Patient Log of Experience Using PAXIL
DRUG RATINGS REPORTS HISTORY FOR A PATIENT TAKING PAXIL
| Key to ratings for PAXIL: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| Rating | Reason | Side Effects | Comments | Sex | Age | Time Taken and Dosage | Date Added | |
| 4 | Social Anxiety Disorder | Initially a very odd type of yawn which occurred when changing activities. Wide wide yawns which tingle and feel somewhat good, but happened too often. Nauseous for the first 2 days, but not puke-worthy. Somewhat zombie-like, dilated pupils. Maybe a bit shaky. Difficulty ejaculating, even the first night I took 20 mg, but still possible. I went up to 40 mg at which time could not ejaculate for the life of me, regardless of how much porn and/or sex was involved. It seems that this side effect is dose-dependent. The drowsiness can be a big issue for some and might stick around, but it seems that this side effect can go away. I haven't noticed any weight gain yet. ***Recommendation for have a smoother withdrawal: get a prescription for the liquid formulation. It makes it much much easier to taper off the drug in fine, tiny increments. Alternatively, ask your doctor if you can switch to an SSRI with a longer half life (fluoxetine is the one!) and taper coarsely off from that. The long | I will go back down to 20 mg as studies apparently indicate that there is not much benefit beyond 20 mg for social anxiety at least. 20 mg is the reccomended starting dose, and also the maintenance dose. Very effective SSRI for me, more so than Lexapro. My hypothesis as to why it is indicated for social anxiety is because it is one of the more sedating SSRI's. Play around with the best time to take it - If you get drowsy from it, like I do, try taking it at night. If it keeps you up, take it in the morning. You may also want to take into account the usual time you are sexually active, try spacing the dose as far away from that time as possible (at least 12 hrs) i.e., if you are sexually active at night, try taking it in the morning so the drug level will be somewhat low in your system by nighttime. You can also try taking Wellbutrin in addition to the paxil. | M | 22 | 1 months 20-40 mg 1X D | 4/12/2013 | |
| 4 | Social Anxiety Disorder | Initially a very odd type of yawn which occurred when changing activities. Wide wide yawns which tingle and feel somewhat good, but happened too often. Nauseous for the first 2 days, but not puke-worthy. Somewhat zombie-like, dilated pupils. Maybe a bit shaky. Difficulty ejaculating, even the first night I took 20 mg, but still possible. I went up to 40 mg at which time could not ejaculate for the life of me, regardless of how much porn and/or sex was involved. It seems that this side effect is dose-dependent. The drowsiness can be a big issue for some and might stick around, but it seems that this side effect can go away. I haven't noticed any weight gain yet. ***Recommendation for a smoother withdrawal: get a prescription for the liquid formulation. It makes it much much easier to taper off the drug in fine, tiny increments. Alternatively, ask your doctor if you can switch to an SSRI with a longer half life (fluoxetine is the one!) and taper coarsely off from that. The long half lif | I will go back down to 20 mg as studies apparently indicate that there is not much benefit beyond 20 mg for social anxiety at least. 20 mg is the reccomended starting dose, and also the maintenance dose. Very effective SSRI for me, more so than Lexapro. My hypothesis as to why it is indicated for social anxiety is because it is one of the more sedating SSRI's. Play around with the best time to take it - If you get drowsy from it, like I do, try taking it at night. If it keeps you up, take it in the morning. You may also want to take into account the usual time you are sexually active, try spacing the dose as far away from that time as possible (at least 12 hrs) i.e., if you are sexually active at night, try taking it in the morning so the drug level will be somewhat low in your system by nighttime. You can also try taking Wellbutrin in addition to the paxil. | M | 22 | 1 months 20-40 mg 1X D | 4/13/2013 | |