PAXIL Reviews (PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1018 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PAXIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Severe depression/ PTSD/ anger | Yawn tremors, vision difficulties, confusion, zombie-like, NO SEX DRIVE AT ALL. | I was so out of it while taking this drug I actually ended up in getting in a car accident! Please everyone be careful while taking this. I know drugs work different for everyone but I don't want any one to get hurt. And it's a VERY BAD IDEA to go off paxil cold turkey too. Please. Please be careful everyone! I will never ever go back on this med or recommend it to anyone I love. | F | 26 | 6 months | 11/21/2007 | 5 | anxiety | The medicine has been great and helped me a great deal. The worst side effect I experienced was blurred vision. I have not had any effect with libido and I can have orgasms. | I have been 90 % cured of all my problems. The medicine has helped me have a great normal life free from worry and anxiety. Good luck to all on the medicine, it can work. | M | 24 | 5 years | 11/20/2007 | 1 | anxiety and depression | no libido, constipation, weight gain, electrical zaps and swooshy sounds, suicidal ideation, rages, increased depression, agitation, the list goes on..... | even if the stuff works, some day it will "poop-out" on you and you'll start auto-withdrawing, and paxil withdrawal feels, well, hellish to say the least. when this happens you're forced to either fully withdraw from paxil, substitute with another ssri or counteract the withdrawal with benzo's, like valium. either way, you're possibly in for a hellish ride of extreme panic and the whole full range of incapacitating symptoms. paxil is so evil it shoul be banned and forcefed to the drug companies prescribing it and then cold turkey withdrawn. this pill is poison by the devil himself! | M | 31 | 5 years | 11/20/2007 | 1 | anxiety panic depression | basically all side effects that are known. worse though, i got the tolerance/poop-out syndrome after a couple of years so i started withdrawing during use. withdrawal is the worst part of this poison! | after 5 years of use and 2 years of ssri-tolerance i decided to withdraw, slowly, about 5 weeks ago. i went from 30mg to 17.5mg currently and feel like i'm going to die of the anxiety, panic and all horrible psycical and mental symptoms. i once thought my cold turkey withdrawals from Luvox and Seresta were horrible, or that my Xanax-tapering over a year was exhausting, but boy was i wrong! this paxil/seroxat/paroxetine is giving me by far the most horrible withdrawal ever, i'm not sure i'm going to survive this this time, i really don't. it's hell. everyone who reads this prior to using the stuff: DON'T take it! | M | 31 | 5 years | 11/20/2007 | 1 | migraine prevention | total inability to orgasm, tachycardia, flat effect overall with occasional episodes of panic. Perhaps due to the short duration, there were no withdrawal symptoms. Heart rate and rhythm resolved and full normal range of emotions returned within a short time of stopping the medication. | F | 47 | 2 weeks | 11/18/2007 | 2 | Depression related to death | overall "crazy" and "high" feeling | I was put on this medication when it was first introduced on the market and I was 17 years old. Granted I was going through a lot at the time this medication made me feel absolutely out of it. My pupils were always dilated which made others question if I was on drugs, and at the time I felt like I was! I had this weird feeling of my brain "sloshing" around in my head, and at times felt as though I were floating as I walked. I had extreme energy and use to clean my mom's entire house. I was already skinny to begin with but while on the medication ended up dropping down to 90 lbs. I look back at pictures of myself on Paxil and just feel horrible. While it did help me not think about my best friend's death (I couldn't cry or get upset about ANYTHING) i would've like it if I had been allowed to go through the grieving process on my own before getting on something so powerful. It made me constantly happy and giddy at times. I remember running my toe into a wall once and laughi | F | 25 | 5 years | 11/15/2007 | 3 | Anxiety/depression | COMPLETE LOSS IN SEX DRIVE! some weight gain at first, decreased effectiveness overtime, crazy dreams and night sweats, always sleepy (could sleep for 10 or more hours at a time!) | It worked for a long time and I didn't seem to have any problems with it, other than if I forgot to take my meds for 1.5-2 days, I'd start feeling very dizzy or nauseated. The main reason I am switching is because I am so young and I have been on this drug ever since I've been of sexual age, yet I have never had a good sex life and on this drug, you become anorgasmic, which I definitely have been. If I do orgasm it takes up to an hour and cannot be done with a human, but a vibrator. And besides that, it makes you feel like you could live without sex for the rest of your life. This is hard when you have a steady boyfriend who wants to do it at least 1x a week or more, but you would rather just go to bed. It made me actually dread having sex, while everyone else I know can't get enough of it. LOL. So, I don't recommend this for young women like me. Also, DO NOT just go off this pill on your own. The withdraw is HORRIBLE. I've been told you have to request off of work even! All I did was | F | 23 | 7.5 years | 11/12/2007 | 1 | depression and anxiety attacks | Tremors (all over body shakes, like really really bad case of the coffee jitters), insomnia--my brain was WIDE awake at 2 am--hot and cold flashes, I went from freezing cold to burning up in a matter of a minute, and when the hot flashes came, my skin felt as if it were being burned, it acted as a diuretic, made me have to go to the bathroom every ten minutes, and it made me really really nauseous. | I've got the generic form of Paxil, Paroxetine, and I was prescribed the drug for help with raging PTSD symptoms. But this is not worth it. I'll take the anxiety attacks over these side effects any day. And I was NOT aware that this drug is so addicting. I don't want to take a medicine I have to wean myself off of. No thanks. | F | 35 | 1 days | 11/8/2007 | 3 | nocturnal panic attacks | Paxil stopped the nocturnal panic attacks of 11 years but at a cost; weight gain (45 lbs in 7 years), feeling bored, blah, or "beige". Just not really excited, passionate or interested in anything. Tired, un-motivated. Sex? Forget it. No orgasm. | 10 weeks to get from 20 mg down to 5 mg. Tried the cold turkey thing and couldn't walk, talk, see, headaches, sweating, dizzy - was sooooo sick. Went back on full dosage and tapered sloooowly. Down to 5 mg now but feeling a little "mean and nasty" so not sure if I'll get completely off. The bottom line is I hate this drug and even though it helped with the initial symptoms, it created a whole new set of problems. And I can't help but wonder what it has done to my internal organs. | F | 49 | 7 years | 11/4/2007 | 5 | bipolar and anxiety | The only side effects I have really experianced are constipation and loss of appitite. I have lost 13 lbs since I started taking this medication. 1 month ago. | I LOVE PAXIL!!!! I am a 25 year old mother of 2 young children and I suffered every day from my bipolar to the point where I wasnt a good mother any more. My kids didnt like me. I completly withdrew myself from the outside world. I wouldnt even talk on the phone. I would lash out at the people I love, and not even realise what I was doing until after the fact. This hasnt always been the case. But with in the last 2 years my bipolar had gotten increasingly worse. Paxil gave me back the life that I love. It lets me be the mother that I know I am. Which is a caring, patient,and involved mother. And it has brought peace to my marriage.My husband actually wants to be around me now. I now look forward to going places. And I am slowly starting to hang out with friends again. I know about the withdrawls because I had them with Effexor, which was awfull... but hopefully Paxil will just continue to work for me, And I will continue to take it for the rest of my life. To all of you who arent havin | F | 25 | 1 days | 11/1/2007 | 1 | period of stress | caused hands to tremble, perspiration/heat intolerance, brain fog, fatigue, insomnia | My husband took this for two weeks, the symptoms from the paxil continued after he went off the med but then he immediately also had mood swings and confusion, (he did not have this before going on the paxil...it was given to him as a "precaution"). He didn't even need this poison. After 5 weeks the side effects continued...but he gave up his fight. This drug killed him and left me a widow. Be warned...the chemicals in this do alter brain chemistry. The warning of fatalities on the bottle is true. | M | 23 | 14 days | 10/28/2007 | 5 | Anxiety Disorder | Some weight gain. Some other minor side effects went away withing the first few weeks: nausea, sleepiness during the day, no appetite | Paxil saved my life. I take 40mg per day and I function like a normal human being (finally). Paxil worked miracles for me. It didn't change my personaliy or alter my thoughts, it just made life less scary somehow. | F | 33 | 2 years | 10/27/2007 | 3 | Bulimia and Anxiety | Excessive yawning, Dilated pupils, didnt care about things that used to bother me, I stopped obsessing over everything. The side effect that bothered me the most, was the sexual side effects. The desire was gone, completely, and inability to have an orgasm. It was horrible to not be able to have an orgasm! That was when I realized that i needed to stop taking Paxil. | It really helped the bulimia. No more binging and purging, and no more obsessing about food, all day long - everyday. I actaully lost about 5 lbs while on paxil. Also, unlike most people, i did not have a hard time getting off of the drug. I guess that all SSRI's affect eveybody in a different way. You can not always rely on what you hear from other people, because most likely you will react differently. You can just get a general idea of what to expect. I would recommend this to treat bulimia and anxiety, as long as you dont mind not having sex any more!! | F | 26 | 2 months | 10/18/2007 | 4 | Depression/Anxiety | Been taking for 2 years. Helps alot. Side effects include: loose bowel, negative libido effect, sleeping way too much. Don't try to quit cold turkey. Like other SSRIs after cold turkey the whoosh effect, crying at nothing, hopelessness etc will drive you crazy. Good drug overall, just try to get your dose adjusted to take the very least to work for you and taper if you try to come of it. | M | 45 | 2 years | 10/2/2007 | 5 | depression/anxiety | mild weight gain, involuntary twitching | This medication has effectively saved my life. Prior to paxil I couldn't hold a steady job due to my extreme anxiety attacks and general disinterest in living. I couldn't even look someone in the eye - and aside from gaining about 10-15lbs and twitching occasionally, I've had no problems. If you want to stop taking this medication, DO NOT QUIT COLD TURKEY!! You MUST wean yourself off this medication slowly over time. I was on paxil for three years before gradually switching myself off.. however my panic attacks and depression returned so I've been on it again for a couple of months. Back to being happy and social! | F | 20 | 4 years | 9/24/2007 | 5 | anxiety, depression | fatigue, vivid dreams, lack of sexual desire, jaw clenching, night sweats occasionally, headaches | This drug does work to cure anxiety and depression. I went from being a suicidal, timid person, to being more socially outgoing and suffering a lot less from anxiety. I can drive confidently, attend major functions without dreading them for days. And I feel pretty content with life. The key to this drug is that you have to give it time to work and adjust to the right dose. Being on it for a couple of months is useless. I am now trying to get off of it due to the fact that it's unsafe during pregnancy, and the withdrawal is horrible. I'm doing it with doctor supervision at the rate of 10mg a week (I was on 210mg a week)but it's still bad. The dizziness and electric shocks and fatigue are awful. I'm only on week 3 of withdrawal and I'm having a rough time. Overall, it's been a good drug for me and the side effects are manageable and definitely much better than the depression and anxiety! | F | 27 | 4 years | 9/17/2007 | 5 | major panic, anxiety and depression | This drug saved my life. I've had every side-affect there is, but the long lasting ones are weight gain (30pds) and loss of sex drive...takes 10 times longer to orgasam | After tapering from 60mg for 6 months, I have been Paxil free for 3 months. These 3 months have been up and down hell...the intense anxiety and emotional low feelings are ones I never had pre-paxil...they come in waves...then go away...serveral times I have felt like going back on Paxil or something else...I hope I don't endure many more months of this withdrawal hell... | M | 45 | 6 years | 9/17/2007 | 3 | anxiety/depression | drymouth, insomnia | I just started this drug - everyone says they gain weight. Is this because everyone is just feeling better and eating better or are people eating the same amount and experience a slow down of their metabolism? | F | 33 | 4 days | 9/12/2007 | 4 | anxiety and panic attacks | clenching jaw, weight gain of about 20 lbs., excessive yawning, slight insomnia at first and decreased sexual orgasms. | worked great for my panic attacks on 20mgs. | F | 51 | 8 months | 9/11/2007 | 5 | Anxiety, Depression, Panic Disorder | At first: nausea, jaw clenching and teeth grinding, unable to sleep more than 3-4 hours. These side effects all went away after a few weeks. Some mild side effects still remain: Slightly delayed orgasm, jaw tightness, and some daytime tiredness. | I have been taking Paxil along with Omega 3 supplements, and together they have helped quite a bit with my issues. Before the medication, anxiety and panic gave me great difficulty driving, making it through a day of work, or spending time doing anything outside my apartment. Sometimes I thought I was going crazy or having a full-blown nervous breakdown. This worsened my depression, and I felt horrible and was losing the will to live. Little by little, most of these problems faded away with time and the medication. I no longer have thoughts of insanity or suicide. As each day passes, that stuff is beginning to seem like a distant memory. So far, Paxil has made life so much more manageable. I hope this continues. I feel more well-adjusted than I ever have before. | M | 25 | 2 months | 9/8/2007 |