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 |
| 4 | Anxiety | Very sleepy, Very irritated, Anger problems, Extreme high's and low's (Emotionally). | F | 17 | 6 days | 3/14/2004 | 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 | 5 | social anxiety, depression | mild nausea & headache the first few days after taking it..other than that absoluetly nothing :) | wow..this is the best drug ever invented in my opinion. I have been searching for sites to praise paxil..almost everything I see is all the negative side effects. Paxil is the best decision I've ever made. I had horrible social anxiety..felt like people were watching me..I had depression..I was always sad and down..I took this and within days I began to feel emotional relief. I am so thankful my doctor put me on this. I only had side effects for less than a week when I started on it..and its been wonderful ever since. I've not gained any weight either...I learned that it has to do w/ your natural metabolism determining whether or not it makes you gain weight. I have always been naturally thin all my life, and it has not affected me at all. I love it!! I feel much more confident, always happy..and not moddy like I used to be. My life has changed for the better...I've made so many friends..feel motivated..happy...I love paxil!!!!!!! Seriously...I highly recommend it...it's the best drug | F | 18 | 3 months | 10/8/2005 | 5 | OCD | Pretty bad insomnia, difficulty to reach orgasm, change in vision (not 100% sure if this has to do with paxil however), constipation, increased hunger, vivid dreams...in all honesty, all of these effects are worth paxil cr's results! | This medication is flat out amazing. OCD was seriously holding my life back. I couldn't even drive in my car alone without having horrible recurring thoughts. I had to start falling asleep with the t.v. on so I could distract myself. Now, I can easily fall asleep without the t.v. and I can be alone without being swarmed by horrible thoughts. I'm taking a small dosage (12.5mg) so it takes a little longer to go away, but so far so good! | F | 18 | 5 months | 11/14/2006 | 3 | depression, anxiety, and panic | i've only been on paxil for 3 days... and i've been suffering a lot of side effects... nausea, insomnia, terrible mood swings, easily agitated/irritated, head aches, dizziness, dry mouth, have to go to the washroom a lot at night, stomach pain, lost of appetite, yawning, always being tired. | i hope these side effects go away soon, and i hope i can get better because i dont want to go off to college like this. | F | 18 | 3 days | 3/19/2004 | 3 | Anxiety, OCD, Depression, SAD | Weight gain, irritability. Couldn't focus. Didn't listen well. Spaced out constantly. No energy. No motivation. Felt like a zombie a lot of the time. | This drug is great for short term use...6months or so. Any longer than that, and it feels like the drug isn't working as well. I did become more sociable and less concerned with germs/people/etc. It did help me, but as soon as I got off of the drug, my anxiety came back. Not as bad as before but I still get anxious and social anxiety at times. | F | 18 | 2 years | 1/11/2005 | 3 | depression/OCD/social phobia | apathy, no emotions, inabilty to experience love, barely any feelings. just baseline. it alleviated OCD and anxiety alot, but not completely. overall not a good medicine, by itself. | M | 18 | 1 years | 8/15/2009 | 2 | OCD, abnormally high sex drive | no improvment, even worse! | I am on 30mg , OCD has not improved. The side effects are sweating, persistent erections which is the most bothersome to me. I masturbate even more but could not reach orgasm! As uncircumcised male I feel prepuse swollen and extremly iritable...should I take 40 or 50 mg? | M | 18 | 1 weeks | 12/19/2007 | 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 | 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 | 5 | Depression/Panic Attacks | At the beginning some mild stomache pain. Some dizziness, and i wasnt able to eat dring the first couple of weeks, although i had already lost some weight from my depression. No major side affects only if i dont take it every day. | Paxcil CR really helped me. I am taking 12.5mg for my depression that started last year when my daughter was diagnosed with cancer. Panic attacks then started when i would get over worried about something even if it was something little. I was esily irritated, and things were completely overwhelming to me. When i started taking paxil it helped me right away. I could sleep at night and not lay down and a million things go through my head, i could enjoy everyday, be happy with myself, and easily do the things i needed to do to take care of my ill child. It HELPS!!!! | F | 19 | 2 months | 5/12/2004 | 5 | SOCIAL PHOBIA, ANXIETY | EXTREME BOUTS OF TIREDENESS, CONSTANT YAWNING AT FIRST BUT GRADUALLY WEARS OFF.FEELING DIZZY AT TIMES. | I THINK THE DRUG HAS WORKED WONDERS FOR ME..I COULDNT EVEN TALK TO ANYONE BECAUSE I USED TO FLUSH NEARLY EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY, IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. AFTER TAKING IT FOR A WEEK I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK ANYWMORE, IM IN A JOB WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE OTHERWISE, MADE LOADS OF FRIENDS, AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERY DRUG HAS GOOD BITS AND BAD BITS, AND ITS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO SEE HOW WELL THEY CAN COPE WITH IT. | F | 19 | 4 months | 5/1/2003 | 4 | depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar | extremely tired during the day, sometimes cant sleep at night, after a month starting to feel nausea all the time, had increase in appetite, starting to have decrease, breathing problems (i think it is from this but i have not confirmed that) | overall it did help me-i tried zoloft first and it did not help, then i tried lexapro, it did not help. this is the only depression medication that has helped my suicidal thoughts and helped me start going around people again | F | 19 | 1 months | 11/21/2003 | 4 | OCD, anxiety, Anorexia/bulimia | Paxil is really good with the side effects, I cant think of any that I experienced. Perhaps some weight gain. | Paxil is a good drug, at least for me. Its a lot better than prozac! It acts pretty quickly and didnt give me any nasty side effects. I reccomend it to anyone with OCD, my symptoms became tolerable within one week. | F | 19 | 9 months | 4/14/2005 | 4 | Social Anxiety/ Depression | diahreeah , loss of sex drive, long time to orgasm | I have been on this medicine for probably about 5 months i started off taking paxil cr 12.5 mg and it worked great for about 2 months i stopped taking it and upt the dose to 20 mg but the dr perscribed me tabs so it wasnt a constant release and i became very agitated and really a psycho, he then switched me to 25 mg but CR and it is wonderful has done great things for me, still a lack of sex drive but i can tell it has been coming back ot me more and more over time at first i had complete loss of sex drive so be prepared but it works itself out GOOD LUCK! feel better | M | 19 | 5 months | 4/2/2009 | 4 | depression/anxiety | upset stomach,less intresst in sex, loss bowel movments. | i have the worst memory and i am constanly forgeting to take the drug, therefore always having side effects, and withdrawl. when i take it properly everyone notices that i am happy, easy going, energized. | F | 19 | 3 months | 6/27/2004 | 3 | panic disorder and anxiety | tiredness, lack of emotion, decreased sexual desire, | Paxil has helped with my panic attacks but could be doing a lot more. It also helps with social anxiety somewhat. Zoloft was more effective at first then quit working so i had to switch to paxil. I take 37.5 mg daily | M | 19 | 3 months | 10/13/2006 | 3 | panic disorder, anxiety | fatigue at first, constipation, diarreah, increased sweating, lack of emotion | been taking paxil for a few months now. Started at 12.5 mg and worked up to 37.5 mg. Has helped somewhat but could be helping a lot more | M | 19 | 2 months | 9/11/2006 | 2 | To counter-act Focalin. | Increase in sex drive but unable to orgasm. Loss of interest. Insomnia. | I've been taking Paxil for a month to counter-act the downer effects of my ADD med, Focalin. However, the side effects are extremely annoying. My sex drive is greater, so I feel I need to achieve an orgasm, but it's impossible! After masturbating for 7 hours, nothing. Like I said, I feel I NEED to achieve an orgasm. I can't while having sex, either. | M | 19 | 1 months | 1/23/2008 | 1 | I was switched to Paxil CR | I became weak, didnt sleep well, woke up anxious and nervous. Experienced upset stomach, light headed, dizziness. Made me sleepy most of the toime during the day. Overall, I woild not recommend taking this medicine, unless your doctor says something. I could not handle the side effects, so thats why I will go back to the regualr paxil. | M | 19 | 1 weeks | 6/21/2002 |