User Reviews for Paroxetine

Good medication! I take 50 mg's a day currently. Calms me way down and I have a lot less anxiety. Also helps with OCD a lot!

I was on this drug for about 10 days and I was only able to sleep for three hours before experiencing severe muscle cramps in my legs. I had to get up to walk them off and then got bad muscle spasms in my back. Begged the doctor to take me off.

this medication was prescribed to me back in 1999. and i have since been feeling alot better in fact i started feeling a difference within a week after starting this. this has been a wonder drug for me.

I used the medicine for 1 year, I learned new techniques to deal with my anxiety. It helped me get through an extremely difficult time in my life!!

I was having mood swings very often and a short fuse.Everything and everyone bothered me. After taking Paxil things didn't seem to bother me as much. I've been on Paxil for several yeaes. just every now and then I still let things bother me and I feel blue.

No Improvement in Anxiety. Side effects of a sexual nature and constipation(chronic) are increasing my anxiety about taking this drug

I don't know if it is this medication, but my joints hurt so bad and it takes me a while to stand up after i have been sitting or when I get out of bed

paxil has been a like saver for me. 7 months ago, i couldnt even go outside without having a panic attack. Today my life is much better.

I just moved and couldn't find a doctor before my script ran out so I was without the medication for 8 days and the withdrawals were horrible both physical and psychological......but this medicine changed my life I am know young and successful instead young and afraid. The only side affects were nausea and slight dizziness for the first 48 hours. So much better than the anxiety and depression if u ask me.

I've been on Paroxetine for 12 months. It has worked well for me at 30mg for most of the time. Positive effects: I got my life back within a few days. Within two months I was 'me' again. Side effects: loss in sex drive, inability to be satiated at mealtime (weight gain), over-heating (especially after exercise), occasional stuttering or loss-of-words, problems urinating (when tired), & twitchy muscles (when tired). Believe it or not, all of this has been a piece of cake compared to the nightmarish anxiety I was living with 24/7 for years. I'm now on 40mg. The last two months (out of 12 on the drug) I have been having weird dizzy spells, like I'm being shocked. I switched to decaf coffee, I talked to the doc, I've experimented with nutrition (high, moderate, vs. low carb intake, etc). Nothing is working. These dizzy spells drive me nuts, much more than the other symptoms. I'm going to ask the doc to begin taking me off the drug, though she wants to keep me on for another 6 months. The dizziness, although not painful or nauseating, is simply jarring. Also, my driving-anxiety has resurfaced (only when others are driving), but no other anxiety symptoms (like cyclic thinking or social phobia, etc) have resurged. It's been a nice year.Read More Read Less

took Paxil for 25 yrs, worked fine. I've had a lot of problems since using paroxetine just with it not working

have had bouts of diareia with it donot know if related or not

This medication really helped me get out of the dumps and really have became active. I take it in conjunction with zanex but quit taking that because it made me soooooooo tired. One good side effect I have had is a large increase in sex drive and fulfilment for my partner.

This has really worked for me. I want to get off of this and do something natural. I have taken myself off, and the side effects have been horrible. Please make a natural recommendation.

It does not seem strong enough.

they help my depression but i have developed problems such as fainting and joint pain