN, and this time my negative side effects went full blown to all the "haywire" listed. They changed generics to save THEM money. Prescription Companies should NOT be allowed to up and change change a generic because it is cheaper for them, especially an SSRI med being taken with "watch list" meds. Caviet Emptor, if Paxil or your generic works, do NOT let your provider change it without your Doctors permission. | F | 49 | 3.5 years | 8/2/2008 | 1 | Depression | Seratonin Syndrome, severe depression and suicidal thoughts leading to a suicide attempt. Most recently when I tried to titrate off of Paxil, I experienced the most excruciating withdrawal symptoms, such as nasea, vommiting, depression, suicidal thoughts, bizzarre behavior, and rage. | If I could go back in time, I would NEVER allow myself to be on any anti-depression medication. Most certainly not an SSRI. I have suffered irrevocable trauma and injury from Paxil. I will never be the same. I can't think, concentrate, verbalize, or otherwise act like I was able to prior to my taking this medication. | F | 37 | 7 years | 5/8/2008 | 1 | Depression | Drug induced psychosis | Dangerous drug. My daughter experienced a drug induced psychosis and was in the hospital for two weeks. She hallucinated and had delusions. Psychiatrist said it was serotonin poisoning caused by the Paxil. It took several weeks for her to return to normal. | F | 20 | 2 months | 3/28/2008 | 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 | 1 | Depression | Weight gain and joint pain. I had even more trouble sleeping no matter what time of day I took it. After taking it for 3 montbs I began to have cold night sweats, severe anxiety attacks and thoughts of suicide. When I started to come off of it things got way worse. The thoughts of suicide and depression worsened along with my anxiety. I feel oblivious to anything or anyone and had no want to do anything, extreme fatigue, irritability, muscle tightening in my neck and back, nasueas headaches everday for a month now, and electric shock waves from my brain to entire body. | I wish I would have done my research before taking this medicine. It has made me extremely miserable to the point of psychiatric counseling. I learned that this and Wellbutrin are the 2 worst when it comes to weening off. | F | 34 | 6 months | 2/26/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | Tired all the time! Loss of ability to orgasm. Very weird, often frightening dreams. Night sweats. So chilled out that I didn't care about anything! When I stopped taking it, I was sick for weeks. Nauseated to the point that I couldn't eat. Brain shocks. Inability to focus...dizzy feeling..... | I wonder if anyone out there has experienced memory loss due to taking this drug? I took Paxil CR 25mg. There are events that happened while I was taking it that I can't recall, and now, 2 years off the drug, I still have memory struggles...almost like dementia, and I am only 36. | F | 36 | 2 years | 2/20/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | I felt extremely tired and oblivious to the world. I could careless about anything going on around me. If I didn't take the medicine at the same time everyday, I would began experiencing withdrawl symptoms. After quitting, it took nearly 2 months to get rid of the "electric shocks" that were torturing my brain. I also became depressed after quitting, even though it was prescribed for anxiety. | F | 25 | 3 months | 2/4/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | Tiredness | Didn't do anything for my anxiety. | M | 22 | 1 months | 2/1/2008 | 1 | anxiety | I became manic/hypomanic while taking Paxil CR. Was not able to see how bad I was while on it. After quitting, I see the horrible person Paxil CR made me. | I would not recommend this drug to anyone. You never know what your reaction will be to this and it could lead to a manic state. Being on Paxil has potentially cost me my marriage and no drug is worth that. I was prescribed this by my Internal Med. Only go on SSRI's if prescribed by a Psychiatrist. Paxil withdrawal is awful. This is a nasty and evil drug. I have nothing positive to say about it at all. | F | 37 | 5 years | 11/27/2007 | 1 | Depression | debilitating paranoia, euphoria and laughing at times, Increased weight gain, fear, insensitivity, bothersome changes in sex drive, long and short term memory problems, an inability to concentrate. | Ive been on this med for about a year during which time my depression seemed to suddenly resolve itself for a short time. But now Im not even myself anymore emotionally, this medication has caused an increase in my already existing paranoia to the point of it becoming debilitating. I have to get off of this medication as I own a business and can not let this get in the way. I am not under the care of a psychologist/psychiatrist I pretty well treat myself and the meds are prescribed through a PCP. After reading through the withdraw side effects I have decided to use a CNS (Central Nervous Suppressant) that I am already prescribed for pain which is Norco and Diazepam (Valium)to lessen these side effects. I am not addicted to these meds nor will I missuse them in any way in this process of DC'ing the paxil I have NEVER used or tried an illegal drug or been addicted to any prescription drug. I am actually pretty frightend after seeing what others have been through but I remain optimistic a | M | 27 | 365 days | 11/26/2007 |
PAXIL CR (PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE): Paroxetine is used to treat depression, panic attacks, anxiety disorders, and a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (premenstrual dysphoric 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. Paroxetine may lessen premenstrual symptoms such as irritability, increased appetite, and depression. FDA Approval Date: 2000-12-06 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)