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 | depression | none whatsoever | great! I am never gonna quit. | M | 41 | 5 years | 1/24/2005 | 4 | depression | weight gain.. after loosing 30 lbs with prozac, no sex drive | F | 28 | 3 years | 1/20/2005 | 3 | anxiety, depression | I can't remember initial side-effects other than constant diarrhea, which lasted for several months. Then constipation has kicked in ever since. About one month ago, night sweats, vivid dreams, sleep restlessness *started* as well. Sleeping long hours, waking feeling groggy has never gone away. Can rarely orgasm. | It did knock out my severe depressive symptoms. I can still cry on it and feel some depression. I can still experience anxiety on it, though the feelings are usually lessened. I get the head-buzzing feeling a lot. Overall, I'm not extremely impressed with it. Am taking 30mg and would prefer to lower the doseage. | F | 34 | 4 months | 1/20/2005 | 5 | Anxiety | Initial dry mouth, dizziness, nausea. Long term 20lb weight gain in 6 months that won't come off, and complete loss of sex drive. | It took me 3 months to get from 5mg to 20mg of paxil because I was anxious about meds. But after that all the anxiety symptoms went away, and I have more patience and no temper now. I also have milder PMS emotional symptoms. Everything is great. BUT I can't get rid of the additional weight no matter how much I train, even with a professional trainer. AND I never feel like having sex. I'm going to try to reduce to 10mg starting this weekend. | F | 28 | 2 years | 1/17/2005 | 5 | anxiety, depression | dizzy, easily able to snap, shakiness... | this drug is wonderful. i am now finally ready to go off of it. the side effects i listed are what i am experiencing trying to go off the pill slowly. | F | 22 | 2 years | 1/10/2005 | 1 | major depression, anxiety | NEVER TAKE PAXIL! ITS HAS THE WORST SIDE EFFECTS WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO STOP TAKING IT. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO STOP TAKING THIS DRUG FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND I HAVE THE MOST HORRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS: DIZZINESS, SENSORY DISTURBANCES (SUDDEN ELECTRICAL JOLT FEELING IN THE ARMS AND LEGS), SEVERE SLEEPINESS, WIERD DREAMS, SWEATING, NAUSEA, MADE DEPRESSION WORSE. HOW THE HELL DO YOU GET OFF THIS MEDICATION?? | In all honesty this is the worst medication I have ever taken. I can't seem to get off of it even if I try tapering it to a half a dose or less. I feel like I'm never gonna be able to get off it and its really scary. My doctor switched me to another anit depressent but kept me on the paxil and I'm in the process of being | F | 20 | 5 months | 1/10/2005 | 5 | OCD | taste changes (salty), fatigue, nausia, dizziness | Have developed a head tremor as I have been slowly tapering down. Not sure if this is a drug side effect or not. This was a miracle drug for me. | F | 43 | 10 years | 1/8/2005 | 3 | IBS and 9/11 depression | Upon Withdrawl: Electrical zap sensations up back of head/brain, pressure in brain, trembling of arms and legs relating to stomach/digestive action | I loved Paxil for fixing my IBS while I was on it. When I got married I weened off it (after 2 years) and 8 weeks after being off it, a bout' of wedding stress threw me into all of the symptoms I listed as side effects. I was so sick/bad symptoms that I could not drive, stand, look at the TV or PC and had to force sleep to not experience these painful symptoms. Im back to work but still have tightness in chest, weird headpain/sensation... Dr. put me back on Paxil CR and will ween off SLOWLY once again .. and HOPE that they symptoms STAY away this time. I need to have a child soon and I cannot be on ANYTHING during that time. UGH! | M | 34 | 2 years | 1/7/2005 | 4 | Depression | Weight gain, drowsiness, vivid dreams & nightmare, dry mouth, lowered sex drive, urinary problems. On discontinuing | Paxil works almost overnight to relieve depression, but I get fed up with the side effects. | M | 53 | 4 years | 1/6/2005 | 1 | OCD/Anxiety | Had a very bad bout of the shakes for abot 2 hours. I couldn't get warm. Neck and head hurt. Teeth chattering as if I was in a meat locker and I live in FL and I had chest pains! I felt like my heart was going to pop out of my chest. | I took my first dose 12.5 mg of Paxil Cr today at 11:00am and felt fine all day. 11:00 pm hit and all of the sudden I felt very sick to my stomach and my head started to hurt. After about 10 min's I was shaking from head to toe and my teeth were chattering. Then it made me so sick that I threw up. I went through this for about 2 solid hours. It was a horrible feeling. My poor husband was freaking out. It is now 3:00am here and I am still wide awake with a sore jaw and head but at least I have stopped shaking. I am going to call my Doc tomorrow and have him switch me to something else. I am glad that I have found this board before I took the Paxil Cr too long. Thanks too all the folks out there who are helping others! | F | 32 | 1 times | 1/6/2005 | 1 | Depression, anxiety | Nightmares, weight gain (20 Lbs. in 9 months) | I never had a weight problem in my life until I started taking paxil. After changing the things in my life that were giving me anxiety and working through my depression I started weening myself from paxil. I had severe mood swings, numbness, nightmares, and was suicidal, and attempted suicide once. I do not reccomend this to anyone. | F | 23 | 9 months | 1/6/2005 | 3 | anxiety | Initially, yawning and fatigue. Delayed orgasm, which is improving. No weight gain as of yet. I don't like the zapping, dizziness, nausea and night sweats if I miss a dose. | My MD encourages me to stay on the drug for at least 6 months to get full benefit. I have had no weight gain so far.. Guess I have been lucky in that respect based on everyone elses posts on this site! I feel less anxious and worry less so I guess its working. | F | 26 | 3 months | 1/4/2005 | 3 | Manic depression | Decreased libido, weight gain, sleepwalking, nightmares. | Side effects worse if you miss a dose. | M | 35 | 1 years | 1/3/2005 | 5 | anxity and panic attacks | no side effects at all! This is the second time i've taken it and last time i went off it was FINE. Not horrible like everyone says. Just taper off and its no problem at all. Paxil is WONDERFUL!!! | F | 31 | 2 weeks | 1/2/2005 | 5 | panic attacks | no side effects. ! | Paxil is the best that there is. Everyone says horrible things about it and none of it is true. I highly recommend it. I know several people who are on paxil and NOT ONE PERSON has any side effects. COMPLETELY stopped all panic attacks | F | 26 | 4 years | 1/2/2005 | 5 | depression/anxiety | NONE WHATSOEVER | Paxil is a life saver. I feel wonderful!!!! | M | 35 | 1.5 years | 1/2/2005 | 5 | anxiety | Nothing | Just went off paxil after taking it for 5 years. I just weaned myself off for about 3 weeks. It was fine. As long as you wean yourself you will be fine. Everyone writes scary stories and its not true at all. If you slowly decrease your mg's you won't have any side effects. I loved taking it but i am better now. | F | 28 | 5 years | 1/2/2005 | 5 | panic | lost weight and harder to have orgasam | i was the thinnest i've ever been while i was taking paxil. Its a great side effect if you ask me! | F | 30 | 4 years | 1/2/2005 | 5 | anxiety disorder | weight gain.....that's what really bugs me. | should i periodically get tested to see if my kidney is okay while tkaing this drug and can i take this drug forever without any medical problems to my body | F | 58 | 3 years | 12/29/2004 | 3 | anxiety, chronic pain | extreme and inappropriate rage (i was scared i was gonna kill someone if they pissed me off, and i'm normally very easy going) and very vivid and disturbing dreams during first week at 20 mg. decreased appetite and sexual disfunction at higher doses of 30 or more mg. side effects went away after went back to 20 mg. | i have chronic pain in one of my legs after a botched surgery. works better than opioids such as hydrocodone for the pain without the drugged feeling. not at all effective for my anxiety. however, i'll take this shit for the rest of my life as it has had such an unexpectedly beneficial effect for the pain in my leg, which was really messing my life up. however, i strongly suggest avoiding tricyclic antidepressents while on an ssri. doctor added elavil for anxiety and the combination of the two is horrible. | M | 26 | 2 months | 12/29/2004 |