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 |
| 3 | Depression / Social Anxiety | Insomnia and then extreme fatigue for the first week. Bad nightmares if I forgot to take it for more than one day. Decreased libido to zero, and caused inability to climax during sexual intimacy. | Overall has a good effect on what it was supposed to, but the side effects were a bit too much. I have now been prescribed Paxil CR. | F | 22 | 7 months | 11/5/2003 | 5 | Social and Generalized Anxiety | Dry mouth, grinding my teeth during sleep, sleepy through-out the day. | I could not believe how much of an improvement I felt in the first month. Awesome drug! I finally feel like ME again! | F | 21 | 4 months | 11/4/2003 | 4 | anxiety | decreased memory | very hard to discontinue use of this drug | F | 52 | 5 years | 10/30/2003 | 5 | M | | 10/23/2003 | 4 | M | 30 | 3 days | 10/23/2003 | 4 | anxiety depression | terrible teeth clenching and jaw aches | too soon for me to tell if this is the drug for me. Does the teeth clenching go away? | F | 32 | 7 days | 10/8/2003 | 4 | anxiety, panic attacks, nausea | fatigue, no orgasm ever ever ever again, gained about 20 lbs | I was such a mess before paxil that I could not function at work, I was socially phobic to the extent that I would studder (never done that) I avoided situations with groups of people, couldnt fly for some reason, constantly paranoid about everything. I noticed the paxil on the first day, despite nausea, twitching, and slepplessness- I felt happy and relaxed for the first time in a year. I got over the discomfort in a week and then I got to have my life back! I went to parties like normal people! Anyway, I am considering getting off of it because of its side effects but I would be fat any day over constant panic atttacks. | F | 24 | 3 months | 9/29/2003 | 2 | PTSD | Weight gain lots of it, sharp pains in head, achey legs especially at night, no climax. | Didn't feel anything for about 6 weeks. Then my panic and depression went, but I didn't feel anything, happy or sad. The weight gain seemed to happen over night and it was like bags of jelly. I'm a small person who has not had fat before but now I can't get rid of it, even with working out. I could not stand the pains in my head and legs but I did not have a problem coming off the drug. | F | 36 | 6 weeks | 9/26/2003 | 1 | depression | absoulutly nothing | paxil was like a sugar pill to me... it changed nothing. | F | 17 | 5 months | 9/1/2003 | 5 | depression | total loss of libido | This drug transformed my life! made sobriety easier, and me a much nicer person. I totally lost my libido, but to me, it's a fair trade. | 55 | 8 years | 8/31/2003 | 1 | Depression | Nausea, Tiredness, | Too many side effects and not enough depression relief to be worthwhile. Need to taper off slowly to avoid headaches during withdrawl. | M | 35 | 2 years | 8/23/2003 | 3 | Panic disorder, Depression | I began at a dosage of 20mg and experienced immediate weight gain. I kept track of my weight on calandar; I gained 30 pounds from April to August. I was initially at 160lbs and after about 1 year I leveled off at 230lbs. I've never been obese in my life and attribute the weight gain to descreased activity and lethargy due to paxil. The other major side effect was both lack of sexual desire and inability to reach orgasim. Minor side effects included excessive yawning, and lack of energy. Withdrawl symptoms came after missing only one day. They included small ticks, dizziness, and a feeling really spaced-out. | Side-effects aside, paxil did help dramatically with removing anxiety and panic attacks. It removed my social anxiety completly. It reduced the frequency of my panic attacks by probably 80 percent; It also made the ones that did occur more tolerable. I experienced almost no stress when in large crowds or talking in front of people. This was probably also helpful for depression. I decided to switch to effexor after 2 years because i began to experience more panic attacks and was tired of not being able to lose weight practicly. I lost 30 pounds after switching, through dieting and exercise. (Fyi - The psychological effects of paxil were better than effexor for me) | M | 27 | 2 years | 8/21/2003 | 1 | | 8/11/2003 | 4 | 42 | 12 years | 7/26/2003 | 3 | depression | sexual dysfunction | F | 44 | 3 months | 7/24/2003 | 4 | M | 39 | 4 years | 7/17/2003 | 3 | M | 36 | | 7/9/2003 | 5 | anxiety and depression | yawning,daytime sleepiness,loss of appetite,minor loss of libido | I have a life again I am now looking forward to social situations my temper is easier to control i have become an easier person for my whole family to be around | F | 35 | 6 weeks | 7/3/2003 | 5 | anxiety | Side effects included, sleepy, loss of libido and weight gain. But was worth it! | This medicine gave me my life back. I felt 90-95% back to | F | 32 | 2 years | 6/30/2003 | 3 | Depression/Panic attacks | Weight gain (20 lbs), no libido,unable reach orgasm | Paxil helped stop my panic attacks and curbed my depression. Paxil IS physically addicting, YOU CANNOT STOP COLD TURKEY. Withdrawals are horrific...think heroine junkie coming down...and you get the picture. I was on Paxil for 5 years then it suddenly stopped working, now I take 30 mg Paxil a.m. and 150mg of Wellbutrin p.m...so far so good. | M | 40 | 5 years | 6/23/2003 |