Paxil CR for Generalized Anxiety Disorder User Reviews
- Cou...
- June 13, 2013
"I started using it a week ago, and within 4 days, it felt like the dark cloud surrounding me lifted. My circumstances are exactly the same, I can just handle it better and now start working on issues. It saved my life."
- Anonymous
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- August 5, 2019
"At 60 years old, I finally decided to stop living with GAD and started Paxil CR. Best decision ever. I feel 'normal.' I used to drive my kids crazy and dwell and ruminate. Not anymore! It's been 2 years on 20 mg."
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- Eri...
- August 31, 2016
"I was prescribed Paxil CR 12.5 for GAD, which was mostly situational. I cannot tell you how awful of an experience it was for me. My anxiety went through the roof to the point I didn't want to leave home, which is not like me at all. I became very depressed, which I wasn't to start out with. Crying uncontrollably. Pacing and restless, could NOT sit still. Went from 140 pounds to 124 in 3 weeks. No appetite, intrusive/racing/all negative thoughts, couldn't sleep for more than an hour or two at a time, paranoid, confused, no concentration, no motivation, sweating, constant diarrhea, jaw clenching, stomach pains, body aches, dry mouth, yawning, and dizziness. After 25 days on this med, my doctor pulled the plug because I was better before it."
- gin...
- July 24, 2013
"I remember feeling weird on Paxil. I guess you can say it helped because I was so focused on that foggy feeling that I stopped thinking about feeling anxious! But, of course, that wasn't a reasonable or comfortable way to be treated, so I told the psychiatrist I didn't want the Paxil. And unlike what most folks here experienced, I became anorexic instead of gaining weight. I had no interest in eating at all. As a result, I lost about 10 lbs in 2 weeks, and I was only about 115 lbs to start. My pain doctor has just given me a sample of Cymbalta. He told me to wait till the weekend, in other words, not to take it and try to go to work until I knew how it would affect me."
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- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- April 20, 2016
"Prior to getting on the Aropax 12.5, I started having anxiety symptoms from nowhere. The meds have improved my quality of life quite a bit."
- Kem...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- February 1, 2018
"It has truly helped regulate my mood."
- xgr...
- February 10, 2018
"I experienced whole body seizures and upper back spasms with this medication."
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"I have been dealing with anxiety all my life. I thought that was how everyone lived. Last year, I had a debilitating episode of anxiety and finally sought help. After hearing my history, the doctors wanted me to get on SSRIs asap. I resisted at first due to fears, but eventually relented. Started with 20mg a day of Paxil, was on that dose for three months, and I still had some anxiety. Went up to 30mg, and after the new dose kicked in, I have never felt better. It has been a year at 30mg, and my anxiety is gone, not just health anxiety but social anxiety, and money anxiety. My mind finally works the way it was meant to, and I owe it all to Paxil."