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 | Mild Depression/Anxiety | No sex drive,weight gain, night sweats, nightmares. | Did seem to help with depression & anxiety but the side effects have been quite unpleasant and difficult on my marriage.Tried to go off of Paxil and had tremondous headaches and dizzy spells. Dr. recommends slowly weaning myself from drug. | F | 39 | 3 years | 3/30/2002 | 1 | Panic and slight depression | I went to the doc and told him I was getting panic attacks with slight depression afterward. He started me on 10mg a day the first night I woke up soked at 3am did not like it one bit. The next day I woke up felling off balance and tried to push through the day but ended up having a panic attack and had to relie on old fathful (xanax) took Paxil again before bed and woke up soking wet at 2am and at 5am and could not get back to sleep. That day was the worst day I can ever remember having. I wished I was dead. I stoped taking that shit only after 2 days. I know I did not give it time as they say but I couldin't bare feeling that way one more day!!!!! Good luck to all I hope you don't feel the same as I did on that stuff! | M | 28 | 2 days | 3/18/2002 | 4 | anxiety | this drug made me very sleepy and took away my sex drive also caused constipation. | on paxil i noticed diferance right away realy helped with anxiety no more panic attacks helped me to cope with social enviroments. wasn't depressed at all. but this took away my sex drive witch made my marrage suffer in that way .i was put on celexa and my anxiety came back and was yery angery and moody. now trying effexor xr starting to feal a bit better. | F | 24 | 1 years | 2/7/2002 | 5 | Anxiety, perimenopausal joint pain | Felt somewhat aggitated-hyped, with loss of appetite and wakefulness at night in first 2 weeks and when I upped dose from 10 to 20mg. Now, I feel more relaxed, appetite returned and I sleep well most nights. | Very gradually started feeling better. Pain in my joints decreased and I stopped having evening anxiety attacks. I feel more normal mostly than I have in a long time. I like it because I don't feel like I'm "on" something. | F | 44 | 3 months | 2/2/2002 | 1 | Anxiety | While on the medication: constipation, inability to reach orgasm, night sweats, very vivid bad dreams. I felt really good, emotionally, the entire time I took it. | This medicine really helped my anxiety but since I didn't want to be on it forever, I stopped taking it 2 weeks ago. I am still dizzy every time I move my eyes and it's not getting better! I took a 1/2 pill last week to see if the dizziness went away and it did within 3 hours. But now it's back with a vengeance and it doesn't seem to be getting better. If I'd been warned about the side effects I probably would not have taken it. | F | 29 | 5 months | 1/31/2002 | 5 | Anxiety | Weight loss but I was also on Wellbutrin, I had no appetite lost about 10 pounds in 2 months which I needed to loose,but I felt much better within 1-1/2 weeks, could focus on work and family without dwelling on recurrent thoughts during the day or having them be the first thing in my head as soon as I woke up in the morning. Thank God for Paxil!! | I was on Paxil along with Wellbutrin (Wellbutrin originally for smoking cessation), then the Paxil was added later when I started having anxiety problems. | F | 38 | 3 months | 1/25/2002 | 1 | depression | swelling, nasuea, dizziness, confusion, joint pain, incredible itching, headaches, rashes, heart flutters, sweats. | F | 30 | 4 months | 1/11/2002 | 1 | depression,anxiety, PTSD, OCD | Headaches, Weight gain, dizziness, heart flutters, no sex drive, emotional numbness, bad dreams, joint pain, generally disoriented. I feel like the world is moving as usual but I am watching it all in slow motion and I don't really care. That is what scares me most. | Haven't been able to reach orgasm since taking this medication. I feel worse now than I did without taking any meds. I truly am scared by this drug!!!! It makes me not care what is going on around me. I feel like its turning me into a zombie!! I stoped taking the drug 1 week ago, and the after effects have been horridenous!! | F | 32 | 3 months | 1/11/2002 | 1 | depression | I have had trouble with being sick to my stomach for years. While taking paxil, nothing eased my stomach. I was in exteme distress. | F | 56 | 10 days | 12/16/2001 | 5 | Depression and anxiety | For the 1st month my anxieties seemed worse. I was very tired, tension in all muscles. After the 1st month I began to feel better than I ever remember feeling in my life. I did continue to feel sleepy esp. when sitting still. I also had sexual side effects (inability to reach orgasm) Within 6 months all of those side effects are gone. I simply feel "normal". | 1 years | 11/10/2001 | 3 | mild deopression | In the beginning- nausea, insomnia, unable to get out of bed for about 4 days. Once used to the drug I had constipation and weight gain. | My GP said to start on 10mg and after 4 days go to 20mg. The side effects were so bad that I couldnt function and was very sick. I doubt I would use this again and got off it as soon as I felt able. | F | 38 | 3 months | 10/8/2001 | 1 | PMS and Depression | Gained 30 lbs in 4 months. NO Sex drive at all! | Mentally felt great, couldn't live with the weight of lack of sex! | F | 31 | 4 months | 10/6/2001 | 2 | depression / anxiety | bad head aches, head spins, bad agitation, not sleeping and others that I can't remember right now. | Initially this drug worked, but I got recurrence after a month or so. This was not picked up and the medication was not increased in the 18 months I was on it. Caused more harm than good to me. | F | 24 | 18 months | 10/5/2001 | 4 | anxiety | Decreased sex drive | I found much relief after my Dr. started me on Paxil | F | 28 | 6 months | 9/24/2001 | 1 | Chronic back pain | This drug is impossible to come off of... HA,Naueous,Dizzy unable to work, when attemping to taper off the drug. All the symptoms go away when I take the full daily dose. I was never told that this drug was addicting. | The company no longer makes a liquid form. That would make it easier to lower the dose more accurately. | M | 38 | 1 years | 9/6/2001 | 2 | Anxiety with Depression | Diarrhea,dizziness,drowsiness,headache,trembling,difficulty sleeping, blurred vision, red eyes,weight loss, decreased appetite, loss of sexual satisfaction | F | 46 | 28 days | 8/30/2001 | 3 | social anxiety disorder | Inability to ejaculate. | M | 28 | 2 months | 8/2/2001 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression | Increased anxiety by 100%, increased appetite, tired yet unable to sleep, inability to reach orgasm. | Hear it works wonders for some but for me it was the worst antideppresant I have ever been on. Switched to Effexor XR which has worked outstanding for me, without any side effects whatsoever. | F | 29 | 2 months | 7/28/2001 | 5 | panic attacks/OCD/depression | COULD NOT REACH ORGASM! (My libido did not decrease though) WEIGHT GAIN! and Tired ALL the time! except at night, then I had insomnia! | I discovered that taking it in the morning helped. I was able to sleep better at night, and wasn't as tired during the day. Still can't reach orgasm, which is enough to make me want to quit this drug altogether. Also the weight gain didn't exactly help my depression any. Although as far as my anxiety goes, I have been free from panic attacks, which is a miracle! I have actually been able to drive on the freeway! I never used to be able to do this! | F | 24 | 5 months | 7/24/2001 | 3 | anxiety | extreme sweating at night, extremely tired at all times, yawning, gritting teeth, no sexual desire, some dry mouth | Seemed to help with anxiety but didn't want to put up with the side effects. Now I'm tapering off of Paxil and starting Zoloft. | M | 45 | 8 weeks | 5/29/2001 |