PAXIL CR Reviews (PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.3 (595 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PAXIL CR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXIL CR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | depression/anxiety | WEIGHT GAIN, extreme drowsiness, needed naps and days seemed to drag on sometimes would sleep all day, teeth clenching, loss of concentration. | I do not feel that this medicine did anything for me. The first few days were like rose colored glasses but then things only got worse. I gained 10 punds in two weeks and I was always hungry. The weight gain only added to my depression. The anxiety was cured but I wanted to sleep a lot. Even more than I did when I was depressed. For three days I slept almost all day, this concerned my doctor and he took me off. He said the weight gain was not the paxil but after research and personal experience I am convinced it is. I was previously on Wellbutrin but after awhile it made me tempermental. Did not like Paxil | F | 24 | 3 weeks | 1/6/2004 | 3 | | 1/5/2004 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety, OCD | Paxil 20mg: Yawn, tired, and some brain shocks when missing a dose. PaxilCR 37.5: WEIGHT GAIN, Water Retention, Missed Period(s), unique dreams, bloating. | I have been a changed person since I started taking Paxil one year ago. I use to stress and worry about the dumbest things. My mind use to wonder and I had difficulty concentrating, not to mention I would obsess over stupid things. I do not do this. I do not care what the side effects are or will be. This drug has made me a better person, the person that has been barried inside of me for 26 years. | F | 26 | 1 years | 1/4/2004 | 4 | panic attacks | F | 47 | 1 years | 1/4/2004 | 4 | depression/anxiety | dizzy,headache | Worked immediately and it changed my life,however, I question the drugs continued effectiveness over time as some old symptoms seem to be returning. | M | 46 | 15 months | 1/3/2004 | 3 | Anxiety, panic attacks | Havent been taking drug long enough to experiece any side effects. | I just started taking the drug 2 days ago and i mixed emotions about taking and my family especially my sister who is a nurse says dont take and i've read alot of side effects and its hard to get off and i'm only 20 so i think i'm going to stop taking it. | M | 20 | 2 days | 1/3/2004 | 3 | | 1/3/2004 | 3 | anxiety | better not to take it on empty stomach... felt more side effects when taken first thing in the morning before eating. | still don't know just how I feel about it. | F | 31 | 3 weeks | 12/31/2003 | 2 | Insomnia with regular Paxil | Extreme gastrinal intestinal problems- horrible pain, constipation, and bloating. I've been off it for two weeks and am still having digestion difficulties. | Paxil CR cured my insomnia, but after taking it 2 days I was in such pain that I really couldn't sleep! When I was switched back to regular Paxil, I had the withdrawal nausea. It took over a week for that to go away. | F | 33 | 5 days | 12/30/2003 | 5 | postpardum depression | had to go the bathroom a lot. strange dreams | i feel like my old self again. i'm not yelling at the kids any more. i'm not afraid of having panic attacks any more. | F | 32 | 5 days | 12/17/2003 | 2 | weight gain | it does help a little but it flattens personality | M | 27 | 1 months | 12/6/2003 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety | some of the basics tingly fingers, toes and it would travel up to the back of my head. i would suggest not taking it if you ever plan on getting off of the drug in your life time. | i loved the drug and how it worked almost immediatly. i have been taking it for a year and three months. it was wonderful until i would miss a dose and in the past three months it seems to not be working as well. i am now tring to switch to wellbutrian (spelling) and tring to get off of Paxil. the side effects are so horrible. if you have ever heard about someone getting off of the drug you would be scared of getting on it. i am so misrable. my head feels light and my vision is shaky, delayed and sometimes i know i should not drive because it is so bad. i have the jolts, which some explain them as being shocked by an electric fence in my hand, feet and it will travel up my arms and legs to my torso and then into the back of my neck and i think i can actually feel them in my head like my brain. i get dizzy all the time, i am very shaky and my stomach hurts. i get very nausaus and tired all the time. i have sleep for more than twelve hours at a time and will shut off my alarm clock with out knowing. i can not believe that i am feeling this way and if i knew that i would be i would probably never have taken the medicine. i do know that to become better that i do need medicine but the side effects are horrible. this is to caution you before you take the medicine. | F | 21 | 15 months | 12/3/2003 | 3 | panic disorder | light-headedness, weight loss, nausea, difficulty sleeping | The paxil helped my panic attacks some, but not enough! | F | 22 | 3 months | 12/2/2003 | 1 | anxiety and depression | all over body aches-dry mouth. dull thought process. helped with anxiety only by making me feel dull and slow. body aches started with course of med. discontinued med after 23 days and still feel all over intermittent body aches. Saliva seemed to return back to normal after a week off paxil, still waiting on the effect to wear off with muscles. | i wouldnt recommend it only because ive read alot of withdrawal side effects being very uncomfortable to some and extremely severe for others and long extended withdrawal time period. | F | 32 | 23 days | 11/24/2003 | 4 | depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar | extremely tired during the day, sometimes cant sleep at night, after a month starting to feel nausea all the time, had increase in appetite, starting to have decrease, breathing problems (i think it is from this but i have not confirmed that) | overall it did help me-i tried zoloft first and it did not help, then i tried lexapro, it did not help. this is the only depression medication that has helped my suicidal thoughts and helped me start going around people again | F | 19 | 1 months | 11/21/2003 | 3 | ANXIETY AND STRESS | I WAS A LITTLE DIZZY HEADED AT FIRST AND HAD A CONSTANT HEADACHE BUT THEY WENT AWAY, THE ONLY THING THAT I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS MY INABILITY TO CLIMAX, ITS DRIVING ME AND MY FIANCE NUTS. | THIS DRUG HAS MADE AN ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE IN ME, I NO LONGER STRESS OVER EVERYTHING ANYMORE AND I DONT WORRY AS MUCH. THE ONLY BAD THING ABOUT IT AND ALL OTHER SSRI's IS THE SEXUAL SIDE EFFECTS. | F | 26 | 11 days | 11/18/2003 | 5 | Anxiety...eye twitching | No libido | It cured my eye twitching and enabled me to be able to study, but the sex drive is gone. | F | 43 | 2 weeks | 11/10/2003 | 4 | Panic Disorder and Depression | At first the side effects were horrible...I couldnt sleep, I lost a ton of weight, I had tons of anxiety, I was more depressed than ever, I had a sore throat, I just felt horrible and was really sick BUT after exactly 3 weeks, they all went away. I have been on the medicine almost one year now and feel great and am Panic attack FREE. I also feel much clearer and its much easier to make decisions and see things in a different light so to say. | M | 30 | 11 months | 11/7/2003 | 1 | anxiety | Severe dizziness and nausea when I forget a dose. | The vertigo with nausea is so severe when I forget to take my pill that I am very scared to get off the medication. It somewhat helped me sleep when I began taking it, however that wore off quickly. My anxiety seems to have gotten worse. | F | 34 | 8 months | 10/29/2003 | 3 | Moderate Anxiety and Depression | Sleepiness, kind of spaced-out | It helps with anxiety and depression (I've been taking a 25 mg daily dose) but does not get rid of it completely. I worry that a higher dose would make me even more sleepy and spaced-out. | F | 22 | 2 months | 10/9/2003 |