Paxil did help calm my anxiety but also made me veeeery lazy and letharged and didn't really help the depression totally.

Unfortunately, 2 weeks after quitting, my symptoms of anxiety and depression have returned 2-fold! This is exactly the same doctors do when considering prescribing a new drug for a patient. Paxil helped me treat my depression but as soon as I determined my symptoms of depression was due to ADHD I decided to get off of it. Suicide became a friend. My Father (RIP) committed suicide in 1996 and I refused to go down that route. Menu.

I was on Paxil for years, it made me gain so much weight and it didn't even help that much with my depression, in some ways it made my depression worst. I have not been formally diagnosed with anything yet, but do know that Paxil worked the BEST for me! I had taken other SSRI’s before and never experienced weight gain so I thought “why take Paxil if I can take something else that doesn’t cause extreme weight gain”.

It helps with anxiety and depression both.

Some researchers have found that using Paxil is altering your baseline metabolism causing it to slow down. The easiest way to lookup drug information, identify pills, check interactions and set up your own personal medication records. “I suffer from depression. Discussed meds I was on with a neurologist. Please please please please please weigh your options.

It makes me depressed just thinking about that. No one warned me, I wasn’t aware it could be permanent. And of course the usual sexual side effects that come with SSRIs. There are better options with side effects that aren’t in the hundreds.

“1993 I found a doctor that saved my life by prescribing Paxil without it I would be dead now .

Please don’t ingest this chemical” “I wish I could say more. D.B. Many professionals believe that giving into sugar cravings only leads to increased appetite and weight gain. I was constantly buying beer. It's been like living in the depths of a dark pit. I always feel everyone hates me. “A few months ago I was given this medication by my doctor because I was going through severe depression.

Why Are Dementia Patients Getting Risky Psychiatric Drugs? “Listen! Gone. I had nearly all of them in a 4 month span. Vertigo. This stuff is freaking poison to my body.

Please.” A few months. Drinking 6 a night.

I feel like this might be a better med for just anxiety than depression for some people? Patients at metabolic risk should consider using weight-neutral or weight-loss agents and monitor for weight gain. When I started taking it I became very lethargic and could sleep 10-12 hours and still be unable to get motivated. Etc. Reviewed Paxil on 5/9/2020 It makes you gain weight. I began tapering off like I always have when I wanted to stop a medication and what I experienced was pretty awful.

The only thing I really do not like about this medication is what it has done to my body. "Your comment is too long (3933 characters; maximum 1000 allowed)."

Select one or more newsletters to continue. “I was prescribed Paxil for depression. I have no energy and constantly have to meditate 2 hours to get back 20% of the health I used to have.

A few weeks into it I was trying to make love to my wife and I could not have an orgasm. “When I was a lot younger under 18 (like 16) when I was put on 15 mg of Paxil. Overview. I yawned all the time. But try something else first if you can.. this is the worst medication for sexual side effects I've tried” No where to be found.

I would rather be dead” F: 73 20 years: 20 1X D 1/20/2019: 5: Anxiety OCD: No side effect: Works for my anxiety and OCD. Let me just give you the breakdown: Brain zaps (constantly). Worth it. I am now 47 and very thankful that I made the right decision to not have children, I would never ever been pregnant and taking meds. As this eMedTV page explains, more than 1 percent of patients in clinical trials reported weight gain while taking the drug. “While on the medication, everything seemed fine. I took it as a teen over 15 years ago.

I changed meds and symptoms have disappeared. Some people lose weight as part of their depression. I was goofy, fun, talkative. It felt like I was in another body. I have severe headaches. “I have been on this medication for less than a week and already feel so much better than I did a week ago. When I grew up in the 50s doctors did not know much . If you want to be a fat zombie that can’t have an orgasm, well the big pharma chemists at GlaxoSmithKline have got a pill for you! I just turned 60 and have been taking it since 1994 and it was miraculous. Chills. I was laid off 2 years ago and ended up on disability. BTW, after some research I learned that GSK was fined $3,000,000,000.00 (yes that’s $3 billion) in 2012 by the US Department of Justice for withholding data regarding Paxil. Other people have told me of similar weight gain on Paxil. Insomnia (I didn’t sleep once for 4 days straight). Although many will end up getting a few pounds, it is crucial not to generalize this statement and to understand how many factors really do influence this whole process. I don't know if I'll ever be the same after this drug. I never ever ever want to feel how I did previously.” I have just found out I have IBD, the GI doctor said SSRI'S is the cause of it. This puts the Paxil in the group of one of the most affecting SSRIs in the area of weight change.As previously already mentioned, in the initial stage of drug usage, some will notice a decrease in their weight number. My eyes started to roll back and I stopped taking it. Now 15+ years later I can barely orgasm. Combining Other Drugs: If weight problem arises, it is very important to take into consideration whether a person is simultaneously taking any other drug that may contribute to weight gain. They know so much more now so just ask for help like I did. Others are finding a connection between changed levels of serotonin, caused by this drug, and increased cravings for unhealthy food like simple carbohydrates.Using a minimal effective dose of the drug decreases the probability of Paxil affecting your weight gain problem.