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 |
| 3 | depression, anxiety | Constantly tired. No motivation. Sweats. | It works, but I hate it due to the side effects. Originally I was taking it in the morning, and when I told my doc I couldn't raise my arms and constantly fell asleep at my desk, he said it should only be taken at bedtime as that was normal. Do not miss doses. You will live in hell. | M | 56 | 10 years 20mg | 12/16/2014 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety | Hello I am currently taking paxil(the generic brand). It has helped me with my depression anxiety not so much but also as a mood stabilizer I used to cry for everything! Literally I couln't live my life. It has controlled that and I can say Im somewhat happy because I do have happy days but I have gained weight and it is horrible probably around 50 pounds. My whole family keeps telling me to go on a diet but cant seem to go lower than 5 pounds. The sweating is horrible!!! Cant sleep or sleep a lot! If i miss a daily dose ill start crying like my usual self but then i take it and it goes away! Im so tired of this and wish i had a better medication! One time i went off it cold turkey but that went really bad so i ended up going back on paxil. If anybody has experienced a better medicine let me know please | F | 26 | 3 days 20 | 12/14/2014 | 1 | Panic disorder, anxiety, depression | Tired tired tired. Loss of empathy, and loss of sex drive. Night sweats, weight gain, and numbness in emotions. | I started this whole antidepressant/anxiety trip since I was 16. I've been on Prozac,welbutrin,Zoloft, and Paxil. Paxil should be banned. I am now on my second time quitting paxil, and it is a hell ride, and I'm not driving. I started again over two years ago when my dad passed away, and it helped for a while, but left me numb with no motivation. I tapered the 20 to 10 for 10 days. Man these withdrawal symptoms are terrible. Brain zaps, laughing crying, and just plain confused. I will never take this poison again. I would rather have my panic attacks back then deal with this absurd hell. Hopefully I will be able to have my sex drive back and not rely on alcohol. Please don't take this drug, and prepare for the zaps when going off it. | M | 39 | 5 years 20mg | 11/7/2014 | 3 | PTSD, Depression, | irritability, racing thoughts, restlessness, insomnia, very boring dreams, slow to get up in the morning, strong desire to sleep. | The side effects dissipated over time, usually taking about 4 weeks per increase in dose. However, I did get up to 30 MG, which put me into a chronic irritable hypomanic state (even though I do not have Bipolar Disorder). I reduced to 15 MG and was much better. I tried to titrate recently, am eating excessively, very, very tired, sleeping more. So noticeable side effects when you try and get off of it, even if its slow. | F | 35 | 6 months 15MG 1X day | 10/29/2014 | 5 | Severe Anxiety, Severe Depression | initial side effects only - teeth clenching, excessive saliva, slight nausea, jitteriness, tingling, wanting to jump out of my skin | Don't give up on Paxil because of initial side effects. It is very hard to get through them but do it. They will go away once the Paxil kicks in. This is the best medicine for anxiety out there. I am always hungry on it but thin. Just eat well and exercise and you can fight the weight gain other people talk about. My anxiety is gone as well as depression. I was on a very low dosage to start which I thought was strange 1/4 of 10mg up to 20mg week by week but it was smart considering the initial side effects. Do not start out on a high dosage. I was on it 3 years ago at 40mg and had tremmors but it worked well before and I had no withdrawal reducing the dosage slowly. It is a strong drug and took 6 weeks to work for me but it works. | F | 61 | 6.5 weeks 20 MG 1X day | 10/27/2014 | 2 | Anxiety | Migraines Weight Loss Hair Loss Loss of libido Drowsiness Horrible withdrawal symptoms | F | 29 | 6 years 25mg | 10/11/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | Dizziness, no motivation, apathy, light sensitivity | PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG! It completely destroyed me as a human being. THE WITHDRAWAL CAN LAST FOR YEARS Yes i am not lying this is no joke look on paxilprogress.org you will see loads of people off YEARS and not recovered. Im suffering BIG TIME 25 Months free from this poison and still very very sick. Severe DR/DP, Dizziness, cognitive dysfunction etc etc a large 60 + symptoms list every single day. Never take this drug. I was 100% healthy before i stopped this poison | F | 25 | 4 years 20MG 1X day | 10/3/2014 | 2 | Anxiety | Initially I would take this pill and within an hour couldn't keep my eyes open. This lasted for about two weeks. After the two weeks I had trouble falling asleep but when I did would sleep through the nite and have the hardest time waking up in the morning. Would have to force myself to get up. Then around the second month I just felt run down..no energy no motivation. Tired all the time and would yawn constantly! Also my appetite increased tremendously! All I wanted to do was eat and all I craved was sugary foods..as a result obviously I gained weight..I mean u can only eat and lay around and do nothing for so long before pretty soon ur sitting in front of ur computer (because driving somewhere or mustering the energy to actually make a trip to the mall is not even an option)and ordering a whole new wardrobe that will fit because you certainly can't wear the clothes u had before starting this med. Needless to say, I called my doc and said enough is enough.I would like to add that I never experienced any of the sexual side effects and did not have any withdrawal symptoms after stopping the med. I did however Switch directly from paxil to zoloft and that may have contributed to the lack of withdrawal. I'm not sure about that. As for my anxiety it did help that but of course nobody is gonna be anxious when all u are doing is eating, sleeping, yawning, and occasionally surfing the web for stretchy pants and the newest recipe for chocolate layered cake with a side of brownies.. | F | 41 | 6 months 20 | 8/22/2014 | 5 | panic disorder | I've been taking this med along with ativan...it's worked wonders for me...As I was agorophobic...I've been free from panic....In the beginning I had loss of libido but that's worn off...weight gain most definitely and am afraid to go off this in the future | F | 44 | 10 years 40 mg | 8/20/2014 | 1 | Depression | Paxil ruined my life. It made me gain weight throughout my teenage years and did nothing for my depression. I would've stopped taking it but the withdrawal puts me in bed for about a week. I missed one pill the other night and I'm currently about to leave for the hospital because of these horrible symptoms. Please don't take this drug and save your life. | F | 19 | 6 years 12.5 MG | 8/12/2014 | 1 | Depression | Initially, I felt great. Then, there was rapid weight gain, which I still carry. I did not care about anything, my kids, housework, my job, myself. Had zapping jolts in my brain, which doctor dismissed. Frequent suicidal thoughts, which seems counterproductive for an anti-depressant. Crazy, disturbing dreams. Fatigue. Constant yawning. Shaky hands. Neglected my kids because I just did not care about anything. Severe mood swings. Cried at the drop of a hat. These are just the side effects that I recall. I have been off of Paxil for years, thank God. | Withdrawal was horrible. It was a vicious circle. Evertime I would try to get off my side effects were so horrible I would resume taking, then try to stop again, etc. eventually, I made a conscious decision that I was getting off this horrible drug. Gradually cut my dosage in half. Suffered throughout the withdrawal and got off. My biggest regret is the people around me that suffered because of this drug, particularly my kids that suffered the brunt of my erratic behavior. | F | 50 | 5 years 20 Mg 1X day | 7/19/2014 | 1 | Depression | I never had a sweating problem until this medication. In -20 weather I would be tearing off coat, sweater while sweating uncontrollably! It's been at least 14 years and I still have this problem today! When I tried to stop this medication it was the most painful experience. I was on it for a month and it took just over 2-3 months to wean myself off of it! Painfully! | This medication should be banned from production! The side effects do more harm than the drug itself!! | F | 47 | 3 months 10 1X day | 7/18/2014 | 1 | Depression, anxiety | Ruins your neurotransmiters in a long term, please believe me, I am living it now... | F | 37 | 8 years 10 | 7/17/2014 | 4 | Panic | Tiredness. Loss of libido | M | 47 | 6 years 15 | 7/14/2014 | 1 | Depression | Nasty drug! It took 20 years from me and I don't know how many more because the withdrawal is awful!! | F | 58 | 20 years 30 MG 1X day | 7/10/2014 | 4 | Anxiety, Stress and Depression | I haven't had any side effects. I am so afraid to take these. Doctors have gave these to me awhile ago and I only took maybe 2 pills. I'm one of those chicken shit that are afraid of taking pills due to side effects. I hate being dizzy and I read that MAYBE you have a 6-15% chance of being dizzy based on a 40mg but I take a 10mg I am so young, 16 years old I need to get out and live my life. I need a 100% positive person in my life to help me and to tell me that I will be ok and that taking whatever I need is NOT going to kill me and that its all just in my head.. Email if anyone out there is supportive and positive. :) I'm in desperate need of help. Also, if anyone has dealt with Stress, Anxiety and depression and you have got it under control Let me know what you done | F | 16 | 8 days 10 | 6/29/2014 | 3 | Major depressive disorder | Severe weight gain, loss of libido and ability to orgasm, constant dry mouth, still had severe depressive episodes, constant sleepiness. | F | 40 | 10 years 40mg | 6/19/2014 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Always tired, aches and pains, confusion, destroyed sex drive, more panic attacks, no emotions, like living in a fog all the time, ear ringing | DO NOT take this drug. The only thing worse is trying to get off of it. | M | 46 | 10 years 30mg 1X day | 6/6/2014 | 1 | depression | flat affect, extreme weight gain, decreasing social skills, lack of desire to communicate with family and friends, anxiety, insomnia | i was prescribed paxil by my pediatrician due to my depression at having to drop out of college. no follow-up appointment was made, and so for one month I descended into a true depression, weight gain, and decreasing mental state. eventually, after my family became concerned at my DRASTIC personality change, I was led to a psychologist who said the "paxil brought out my true bipolar nature" and sent me to a psych ward for a 3-day detox of the drug, but because of my actions while on paxil, i was given the label "bipolar" and placed on a 1.5 year polydrugging nightmare, the culmination of these medications caused me to gain 80lbs , develop hypothyroidism, and caused me to lose many personal relationships that meant a lot to me. i had never had weight problems in my life, but I experienced not only weight gain, but acne, and hair loss (possibly due to the hypothyroidism, which I will have to deal with for the rest of my life). Paxil is what started this route-to-chaos, and the doctors never took into account that it altered my personality so gravely. | F | 19 | 1 months 15mg 1X day | 4/24/2014 | 4 | Depression Social Anxiety Disorder | Yawning a lot. My boss always says "Are we boring you!" Absolutely no sex drive whatsoever. I have to fake it.... also you get electric shocks if you miss two doses. So NEVER MISS A DOSE. I am basically going to take this drug for the rest of my life. | Does what its supposed to do. | F | 54 | 20 years 40 1X day | 3/30/2014 |