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 |
5 | depression and anxiety | lowered sexual response, delayed orgasm | great drug. changed my life. I didn't know how anxious I was until I stopped feeling that way! Instead of anxious, worried, melancholy, frustrated, I now feel joyful, spontaneous, communicative, contented. | F | 38 | | 5/14/2001 | 4 | for depression | loss of sex drive; excessive sleepiness | Paxil helped me tremendously with my anti-social behavior and depression. I enjoyed being with people a lot more (and they enjoyed being with me, too!). I had positive thoughts most all the time. The sense of well-being was pretty constant. Sometimes, I think too much so! However, the side effects of loss of sex drive and sleeping ten hours a day made me decide to get off it. Now I miss it. | F | 50 | 13 months | 5/14/2001 | 3 | deppression and anxiety | If I forgot to take it for a few days, I would become extremley irritible | M | 27 | 133 days | 5/8/2001 | 1 | chronic insomnia | after being on 20 mg at 1 month, I began having bizarre dreams, and awoke with a SEVERE panic attack (which I had never had before the medication). ON discontinuance, I had periods of paranoia, chills, and jaw clenching - felt like someone who was experiencing drug withdrawl. A horrifying experience! | F | 33 | 30 days | 5/1/2001 | 1 | depression | Gained a ton of weight and had zero sex drive. The reason, though, that I hate this drug is that it turns you into an addict. Going off of this drug is like being in hell. You turn into a junkie because the only way to make the symtoms (suicidal, sick as a dog, etc) go away is to take the paxil. It is truly terrible. | F | 30 | 2 years | 4/28/2001 | 3 | Depression | Severe constipation; messed up sleep patern | Worked well for depression, but the side effects got worse and intolerable over time. | M | 32 | 6 years | 4/18/2001 | 2 | depression/generalized anxiety | Sleep disturbed greatly...strange dreams/nightmares. Used to sleep like a log, but Paxil made sleep a huge issue for me. Oversleeping due to terrible night's sleep. Gained a lot of weight! No sex drive, caused strain on my marriage, although my husband is very understanding. | F | 30 | 2 years | 4/17/2001 | 3 | depression/anxiety-panic | Very Very tired. No sex drive. Still had some anxiety. helped the depression somewhat. | F | 26 | 4 months | 4/15/2001 | 2 | Depression | It caused me to have severe constipation and messed up my sleep habits. | It worked great for depression, but the side effects were too much, so I recently quit taking it. | M | 32 | 6 years | 4/14/2001 | 2 | Major Depression/ Anxiety | I constantly felt tired. I would sleep every chance I got. My family had a very hard time getting me up in the mornings. There were times they litterally had to pull me out of bed. | I was okay for the first two weeks on it. But, then I started to get more depressed. I couldn't handle it. I ended up switching back to Celexa that I had been on the previous 6 months before. Celexa works better for me. | F | 22 | 1 months | 4/14/2001 | 4 | couldn't sleep/depressed | I would like to get off this medication but I suffer from major side affects.I was told that I would have to be on it the rest of my life!! Poopy!! I have tried to go off about 3 times and every time (once off of drug for 2 weeks) I would get terrible withdrawls. Dry heaves, major dizziness, feeling like I'm freezing to death, couldn't even keep water down, shakes, couldn't go to work because I was so sick!!!!!! I still have some trouble sleeping and am very tired all of the time. | F | 45 | 6 years | 4/12/2001 | 1 | depression | The greatest side effect I noticed were my dreams....I had very distubed sleeping patterns. And I had very vivid horrible dreams the entire time I was on Paxil. Crying in my sleep was a nightly thing, as was waking several times a night from the nightmares. Interestingly enough, when I switched to Celexa, the dreams stopped completely. Another side effect I had was involuntary twitching, which I have heard reported by others taking Paxil. This was an ever-occuring thing that did not go away even months after being on it. | F | 21 | 6 months | 4/10/2001 | 3 | Depression | Initially a lack of appetite. The worst was the insomnia. | F | 40 | 6 months | 4/7/2001 | 2 | depression | feeling of general indifference. numbness of emotions. weak, dizzy, shaky. | F | 19 | 1 years | 4/5/2001 | 3 | depression | worked to calm me down but also created a I dont care attitude. Kills sex period. Does help to sleep. | M | 53 | 2 months | 3/13/2001 | 2 | depression | nausea, headache, difficulty with orgasm | I may discontinue this drug. | F | 2 weeks | 3/3/2001 | 2 | depression | shaky and dizzy | didn't help at all | F | 14 | 1 months | 2/24/2001 | 4 | anxiety | Decreased sexual activity, dizziness and headache if forgotten | Overall I am very satisfied with the results of the medication. | F | 44 | | 1/2/2001 |