The following information is NOT intended to endorse drugs or recommend therapy. While these reviews might be helpful, they are not a substitute for the expertise, skill, knowledge and judgement of healthcare practitioners in patient care.
Paxil (paroxetine): Didn't do much for my panic episodes even at 80mgs a day. What it did do, is make me not care about sex, even years after taking them. And it made my emotions numb, I couldn't cry at a funeral for a beloved family member when I knew I should have been hysterical.
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Paxil CR (paroxetine): Paxil CR helped control the anxiety and panic attacks. It did allow me to live my life normally. However, I have had one big side effect. Since January, I have gained 35 lbs. It does not matter that I workout four or five days a week for 1 1/2 or two hours, and try to eat a healthy diet. No matter what I did, I continually gained weight. My doctor has now taken me off of it, due to the rapid weight gain I have experienced. She felt that the rapid weight gain was not healthy, and could lead to obesity if I did not quit taking the drug. So, I am going to come off of Paxil CR, hopefully drop this excessive weight, because I have never had a weight problem until now and I am 31 years old, and just go from there.
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Paxil CR (paroxetine): If it had not been for Paxil I have no idea what the outcome of my life would be today. Panic after panic for years, fears of the unknown, you name it, I had it. Paxil saved my life. Yes I have had some side effect (only when I tried to go off them), foolish to do so without my Doctor's guidance. I have gained 40 lbs.
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Paxil (paroxetine): Paxil completely changed my life. I could not go out because I feared everything. My panic attacks were the worst. After two weeks of taking the medicine I started feeling so well I could not believe it.
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Paxil (paroxetine): I have had panic disorder since I was about 6. It came and went and has caused me severe avoidance issues throughout my life. I have been taking Paxil for about 8 years and it has worked wonders. It has been awesome...until recently. Within the last 4 months, it just seems to have quit working well. I am having severe attacks from time to time, but I am starting to avoid things/situations. It did make me gain about 30 pounds. I tend to clench my jaws and I startle easily, but those are the only side effect I notice. My family and close friends say I am much more of a pleasure to be around while I am on it. I am not a mean person nor have anger issues, but I am just not so anxious and uptight.
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Paxil (paroxetine): I've been on Paxil for about 8 years now. I take 10 mg a day. Paxil gave me my life back. I was incapacitated by fear before I started taking it. My panic disorder had progressed over 14 years to the point that I was afraid to go in other people's cars, to drive on the expressway, to fly in planes, of meetings at work, and the list goes on. Now after 8 years, I am capable of doing all those things. I'm still not crazy about flying but I do it. I don't think about what I'm afraid of all the time. It doesn't cross my mind anymore to be afraid. Only rarely. The only downside it the weight gain and memory issues.
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Paxil (paroxetine): Paxil (Paroxetine) did absolutely nothing for my Chronic Major Panic Disorder. I took 1 - 10mg tablet every morning in high school in homeroom. I had to leave school almost every day the middle of my senior year. That is when the Panic hit me. I took it for 8 months and still nothing. My doctor then put me on 0.25mg of Xanax? (Alprazolam). It stopped the Panic! The only problem was Alprazolam is too short-acting, so I was switched to Klonopin? (Clonazepam), THANK GOD! IT SAVED MY LIFE!
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Paxil (paroxetine): I had really bad panic-attacks, and couldn't go very far from my home, it was aweful. I was a wreck. I have taken Paxil for about 8 years. Before taking it, I had tried many other anti-anxiety/anti-depressants, with no luck. Paxil along with my faith in God, gave me my life back. I would highly recommend!
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Paxil (paroxetine): I didn't realize how much Paxil helped with my panic disorder until my doctor tried to ween me off of it (I am bipolar, and SSRI's can cause mania), but now after a couple weeks of weening, I am having severe panic attacks. So yes, Paxil does work for panic disorder.
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