PAXIL Reviews (PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1022 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PAXIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Panic Attacks | Significant weight gain, insomnia | Paxil was amazing in helping my panic attacks. I went from living in and out of an attack all day to none in about 2 weeks. It leveled out my mood and helped me to think clearly again. The downfall was the weight gain and sleepless nights. I gained over 50lbs and was awake every morning at 3am for at least an hour. It made no difference what time of day I took the paxil, I was still awake. I tried 3 different medications to help me sleep and those had no effect whatsoever. I tried numerous ways to lose weight and nothing helped. When I decided to stop taking it,I had horrible withdrawls and ended up back on it a year later. After stopping and restarting twice, it never had the same effect as it did initially and I had to switch to something different. | F | 33 | 7 years 20mg 1X day | 4/20/2010 | 1 | Depression | Lethargic, wanted to lay in bed at all times. Always tired, but never able to sleep. WORST WITHDRAWALS!!!. After discontinuing.. Brain zaps, blurred vision, insomnia, CRAZY LUCID DREAMS, Felt like I was on acid randomly throughout the day, Suicidal thought,. Tingling, nausea, weight gain. | The worst Drug I've ever taken in my life. I wish the doctor never prescribed this to me. I would have rather been depressed then go through what I did with this drug. I was so lethargic all the time. I couldn't get out of bed. After stopping the drug I started to get brain zaps which felt like an electrical current going through my head. I had dreams of people around me dying gruesome deaths. I had dreams I was dying painful deaths. I grew extremely suicidal which I have never encountered I even started to write suicidal letters , Keep in mind this was after the drug. I went completely crazy. I was not myself. I would never recommend anyone to take this. I stopped taking this and now I feel normal again. I have energy and I can enjoy life. | F | 23 | 3 months 30mg 1X day | 4/19/2010 | 1 | GRIEF | anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, shaky jitteryness, inner trembling, feelings of doom, intense crying jags, nervousness with no cause, low motivation, | This drug and its manufacturers should be abolished!!! Looking back, i should have realised that no pill was going to make the grief go away, and time was the only healer. I have had to endure horrific symptoms from tapering this drug, and have lost the best part of the last 15 yrs of my life. THANKS GSK!!!!! for not revealing the truth about this drug, we have all been stitched up tidy, when u complain to a doctor, they have no idea that its the drug thats causing this, and we are being misdiagnosed and poly drugged with other poisonss. Not me!!!! i now know thqat a lot o mental illness today is caused by the drugs we take,which are meant to cure the very symptoms we all complain about in w/d. What a complete travesty, we had it with the thalidomide drug in the 60,S, the benzos in the 8O'S how long is it going to take before the public wise up. Obviously gsk's only concern is raking in billions and billions $$$$ from there super poisons thaT ARE WRECKIONG PEOPLE'S LIVES. cheers, what a trade off eh, I FOR ONE HAVE BEEN CONNED AND MADE VERY ILL, AND god ONLY KNOWS HOW LONG ITS GOING TO LAST. | F | 51 | 14 years 30MG 1X day | 4/16/2010 Patient History | 1 | depression | M | 48 | 6 weeks 1X day | 4/15/2010 | 1 | for GAD | Flu-like symptoms, increased anxiety, restlessness, skin rashes and itching, tremors, "electrical" brain zap sensations, tingling, morbid thoughts, abnormal taste and smell, confused thinking and a generalized feeling of either "heavy" or "mushy" brain. | I experienced terrible withdrawal symptoms after discontinuing Paxil, I did not know it could produce "discontinuation syndrome". | M | 64 | 11 months 20mg 1X day | 4/15/2010 | 1 | Depression, anxiety | Initially, vomiting the first night, sexual problems, weight gain. Eventually, after several years of SSRI treatment (not just this one) I developed Serotonin Syndrome which included incontinence symptoms. This stopped once I went off them, and restarted when I restarted on them, so it was definitely them causing it. | It was across all the SSRIs, not just Paxil. I wouldn't recommend these drugs to anyone, but if you are going to take them, only take them for a short time, no more than a year or two, and only if you absolutely, totally need them. I'd advise people to try other things first eg hypnosis (haven't tried it yet), fish oil, Vitamin D, joining social clubs, St John's Wort (haven't tried it, might be just as bad), social skills training, therapy etc. I don't think these pills should even be on the market. | F | 33 | 3 months 60 MG 1X day | 4/14/2010 | 1 | General Anxiety Disorder | Going on to the drug was hellish, but once I stabilised on 20mg it was only the 'mild' side-effects of emotional numbness, general apathy and sexual disfunction. However, the real fun started when I started to come off the drug.... nausea, chronic anxiety, diaorrhea, ear-ringing, vertigo, nightmares, weight-loss, emotional instability etc... | If you are prescribed this drug, please please please only take it for a short period of time whilst you get some CBT. It has ruined my life. | M | 29 | 9 years 20 1X day | 4/14/2010 | 1 | Protracted benzo withdrawal & pain | Huge weight gain (diet and exercise didn't help) and increasing hypersomnia, sleeping up to 18 hours a day! Then HORRIBLE protracted withdrawal. NOT worth any initial benefits! | Doctors' "slow" taper schedules aren't nearly slow enough for most people. I learned too late that tapering by no more than 10% of previous (MOST RECENT) dose, dropping no more than every 3-6 weeks when stabilized at dose, is the most effective way to successfully taper off for most people. Best is not to take it! Terrible med. | F | 60 | 13 years 15 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 1 | anxiety | Suicidal thoughts, anger, aggression, insomnia,impulsivity. | This drug almost cost my son his life to suicide. The withdrawal was totally debilitating and extended. He now has permanent adrenal damage due to Paxil. | M | 52 | 14 months 50 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 1 | anxiety caused by thyroid med | brutal insomnia, depersonalization, twitches, tremors, shocks | Neurotoxic in my opinion. Strongly recommend users stay away from this drug. Has taken over a year to get over the side effects caused by this med. | M | 41 | 3 months 20mg 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 2 | Anxiety | Extreme tiredness and lethargy, weight gain, increased hunger, reduced energy. | Paxil made me far to sleepy to really be of any use to me, although it did reduce my anxiety somewhat. I often sleep ten hours a night and then slept an additional three during the day. I put on 9 kilos on this medication and I was very often lacking the energy to do things, despite having the desire to get moving. | F | 24 | 3 years 20 1X day | 4/12/2010 | 4 | depression | diarrhea, trouble sleeping the first two nights, but last night was fine | Day 4: seems to be affecting my mood positively. | M | 27 | 4 days 20mg 1X day | 3/23/2010 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression | dry mouth, low libedo, low energy/tiredness. | This is the worst of all the SSRI drugs, it should not be prescribed to any new patients. I was on this crap for 10 years and I did not realize how miserable my life was because of it. After 3 years I was finally able to get off of it. Just do a web search and you can see that a lot of people have a very hard time getting off of it. Trying to stop this crap takes a long time and a lot of suffering. It took me 6 months of slowly tapering my dose to finally get off of it. I still suffered the brain zaps, nausea, irritability, dizziness, vivid nightmares, cold sweats, and the worst panic attacks of my life. | M | 28 | 10 years 40MG 1X day | 3/20/2010 | 3 | depression | It definitely lifted my mood but it caused bronchialspasms/asthma attacks so I had to go off of it! I also put on weight--about 10 extra pounds. I sometimes had trouble gathering my thoughts to complete a senstence! | I am afraid to try any other kind of anti-depressant for fear of an asthma attack. Haven't had one since being off of Paxil three years ago! | F | 59 | 2 years 10 mg 1X day | 3/8/2010 | 1 | social anxiety | HOrrible. Laziness, forgetfullness, weight gain, zombie feeling, other weird symtoms | Horrible horrible drug do not take. Taking paxil for 8 months literally cost years off my life recovering from the after effects. I do not believe that my mind or my body has ever returned to the same since taking this medication. I immediately gained 25 pounds when taking this which has given me a struggle with my weight ever since. My memory is horrible now. Constructing sentences is difficult. I just have never felt the same. The worst of it I would say was the first two years after discontinuing, memory was horrilbe, word recall was horrible, felt very out of it our of sync. This is a horrible drug and these doctors will not help you when you have problems with it. They will blame the problems on you becase you came in with depression or anxiety so they discount your concerns and blame you as imaginging the side effects or already having them when you came in which you know is not true. If you have a choice always take care of depression or other anxiety related issues through therapy rather than meds first. | F | 29 | 8 months 1X day | 3/8/2010 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety | Pink Floyd-like dreams first 2 nights. Lack of sex drive first 4 weeks. | Afore I wuz more nervous n a kat in a room fulla rokkin charez n I wuz alwayz fussin n fitein. Since I bin takin Paksil I been all calm n peesubl like. For a while I had trubl gittin enuf wood to keep the wifes fire a-burnin ( If ya no wot I meen) but now I can cut diamonds with it again. Thanks Dr. Fizer, yor the she-it. | M | 45 | 5 weeks 20mg 1X day | 3/1/2010 | 5 | PMDD/Social Anxiety | Nausea (1 week, then gone), Weird taste (1 day, then gone), mild insomnia coupled with drowsiness at other times, decreased libido (increases after a few weeks), mild spaciness, decreased ability to sense cold (but no sweating) | It's important to remember that everyone's brain chemistry is different, and all drugs carries the risk of side effects. For me, this drug has been a miracle. I was trapped in panic attacks, paranoia, depression, wild mood swings, uncontrollable crying, everything under the sun for several weeks each month. It evened out my emotions, and as an added benefit helps me deal with my social anxiety. I would put up with far worse side effects to be able to live normally again. I'm off Paxil for a few weeks every month, and other than a whammy when my normal, non-PMDD emotions hit me, I haven't noticed significant side effects. It's up to you to decide whether it helps or not, and how to manage the side effects. In the past, I was prescribed Wellbutrin, and that for me was a nightmare because it made the PTSD I was suffering far, far worse, as well as giving me temporary (if by temporary you mean a few years) mania, rapid heartbeat, and chest pains. So if the side effects are horrible for you, it may be due to your personal brain chemistry, and not because the drug shouldn't be given to anyone. Seek a doctor's advice, and wean yourself off. | F | 36 | 3 months 10mg 1X day | 2/25/2010 | 4 | anxiety | none aware of | F | 4 | 9 months 1X day | 2/16/2010 | 4 | Strange dreams, jitters, involuntary muscle movements, cramps, spacieness, difficult but not impossible orgasms. | I was alarmed at during the first two weeks at my inablity to orgasm, even solo. Generally, Paxil has helped my anxiety problem greatly. I was having a lot of difficulty in public situtions, to the point where I would hardly leave home. This is my first experience with a SSRI, and honestly I would have found this useful much earlier in my life. The sexual problems caused by this drug were temporary, thank God. Actually, orgasms seem to be more intense now than ever. I am only on 10mg, so I suspect this make be more difficult to overcome at higher doses. | M | 38 | 1 months 10 MG 1X day | 2/15/2010 | 1 | depression | THIS IS AN AWFUL DRUG! I had dilated pupils,inabilty to concentrate, feelings of dread, dizziness, racing heart rate,irritability,insomnia, trembling, and hot and cold flashes | This was the most awful experience I have ever had with a drug. My doctor switched me to it after my Prozac seemed to stop working. I literally thought I was going to die within 30 minutes of taking this medication. On top of that I had no sex drive for over 2 week after stopping this medication. I ended up stopping prescription antidepressants and switching to st. johns wart and Valerian and have never felt better. | F | 21 | 2 days 40 mg 1X day | 2/11/2010 |