User Reviews for Paroxetine

I didn't care for it. Had weight gain with it, and dizziness if I missed pills. my husband also takes it and gets indegestion shortly after taking the pill. Doctor switch me too Fluoxetine just started it.

It has helped with my depression and bouts of rage and panic attacks. I was sick for about 1 week when i first started taking it but after that it was great!

I have been taking this medication since high school. It helped the depression but I feel that it has worsened my panic problem. I am currently on 20 mg and I have been cutting the pill and taking 3/4ths. The withdrawls are terrible after the 3rd day if you stop cold turkey. I have headaches, body aches, shaking, fever, hallucinations- it's terrible. I want to come off of it really bad.

i have been on this for 3 weeks for panic attacks, and found that I went from panic atacks DAILY to only 3 in the last 3 weeks. Overall I am very impressed with the drug but admit that I'm concerned with weight gain after reading all these comments. Also want to note that I am having some trouble sleeping (waking up at least once around 2am every night) but can go right back to sleep. A small price to pay for relief from my panic attacks though!

Started taking this is 2004. The thought of taking it made my attacks worse. Until I accepted the fact that I had to take it, it made the attacks lessen. I took it while I was pregnant. That was a big issue for me considering all the hype on the media. My doctor made a very good point..... Not take it, stop eating, drinking, taking care of myself and risk unknown problems with my baby. Take the medicine and risk the known problems. My baby turns 3 today. He was born healthy with no problems or side effects. The only side effect I have is the weight gain. I was tired to begin with but that went away with use over time. Still have attacks on occasion but they are very manageable.Read More Read Less

I seem to be more depressed than while I was on Lexapro.

I have been taking Paxil Oral for 5 years, ands it has worked wonders for me. I have not had any side effects, and only rare occasions of Depression.

I would like to say,I dont take meds not even aspin.I had bad panic attacks and depression.I used to freek out and went to the hospital so many times thinking i was having a heart attack.My last hospital visit i hyperventilated so much out of panic i took in to much air and i had blood checked and my carbon dioxide level was 7 5 is way to much and my house was checked.Nothing showed at home.My doctor put me on this drug and after 2 years no attacks and im more calm.This drug does make me tad sleepy sometimes but i will say this im so glad my doctor put me on this.Sorry was a long story but just wanted to share 1 drug i take and ill say A+A+.Read More Read Less

I have been on 20 mg paroxetine for 2 weeks and I have not had many or any side effects. I might have gained weight, but not much. I don't understand the term some people have use about brain zaps. I am type II diabetic on medications and my blood sugars have all dropped significantly. This is a welcome side effect to me. Has anyone else expereienced such chnages? So far so good. I am slightly less depressed. Not great bells and whitsles, things are just not as gray and dismal as it was before the meds. Read More Read Less

This is horrible. The side effects are worse than what i already have. Im twitching, cant sleep, have diarrhea,blurred vision, everything is going wrong. Im yawning more than id like. Be careful with this medicine.

This medication helped relieve my headaches, but it made me completely lethargic. I just want to sleep all of the time. After not taking it for 4 days, I am very naseaus. The night sweats have not gone away. The brain zaps are really starting to worry me. All in all, I'm sick of this medicine.

I have only one comment. I have always been a person that you might say is hyperactive. I am a caregiver for my wife who has Alzheimer's and my blood pressure has been running quite high. My doctor prescribed this medicine telling me it take one 20 mg tablet a day. I am fatigued very easily now and can sleep longer than I want to sometimes. Does this medication cause fatigue?

Who do you come off of it

I've only been taking it for about 2 weeks I do feel it has helped me tremendously with my depression I'm taking 20mg I do feel tired and I have the nightly sweats other users have reported but that would not keep me from taking it. I hope I'll just needed for a short time.

I have been taking Paxil Cr 12.5mg for about a year now. At first I had a lot of the symptoms, uncontrolled yawning, dry mouth, loss of appetite. It did a good job in controlling my panic attacks. Now, after a year, my sex drive has diminished, I have less energy, and weight gain and I notice myself having more frequent panic attacks than when I first started using the medication. I also experience insomnia from time to time, my doctor has prescribed me Lunesta for that, but I don't need it all the time. I am going to talk to my doctor about increasing my doseage. But for the most part it works pretty well. I think that the side affects are easier to deal with than the panic attaks. Read More Read Less

its causes very very dry mouth

I have taken this for about 2 months now and for the past 3 weeks straight I wake up soaked at night from night sweats. I am only take 10 mg. But it has helped my depression. I tried to take 20 mg, but it put me to sleep all day. 10 mg makes me sleepy too, but I can manage it.

The only thing I don't like is the weight gain

I took 10mg. Paroxetine for about 3mos. in 2007 for very severe depression, with thoughts of suicide. It was an added med., with Wellbutrin I was already taking. I was desperate for relief from my illness. I suggested it to my PCP, cause I had a friend that had success with Paxil for her anxiety & stress. Zoloft & Lexipro had not worked for me as added meds. We were searching. With me, Paroxetine also was a colossal failure! No relief from symptoms, and it gave me an awful "chemically induced" headache with ea. dose that I just couldn't get past. I don't recall if I gained weight or not. The headaches mostly caused me to quit taking it. I've since been diagnosed with Bi-Polar II depression by a QUALIFIED mental health professional , which may explain why that class of med's did not work for me. I'm posting at length because my experience was so bad, maybe I can help others.Read More Read Less

it worked well