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 |
| 5 | Panic Disorder and Anxiety | Sleepy, difficult to achieve orgasm | Paxil changed my life. Taking Paxil is the best thing I have ever done. The panic and anxiety had ruined 18 years of my life...all of my 20's and part of my 30's. After reading the comments here, it seems to me that only people with panic and anxiety disorder should take Paxil. For all of us, it gave us our life back. Unless you have suffered from debilitating panic and anxiety, you cannot understand how much help this drug has given people who need it. Doctors need to be educated about which people benefit most from this drug and prescribe accordingly. | F | 45 | 7 years | 8/7/2008 | 2 | ocd, depression | dissociation, suicidal ideation, numbing of emtions | Paxil does wonders for my OCD and anxiety but really gives me that "mind not connected with body" feeling. I feel like I'm trapped in my head on this medication and sometimes it seems to make depression worse, especially at the beginning of therapy. It's worth it if you are being tortured by OCD but for me it's been ineffective as an antidepressant. And the suicidal ideation stuff is real. I've taken it for years and withdrawal sucks for a few weeks but as long as you taper slowly and realize the discomfort is temporary it's not too bad. Just don't go cold turkey from >20mg, you will really suffer. | M | 36 | 8 years | 7/29/2008 | 5 | migraines and anxiety | Very few. Mostly some drowsiness (taking at night helps) and decrease in sexual drive, neither of which are debilitating. I was concerned about the "suicidal thoughts" effect often cited because I had a family member who did suffer from depression and suicide attempts. Thankfully, however, I have had none of those symptoms. | Truly changed my life! Paxil was originally prescribed by my GYN for migraines -- over 10 years ago. I have always had a degree of social anxiety and IBS (as a teen I lived on Imodium -- couldn't get through an exam or social situation without the anxiety-triggering IBS symptoms). I also missed out on a lot of fun because I hated certain social situations. In fact, I truly believe that my first marriage would have been better (perhaps even lasted) had I known about Paxil earlier. Since taking Paxil, the migraines have disappeared. The social anxiety has disappeared, and I actually can enjoy social interaction. IBS is practically nonexistent. As soon as I try to go off Paxil (and have not had the difficulty with withdrawal noted by others), I am moody and anxious. My family can tell the difference almost immediately. The irony here is that I now realize that going off of Paxil isn't what is causing the moodiness and problem behavior that I experience. It is that fact I n | F | 56 | 10 years | 7/25/2008 | 5 | Depression,SocialPhobia | Anything over 10mgs. per day-fatigue,complete lack of libido, insomnia | YMMV- I took Zoloft 14yrs. ago and for me that was poison; I can relate to some of the posters here about a drug being poison. That's not the case with Paxil for me, though. You have to see how you react to it. I got almost immediate relief from this drug the first time I took it, within hours. Completely different effect from Zoloft, which made me ill, and I stuck with it for way too long before stopping altogether. Try different meds until you get the positive response. That's the only way you'll know. | M | 56 | 5 years | 7/23/2008 | 5 | stress and anxiety horrors | lowered sex drive and reduced sensitivity in the genital area, inability to cry or shed tears even when very sad, sometimes a sudden electric shock feeling inside my head. | Been on paxil for 12 years now and even with the side effects I do not know how I could have survived without it. Did stop it at one stage and suffered the withdrawal symtoms, however the horrors of stress and anxiety returned so I went back on the paxil. Can take weeks or even months for the benefits to show. | M | 45 | | 7/14/2008 | 5 | Anxiety | None | Love the stuff | F | 48 | 6 years | 7/9/2008 | 3 | PTSD, Anxiety, Panic Attacks | can you say.... WIEGHTGAIN! and not caring about anything. | I was prescribed Paxil after fighting with anxiety,ptsd,and panic for at least 4 years. the first side effect i noticed was i didn't care about anything that was happening, i wouldn't keep in touch with anyone i even quit a few jobs, then it started to ruin my sex life it took about 3 hours for an orgasm and when i finally did it wasn't that great. then i noticed i gained 45 pounds in a year and that's when i decided to get off paxel... i started lowering my dosages and i came off it. no more ringing of the ears or weightgain, i actually have a life with my family and friends because i care, ya I'm little fatter but that can be fixed. paxil helped with the panic attacks tremendously!!! i haven't had once since i started taking paxil. i was going from a panic attack a day to no panic attacks at all. but i think therapy helped with that too. i just wish there was some sort of antidepressant that doesn't mess u up!!!! | F | 22 | 1 years | 6/29/2008 | 4 | depression unexplained stomach prob | insomnia,weight gain | i started having unexplained stomach problems my doctor reffered me to a surgeon then decided to get my gallbladder out with the probability that is what is causing my symptoms, after the surgery my symptoms got worse, and gess what i got the worst depression i can think of, was prescribed paxil it was a life saver it did help with the stomach pain and nausea as well as depression and the weight gain was a good side effect for me as i was under weight before the drug made me what i wanted to be since along time ago i just wish it had a longer half life(stays in the system longer). i stopped taking it after 2 YEARS the first withdrawal was bad as it took me a month and a half to completely stop my main withrawal symptoms were mainly gastrointestinal maybe because i already have aweak GI system. the second time i took it for 3 weeks and the withdrawal was as bad as the first time but i found that taking diphehydramine(benadryl) is helpful with the withrawal symptoms as it is from the Pr | M | 28 | 2 years | 6/24/2008 | 3 | Major Depression, fear, axiety, ADD | Weight gain (~30 pounds in 2 years) common with most SSRI's. Medicated or "dissacciation" feelings are effective levels. I'm not so sure my depression was solely serotonin based as it had/has some significant ADD/ADHD as well. People who have concentration problems with depression should seriously as the docs about ADD and a combination therapy like Adderall with their antidepressant. | Felt less medicated than on Prozac, & had more anti-anxiety effects. Was easier to be around strangers, but the effect was less than with citalopram (Celexa). Was functional at 40mg/day but disliked the floating/medicated feeling; less than with Prozac, but still noticable. Switching to a nonSSRI like Wellbutrin is an option (increases concentration, sexdrive & weight loss vs. SSRIs). SSRI suicide concerns with non-adults are serious (I've read Prozac doesn't have this sideeffect). Having taken several SSRI I feel impulse control is a problem & has led to gambling, disregard for consequences, & on sometimes what I call "suicide pondering". No motivation to DO it, but for some reason Id day dream opportunites. Driving off a highway would pop into my head on certain highspeed corners even though i had no motivation & KNEW better. Id see disaster where other people drive w/o a thought of flying through the air. In an adult its tolerable but DANGEROUS in | M | 31 | 2 years | 6/17/2008 | 5 | depression and insomnia | The only lasting one was that my persona felt kind of flat and less 'edgy' -- | For all of you with the 'sleepiness' issues: like you, when I first started taking 20 mg. of Paxil in the morning, I was groggy most of the day. What I did after about two weeks was to cut the pills in half, reducing my daily dose to 10 mg., and then to take my pill at night at bedtime. For me, this worked perfectly. My doctor felt that 10mg. wasn't a strong enough dose to alleviate depression, but I found that just getting good sleep was a great help in making me feel better. | F | 58 | 3 years | 6/16/2008 | 1 | Social anxiety/phobia | I can't cry or get off sexually. | I took it for 1 month and noticed very little. All it did was take away my ability to cry and get off. It didn't do anything for my anxiety.... at least I didn't notice anything. I'm thinking about getting of it and staying on Buspar. I'm scared though. | M | 26 | 1 months | 6/6/2008 | 5 | Extreme Panic disorder depression | Sleepiness weight gain | Paxil get a hugely bad rap, but my life had deteriorated so badly that i couldn't function. I had post traumatic stress disorder, and i collapsed mentally and physically. Paxil helped me to be able to enjoy life again, and to even be able to fly on an airplane, even BY MYSELF and not freak out. That had never happened. The side effects were nothing compared to my un-treated panic disorder and depression. | F | 50 | 12 years | 5/27/2008 | 1 | Social Anxiety | anorgasmia, the libido of a baked potato, zombiefication, tremor, drowsiness, brain shocks | At very best, was mediocre for SA. Most of the side effects can be managed or dealt with except the brain shocks. This is the single worst feeling I've ever experienced in my whole life. | M | 28 | 9 months | 5/27/2008 | 1 | Stress and depression | Hot flash, dry mouth, nausea, panic attack | I took my first and last dose at 11:00am and felt fine all day. Woke up in the middle of the night feeling strange. Felt like a hot flash, and I was trembling inside. My mouth was dry and I felt nauseated. The next day, before it was time for my second dose, I was driving to Lowes and began having a panic attack. MY FIRST PANIC ATTACK IN 9 YEARS! I had to pull off of the road into someones driveway and wait for the panic attack to pass. Needless to say, when I got home, the Paxil (or rather, POISON) went in the trash. I will never touch that crap again! I will stick with exercise (which works like a charm everytime anyway) and a healthier diet. To those of you who have been on this poison for years: I don't know how you do it! | F | 36 | 1 days | 5/25/2008 | 1 | Depression | no orgasms!! | The man who suggested a website on sexual side effects of paxil needs to know that that site has been hacked!! This site was given by one of your contributors. His information was : 1 Premature ejaculation Complete sexual shut-down. Apparently permanent chemical castration. Don't ever take this drug if you like sex. It can ruin your sex life forever. Website over here: http://www.ssri-side-effects.com/ M 39 2 weeks 1/7/2006 I was very upset that this is what I saw when following the url: - Hacked By Selim0618 // AyYıldız Team__Hacked By Selim0618 // AyYıldız Team__Hack | F | 33 | 5 years | 5/8/2008 | 3 | depression, PTSD | drowsiness, inability to have an orgasm, night sweats | At 20mg I felt no differant, but at 30mg I feel a slight boost in my overall mood | M | 26 | 4 weeks | 5/3/2008 | 1 | anxiety/depression | I have been on paxil for 10yrs. and it gave me nightsweats,vivid dreams,shakiness,etc. Now have been trying to get off for 8mths and it has been a nightmare the scariest thing in my life.Forget about the side effects lets talk about the withdrawls.... | I want everyone to know that this medication is horrible and no-one should ever consider this med. the side effects are so horrible. Im trying to get off it and it's like the devil of all antidepressants and antianxiety meds. that are out there. Just quickly let me descrbe the withdrawl symptoms..DIZZINESS,NIGHTSWEATS,FATIGUE,NAUSEA,HEADACHES,PRESSURE IN THE HEAD,SHAKINESS,THOUGHTS OF IT NEVER ENDING, CONFUSED, DISASSOCIATION,ETC. SOOOOOO BAD TO THE EXTREME ALL OF THESE WITHDRAWLS...HARD TIME GETTING TROUGH THE DAY WITHOUT CRYING AND FEELING LIKE IM DYING... | F | 28 | 10 years | 5/1/2008 | 2 | severe anxiety and depression | It helped with the depression. However, I felt like I was watching my life and not experiencing any of it. It was like I was watching a movie (only way I know how to describe it.) I have known many other people who have taken this drug and become extremely conceited and only cared about themselves. Also tended to act recklessly without regard for others feelings. | Only good thing I can say is that it seemed to increase self-esteem. I woke up and looked in the mirror and thought I looked better for some reason. However, it wasn't worth the extent that I felt out of touch with life. | F | 28 | 3 months | 4/26/2008 | 4 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | Difficulty falling/staying asleep, constipation, difficulty achieving orgasm | I was first prescibed Paxil when my anxiety started as a teen, and it was fairly a new drug back then. So they didn't really know about all the withdrawal effects it has. I stayed on it for about nine years, in that nine years it was a life saver to me, because before I couldn't function "normally" with my anxiety. I decided that I wanted to try and wean off of it, thought maybe it wasn't needed anymore. I slowly started weaning off, my doctor did it very slowly, like only going down 10mg. in a year's time at first, and then another 10mg. in 6 months time. I did experience a lot of crying, and dizziness, and eventually my anxiety started to come back. By this time I was only taking 10mg. So my doctor and I agreed to try different meds. In about a years time I was given Lexapro (helped, but made me feel "numb" so stopped) Effexor, (didn't help me at all, I think actually made things worse, so stopped) and Zoloft (lost a lot of weight, trouble sleeping, helped for awh | F | 27 | 10 years | 4/20/2008 | 5 | panic disorder with some OCD | at first- the 'zaps', ringing in ears 6 months later- some weight gain, difficulty w/ orgasm (but at least i can get out and date now!) | totally cured that anxious 'knot' in my stomach i've had my whole life! i discontinued the paxil for a month but the panic came back. i guess i'm lucky that i didn't have any of the withdrawal problems listed- just a return of the previous symptoms. i think paxil saved me from becoming agoraphobic... | F | 31 | 6 months | 4/19/2008 |