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 |
| 5 | anxiety, depression, severe irratab | yawning, tight jaw, vivid dreams, light-headed, dry mouth and loss of appetite | I'm on 37.5 mg and so far I am a much nicer person to be around. | F | 35 | 3 months | 7/14/2004 | 4 | depression w/anxiety | loss of libido/lack of reaching orgasim | F | 43 | 1 years | 7/15/2004 | 5 | major depression | Nausea first week, but went away, constipation, weight gain | Paxil CR has made me feel so much better and made me a nicer person to be around but I have gained 25 pounds in 9 months. I just can't control my eating! My doctor says to try to make better food choices (lower calorie) but it is so difficult when you you CRAVING certain things.I am going to try to wean off gradually, to see how I do without the drug. | F | 50 | 9 days | 7/20/2004 | 5 | anxiety | at first nauseous. Then I took it after dinner and everything was fine! WEIGHT GAIN!!!! I wasn't told that was going to be a side effect!! | This is a wonderful drug to take. It has helped me to become me again. I no longer worry about silly little things. I can go through a whole day without filling sick because of my anxiety. I used to constantly feel sick, like I had the flu b/c of anxiety...no more though!! The only two things I hate about it is I no longer have a sex drive and I am a newlywed! The other thing I hate is the weight gain!! I used to weigh 115 at the most and now I weigh 140...that sucks! I am trying to wean myself off of it, but I am feeling dizzy and fuzzy headed. I felt a little sick to my stomach yesterday too. When will this feeling stop?? It has been a week since I have lowered my dosage. Is there anyone out there that has successfully gone off of this drug? I am worried that I will keep gaining weight and not be able to go off of this. I am going to continue lowering my dosage until I have completely gone off of this. My prescribed dosage was 6.25 mg of Paxil CR and I am currently only taking half of that in order to stop completely. Please e-mail me if you have any suggestions...it would be great to talk to someone in the same position I am in! | F | 25 | 13 months | 7/20/2004 | 1 | social anxiety | weight gain, mood swings, tiredness, sexual side effects | I gained 20 lbs. I started having severe mood swings: anger, sadness, and elated feelings. I am tired ALL THE TIME. I have trouble falling asleep. Once asleep, I wake up 6 or 7 times a night, and I sleep for at least 12 hours a night, because I cannot wake up. Then I wake up, and I am so tired and want to sleep some more. I also have no sex drive whatsoever, which is very difficult, because I am a newlywed. | F | 20 | 6 months | 7/21/2004 | 1 | Mild depression | I took 1 tablet per day for three days. On day three I had a full blown anxiety attack. I ended up in the ER and was admitted overnight for observation. I found out it wasn't my heart, but an anxiety attack. I have never had an anxiety attack before. I had chest pains, it felt like my heart stopped, and I had a near faint. I had a prickly sensation from my torso up to the top of my head. I had 3 more attacks that night. My doctor took me off of it and told me that Paxil initially increases anxiety. i wish he waould have told me that before I took it. | My doctor wanted me to try another SSRI, but I opted to take St. Johns Wort, 1000mg of Omega 3 and walk 30 minutes every day. I am also trying acupunctutre, which is the best thing I have ever done for myself. I feel much better. | F | 42 | 3 days | 7/23/2004 | 5 | anxiety and insomnia | weight gain, decreased libido and difficulty reaching orgasm | The insomnia was killing me! I was so anxious and my mind was always racing. I got on Paxil CR for insomnia/anxiety and it has done wonders. . . I sleep like a normal person now! I am also less on-edge with my kids and husband. I started with the 12.5 mg dose and after 2 weeks increased to 25mg. I've been at this dose for about a year. | F | 36 | 1 years | 7/24/2004 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | brief light nausea at beginning, which was to be expected by the nature of the drug (SSRI), but not unmanageable; inability to orgasm; lethargy--absolutely had to take naps, not optional; *extremely deep-plunging depression with suicidal thoughts when I missed two doses one weekend* | Paxil CR helped me immensely and made interacting with others signficantly easier. I worried about sleeping so much; before, that was a side-effect of my depression, always staying in bed. I also noticed that I didn't recall any dreams I had when I was on Paxil--strange, because my doctor warned me to expect vivid dreams as a possible side effect. Although I may have slept more soundly when on Paxil, it puzzled me that I felt the strong need to sleep during the day, even for a few hours. I did feel like life was much more manageable while on the Paxil, though. ***One caution--be careful not to miss more than one dose in a row! Maybe not even that...when I didn't take it for one weekend, I started cutting my arm and leg (something I'd never done before) and having irrationally desparate thoughts of suicide.*** I stopped taking Paxil after my prescription ran out, and although I plan to go back on some anti-depressant soon, I may ask my doctor to consider something other than Paxil CR. It worked for me in terms of helping me deal with my depression and anxiety, but I think there might be something else out there that won't make me quite so lethargic. If nothing else works better, I'll return to Paxil CR without hesitation. :-) | F | 21 | 5 weeks | 7/24/2004 | 4 | OCD, BDD, Self-Mutilation | The first 2 weeks, I was very spacey. I was also very apathetic. I had decreased appetite. I immediately spent less time grooming, mostly because I was so spacey I didn't put much effort into anything. HOWEVER, after those initial weeks, I started feeling completely normal, except I no longer had severe OCD/BDD/SM habits (I used to spend 5 hours a day grooming, now I only spend 1). Give the Paxil a chance; if I had judged based on the first 2 weeks, I'd have sworn that it made me feel worse. But now I feel much better than before. I may have gained a few pounds, but I was underweight before. I think I'm closer to normal weight now. I've never had an eating disorder, I just come from a thin family. | I don't remember what I felt like before Paxil. I would say that the Paxil makes me feel really sleepy, because I want to sleep all the time, but I know I was like that before the Paxil too. I wanted to sleep all the time before, and I want to sleep all the time now. It's because I don't get enough sleep because I'm really busy. It's also because I never exercise, which means my serotonin is lower than it could be. Also, my husband says I'm SO MUCH NICER to him than I was before Paxil. I don't remember being really mean to him before, but he says I was. I don't plan to stop taking the Paxil for a while. I guess I'll have to stop when we have kids, which is still a few years away. As of now, I recommend Paxil, but I may be singing a different tune once I need to stop taking it. I've had OCD symptoms as long as I can remember, and I've had BDD almost as long. I began SM around the age of 13. I've only began seeking help for all this within the last 6 months. I've got a long way to go before I'll see the long-term benefits of the assistance I've sought. | F | 26 | 5 months | 7/27/2004 | 5 | BI POLAR DISORDER | DRY MOUTH FATIGUE | IF YOU MUST STOP TAKING THIS MED. ABRUPTLY, YOU WILL MOST DEFINATLEY EXPERIENCE STRANGE WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS. Such as what feels like strong,short electrical shocks to the brain. Not sure how long this lasts. At least a few weeks. | F | 28 | 3 days | 7/28/2004 | 1 | anxiety and mild depression | headaches, insomnia, weight gain | I have found out the hard way that I shouldnt take a sleeping pill (ambien) while on paxil. The combination made me insane for the night- I heard voices, I wanted to kill myself, my stomach hurt, I threw up. I am going to start coming off of paxil so any helpful tips would be great. Also the weight gain thing I was not aware of, I just thought I had gained weight but the thing is I dont eat bad or a lot, so now I know why I gained weight. Does anyone think the weight will come off after Im off paxil? please email me for comments and helpful stuff. thanks all. | F | 22 | 4 months | 7/28/2004 | 3 | Anxeity, Depression | In a year, gained 20 pounds, No sexual drive, Eye twitching, yawning | I have to admit, i noticed a steadiness from taking paxil 12.5 for the past year (where i was taking 25mg the year before). The only discomfort is the weight gain, which my doctor controlled by adding 20 mg of Adderall. The only thing now is that i feel more moody and upset. | F | 20 | 2 years | 7/30/2004 | 5 | PMS | weight gain and bloating | F | 47 | 6 months | 7/31/2004 | 4 | Anxiety/ Panic Attacks | Weight Gain (60lbs in two years), Headaches, Decreased Libido, Extreme Sleepiness (need naps), Yawning (all the time), Clench my Teeth (ended up being treated for TMD), Wild Dreams (actually enjoyed them), Sometimes felt like I High on Pot! | Completely cured my Anxiety... my family says it has made me a new person. DON'T DRINK WHHILE TAKING... I would get wild if I drank any alcohol, for the most part the medication helped me a great deal. Started off on 12.5 mgs ... after two weeks went to 25 mgs because could still feel a panic attack approaching... then for the next two to three weeks I would have anxietyor panic attacks but they were very surpressed and controllable... stoped having anxiety and panick attacks completely since then... HOWEVER... 2 weeks ago I went back to the 12.5 mgs. and am going to try to withdrawl all together because I have become so fat and I am tired of sleeping 12 hours a day. We will see.. so far I have had pretty bad vertigo, dizziness, brain shocks, wild wild dreams (not nightmares though) and terrible headaches. Hope to be Paxcil CR free by November 1st. PS my doc gave me some Xanax just in case I have a panic attack but so far it has stayed in my purse. Good Luck and hang in there! | F | 39 | 2 years | 8/4/2004 | 4 | regular paxil mainly tried cr | i have severe panic/anxiety/depression with agriphobia which causes me to be unable to function pretty much at all without medicinal help...when i started taking it i yawned alot, slept alot, hand numbness and in my jaw, and major weight gain (80 lbs) | the drug was great while i was on it for the first 3 years, then it just stopped working...not completely but i started getting minor panic attacks again (nothing alittle xanax couldn't cure) i tried the paxil cr and it did nothing for me....now that i'm weening off the paxil i feel like i'm going to die, if you knew the side effects of coming off you would probably never start it...out of body feelings, dizziness constantly to the point i can't think or drive, sleeping for almost an entire day, no sex drive at all, numb finger tips, irritability (serious) loss of appetite, tremors, you name it it's happening and it's only been 1 day since my last step down dose, this is the scariest thing i've ever experienced and i've had some serious panic attacks that have landed me in the ER daily...if you are considering it weigh every pro and con and decide if you can handle the effects during and after...which is more important to you!!! | F | 30 | 5 years | 8/5/2004 | 4 | regular paxil mainly tried cr | i have severe panic/anxiety/depression with agriphobia which causes me to be unable to function pretty much at all without medicinal help...when i started taking it i yawned alot, slept alot, hand numbness and in my jaw, and major weight gain in less than 1 year(80 lbs, no sexual feelings at all and when i am with my husban i either get extremely dried out really fast or i can't orgasm, causing serious marital disfunction (thank god for a loving husband)if you can find a better way such as prozac or welbutrin please please please do so the side effects of paxil are not worth a life time of pain!!!! | the drug was great while i was on it for the first 3 years, then it just stopped working...not completely but i started getting minor panic attacks again (nothing alittle xanax couldn't cure) i tried the paxil cr and it did nothing for me....now that i'm weening off the paxil i feel like i'm going to die, if you knew the side effects of coming off you would probably never start it...out of body feelings, dizziness constantly to the point i can't think or drive, sleeping for almost an entire day, no sex drive at all, numb finger tips, irritability (serious) loss of appetite, tremors, you name it it's happening and it's only been 1 day since my last step down dose, this is the scariest thing i've ever experienced and i've had some serious panic attacks that have landed me in the ER daily...if you are considering it weigh every pro and con and decide if you can handle the effects during and after...which is more important to you!!! | F | 30 | 5 years | 8/5/2004 | 1 | ANXIETY ATTACKS | NAUSEA, DIZZY SPELLS.. MOOD SWINGS, WEIGHTGAIN THAT I AM SO UNHAPPY ABOUT | I FEEL THAT NONE OF THESE SIDE EFFECTS WERE EXPLAINED AND ITS SO HARD TO STOP TAKING THE PILL.. COMING OFF OF IT IS A NIGHTMARE | F | 29 | 5 months | 8/6/2004 | 2 | Stress from work | Most of side effects have been since I quit taking the drug. I have been off a week now (25 mg). Here what I am experiencing: Insomnia with very wierd and strange dreams (many of these something or someone is after me);crawling skin, this is worse of all, it is accompanied by a hypervenalation type feeling, in this state I am completely misberbly. Hallucinations at night when waking (not knowing where I am); the pulse sensation, where you turn you head and you feel like a wave or waves of dizziness pass though you head; ear pulses too, same thing but I have short sporadic noises like a TV with no channel. Overall, out of control emotions especially when the crawling effect is going. I have left work twice for the day because I was on the verge of collaspe and could not communicate with my clients. | Don't do it or if you do you better need to anti-anxiety relief badly. I got talked into it by my family doctor during a tough time at work. In the end, my need was temporary but the side effects make me wonder why I ever put this stuff in my body? | M | 36 | 10 months | 8/7/2004 | 4 | Depression & Anxiety | Diarreah the first week, major weight gain (15lbs), tired, lack of energy. My doctor changed my prescription to Wellbutrin and am having horrible withdrawals to the Paxcil...dizziness and naseau. | The Paxcil Cr worked great for the first year and then it kind of stopped working. My doctor said that Paxcil has a tendency to stop working for some people and I am one of the lucky ones. I am trying another antidepressant right now, but it's too early to say how well it is working. | F | 30 | 1 years | 8/9/2004 | 5 | Depression/anxiety | The only side effect I have is sleepiness. I yawn alot. I am starting to feel like myself again. I did have some abdominal cramping but I don't know if that is the paxil CR, or the Mexican food I had that day. | I am still a little slow in the mornings but I am starting to see a slight difference in how I think and worry about things. The real side effect that I haven't experienced yet, but that really bothers me ,is the sexual side effects. I am getting married in March/2005 and want a healthy sex life. Loss of libido is not what I need right now. If anyone has found out what to do in this situation it would be greatly appreciated by me and my Fiance. As for all of the other side effects, I haven't experienced any that are intolerable. I thnk anyone taking an SSRI should undestand that there are going to be side effects and withdrawal symptoms, and just make sure you read about what is available and make your decision based on what you are trying to accomplish. I wish everyone the best of luck! :) | F | 28 | 2 weeks | 8/11/2004 |