PAXIL ( paroxetine )
|
||||||||||
Rx Stories.com - The Medication Site - Navigation: |
|
Rx Stories.com - Prescription Medications Find Other Medications & Experience Stories |
Tell us what you would like to see on this site or submit your story / information for a prescription medication not currently listed. |
following an acute distressing period in my life that I found hard to deal with I saw my GP. He diagnosed depression and prescribed Paroxitine. Initially I found the side effects uncomfortable but persevered because I felt so very low and believed my GP diagnosis. I was assured anti-depressents were not addictive. There was an initial follow up with my GP three months later when my dose was increased from 15mgs to 30mgs. For two years thereater I obtained my medication on repeat prescription. I gained three stone in weight over a 15 month period and found this difficult to deal with. I had never gained weight at such a rate before. I researched the medication I had been prescribed and found it may be a contributing factor. I decided not to take it anymore. within a few days I was very ill. Short term memory loss, electric shot sensations, numbness of extremities, loss of balance, nausea.
I researched further on the medication I had decided to stop. I was horrified to discover that not only I suffered these debilitatiing symptoms but that it was well recognised that withdrawl from this medication was a very slow, difficult and painful experience.
I feel let down by my GP, the health service and more especially the FDA.
My relationship is suffering, my career is suffering and the relationship I have with my child is also suffering. I do of course have a choice. I can stay on this medication with all the implications that also has (as my research has discovered) or I can continue to bite the bullet for the next year or so and see what is left in my life. After that I will have to pick up the pieces myself.
for 8 months i had been having prolems with anxiety and panic attacks. i didnt necessarily feel depressed, but just a great amount of anxiety. i was having a hard time in my life, but i didn't feel like it warranted all of that anxiety... it was really scary. so 8 months after my first panic attack, my doctor perscribed paroxetine . i have only been on it for 7 days but some of the side effects im having are trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, weird dreams and nightmares, sleepiness during the day. lack of emotions, lack of ability to achieve orgasm, muscle tension in my jaw and face area, constant yawning. all of the side effects are very annoying and i hope they go away because the medicine is helping to control my anxiety. but i am concerned about the side effects of discontinuing the medication. im hoping that im one of the lucky ones that doesn't suffer to badly from withdrawl of paroxetine.
When I was in college, I was diagnosed as depresed and placed on Paxil. Prior to that, I was a straight A student with a very successful career and family. About a month after staring the med, I began sleeping all the time and had a who cares attitude. I dropped out of school and lost everything. A year later, when I tried to come off of the medication, the problems really began. Feelings of numbness and tingling, confusion, extreme sleepiness, difficulty with vision, dizzy spells, and severe depression, unlike anything I had ever experienced. It eventually took my GP and two different psychiatrist to slowly wean me off of the medication, and onto another SSRI that didn't have such horrific side effects. Since then, I have been on celexa, and don't suffer the same side effects. However, when I decided to try and stop the celexa, I started experiencing the same withdrawl symptoms, though not as intense. My GP explained that I had probably developed a seratonin disorder from the paxil use, and that I would have to remain on an SSRI for life. If I had only know before hand!
While on the paxil I felt like it was working. Everybody aroungd me noticed that I was acting different. I was having strange urges to get tattoos, have affairs, get piercing, etc. I have always been extremely shy and all of a sudden I could and would talk to anyone anywhere. Everybody thought that i was going through a phase and it ultimatley caused me to do some really bad stuff that could have destroyed my life. I ended up in the emergency room and then was sent to the physc ward. There I was told to stop taking my paxil all together. I knew nothing of the withdrawls. After this I almost killed myself. I started having severe panic attacks and could not control my thoughts. I felt like I was in a dream all the time and felt no love or anything. The paxil almost took my life from me in more ways then one. I am now working. Please be very careful with this drug.
I started paxil yesterday. The 20mg pills. I took my one last night the first night i got them and i felt great. I was prescribed them for panic attacks. I woke up this morning and oh my god. I cant believe how bad i felt. It was worse than being drunk. I got out of my bed fell twice walking to my door and and i was so dizzy and nauseous i couldn't stand. I started dry heaving and still cant stop. I'm going to murder my doctor. I'm going to his house to slit his throat. What a dick he knew i was having a terrible time in my life and he gives me this shit too. Id have been just fine with some xanax. I'm going to the doctor later to throw the pills at his stupid fucking ass.
my partner has been on this drug for 1 week at first he was happy all the time ,he was ok in the morning by the afternoon he was staggering every where and his speach changed ,he was acting as if he had lost his mind to be honest it has scared the shit out of me ,he was put on them by the hospital in benalmadena spain where we live i think here the doctors dont have a clue.he went on them because his stress levels were so high he couldnt cope with life now i feel i dont even know him as he is acting so strange it really is like he has lost his mind ,who ever made this drug should be shot or at least the doctor in the hospitals should know what they are giving you and the side affects
in 1999 i went to my family doctor for anxiety .He gave me paxil the wonder drug of the time ..i have been take paxil or a form ever since. I have no idea why i have been on it so long. I thought my doctor knew what he was doing. I know relize that is not the case. I never questioned him once ( i feel dumb ). Just thought it was somthing i would always need. 7 days ago i stopped taking it just from pure laziness. I just didnt go get it refilled. Ive had headaches ,bed soaking nightsweats , been dizzy, lightheaded, that quick buzz felling in my head, mad feeling one minute,happy the next. The whole time not even thinking it could be a withdrawl from the wonder drug paxil. WRONG AGAIN.. Then out of the fog i look up paxil online a find to my amazement and own stupitity, that paxil my wonderdrug is nothing but a big fat LIE. and now im pissed. And know i have to go refill my perp. so i dont feel like this. then go find a good doctor that will help me get off this whore of a drug. For the most part i just feel dumb that i trusted people with my heath. NO MORE..... THESES DRUGS SHOULD BE LABELED HABIT FORMING
Three months ago my girlfriend who is also the mother of our 4 year old son started taking Paxil. She was going in for thyroid surgery and was very anxious and depressed. Her GP prescribed her 10mgs pills. About two weeks into taking the drug she started to have an I don't care attitude about everything. Our son. Me. Our house and our relationship. She started acting like she didn't want to be around me and our son. She has basically stopped working and does not contribute to any of her financial obligations as well as her motherly obligations. Always wanting to be away from the house and not coming home until late. She tells me that she has met at least two people whom I have no idea who they are. Well finally she tells me that they are females and one has no job and the other works at Popeye's. I asked her what kind of trash was she hanging around with. You must understand that we have a nice home and paid for cars. She's a CNA that was at one point made her a decent living. I'm a self employed Private Investigator in North Florida. She came to me at one point about 3 weeks after starting the drug and stated to me I know that I haven't been acting right and doing the things I'm supposed to be doing. She was in tears. My house was full of people at the time and I consoled her the best I could at that moment. I told her not to worry and that we could work things out. Later that night, meaning a couple hours had passed before I could get everyone out of the house, she had just fallen asleep. I continued to attempt to talk to her and continued to try to console her. She was out of it like she was on Pluto. Other things started happening. Her neice had made mention to her boyfriend who is also a friend of mine. He told me that there was a possibility of an affair. I questioned her about it and she denied it and still does. Which I have no proof and the type of person that she was before she started taking the drug I would have to believe it not to be true. Our relationship was a little rocky before she started taking the drug. She blamed it on her anxiety. Two weeks ago right about 9- 01-2010 she told me that she loved me and she wanted to work on things in our relationship. Well now here we are on 9-10-2010 she tells me that shes moving out, she no longer has feelings for me and has left myself and our 4 year old son alone. She states that she wants to come and see our son but when the plans are set forth she is either a couple hours late to come and see him or she just doesn't show up or call either. This drug is dangerous. It has destroyed my relationship and I want to sue the hell out of the FDA and the Manufacturer of this drug. I'm going to find an attorney who will take the case. If anyone else has had a similar experience with this drug or knows an attorney who is experienced in this please contact me at jaystinson@yahoo.com
I had OCD, fast heart rate, Anxiety, lost focus, I toke RX for chest with no reasons, blood test every 2 weeks I thought that I had all the sickness on earth. Finally I went to a physicians who suggested SSRI, First I toke Anafranil, Oh I can't tell you my story with anafranil Terrible, my body refuse it! nightmares, strokes, lost focus ... Then I tried Paxil (Brand Name Seroxat) it was affordable, and I start heal in 3 months but with lots of side effects, like weight gain, blurred vision, random eyes movements ... but at the end it was acceptable.
Now I'm in the withdrawal period, yes it hurts! I was taking seroxat 20mg then switched to Paxil 12.5 mg CR, then 5 mg, the 2.5 mg then now I'm free from 1 week.
Currently I feel tiered , dizziness, sleepy but can't sleep, but don't get scared, believe me it is affordable. Most of the side effect comes at night, not during working hours, I will wait up to 6 weeks and I will post my experience when I get free.
Good luck.
Two yrs. ago I was prescribed Paxil by GI doc for IBS-C. The generic brand cost $34 for 30 10 mg. tabs--outrageous. The pharmacist asked,Any questions? which struck me weird, until I read the black box label that listed every conceivable side effect. My Rx was for one tab in AM. First time I felt weird desire for a drink--like when you're drunk, but want another. I've been off booze for years and this scared me, but knew it was a side effect (unlisted, ha ha). THe drug reminded me of acid--w/o the euphoria! I felt my body evaporating and relentless tension in my head. As I had no body feeling, abdominal pain went away, but so did my sexuality or any feeling at all. At the end of the day, Paxil gave me first full b.m. in weeks, but I laid off for few days. Then I took it five days--no more full b.ms., just weirdness. I mixed it with Milk of Mag., got the runs, then worse insomnia ever. Light bothered me or the least sound. The GI said take Benadryl to come down--weirdly, it worked, tho I had to take it five days because head tension kept going...awful. Try Yoga instead, people.
I am a high school senior and have been taking paroxetine for 5 months now. until this last month i have been feeling different. Not usually myself. I've been getting upset at the stupidest things and have been doing things that i wouldn't usually do.I don't know if it's just me or the meds. i'm going straight to my doctor tomorrow. i'm getting off this shit b4 i blow my brains out. (just letting u know i'm not having suicide thoughts i'm just afraid i will get them later on if i'm still on this shit). Good luck to those who are on it.
i was on paroxetine for the first time a year and a half ago for anxiety, then i stopped taking it after a few months. when i was taking it back then i was on 3 20mg tablets a day. a total of 60mg daily. the only side effects i had were nightmares which only happened on two tablets, once i was taking three tablets the nighmares dissapeered. so a year on to this date 19/08/2011 and my anxiety getting worse. i went to my GP three days ago and he prescribed me some more paroxetine i thought to myself i'll be fine, i have taken it before on a really high dose and had no side effects. well i was so WRONG. I am now on only two tablets daily and the side effects started happening three hours after i took the pills. i was at work and my boss thought i was drunk. i was stumbling all over the place, headache, nausea, sleepiness. numbing and dry mouth. how horrible but the symtoms only lasted a couple of hours. that was day 1. today is day two and it is not much better. pills kicked in 15 minutes after i took the two pills and the effects have lasted all day instead of a couple of hours. i had to ring my boss and tell her i cant come into work because the pills have stuffed me up. im happy but miserable all i want to do is drink coffee and smoke cigarettes. i dont want to work anymore, i feel like im going to vomit, dont want to eat any food, and i have lost my sex drive. i am scared and confused. i would like to keep in contact with someone who is on this drug so we can be updated, exchange emails, experiences. that would be great! my email is mylez_baybe@yahoo.co.nz
FYI, Paxil and Effexor,(not Effexor XR), are THE WORSE SSRI's and/or SNRI's to detox off of and come with a longer list of side-effects than other antidepressants. I was placed on Paxil years ago before there were any black box warnings about the possibility of young people trying to commit suicide while on these types of meds. Side-effects and w/drawals were also down-played. My PCP put me on it for real bad anxiety problems. I never really felt any side- effects while on it, just some weight gain and tiredness. I also never got any anxiety relief from it or any other AD med. My PCP put me on Xanax and had me detox off Paxil when none of the AD meds worked. My Paxil dose was 30mg's,(I think), and even with a fairly slow detox the w/drawals were god-awful. Every morning my head, cheeks, hands and feet would be numb. Really bad dizziness, like things were moving towards and then away from me. Shock-like sensations that would almost knock me to the ground. Every morning, when taking a shower, I would have to hold onto the shower curtain rod or I would fall over. But the scariest thing was the thoughts of suicide. I've never been depressed before, so these thoughts were things that never entered my mind before in my life. It just so happened that I picked up a new script for Xanax while I was in the worst of my w/drawal. I ended up eating the whole bottle of in about 5 minutes,(180/1mg pills), and told my parents I would see them on the other side. At the time I had no idea why I did this. Next thing I remember was waking into my mothers psychs' office the following morning. He gave me the choice of walking myself across the street and checking myself into the hospitals psych ward or he could call the cops and I would be taken to the state psych ward. My choice. Either way, I wasn't going home. Not once did he ever mention that it may be the Paxil I was on that might have made me think this way and react on it. I ended up chosing the local hospital. I asked my mother why she didn't bring me to the E.R. and she told me that she called her psych to see what she should do. He told her that if all I took was the Xanax, even with all that I took, and no other CNS depressants, I would just have a great nights' sleep and that I could not kill myself on benzos, even a massive load like I took,(I actually looked this up and he was correct. Even if I took 10x's more, I still wouldn't have died). It's cold-turkey detoxing off benzos that MAY cause seizures. Anyways, a few months later I remember watching t.v. and seeing parents of children who commited suicide speaking to the U.S. Senate, screaming how their kids killed themselves after taking AD drugs, mostly Paxil. It took me a few months to detox correctly,(SLOWLY), off that crap, so I had a clear head while watching this on t.v. and that's when a light when off in my head about why I felt the way I did a few months previous. Made me sad to hear the parents tell their stories but made me feel better that I wasn't going crazy. Parents really need to keep a close eye on their kids when being prescribed these drugs. BTW, I'm a recovering opiate addict, clean for over 6 years, but I would take a detox off heroin over antidepressants, (especially Paxil), any day of the week. Paxil has worse w/drawal side-effects and last much longer than detoxing off any opiate I took before. If you need a long term med for anxiety, I would seriously recomend a benzo than an AD drug. Very few people need to raise their dose of their benzo once they find a dose that works. You become dependant on both, and either type will cause w/drawal symptoms. At least benzos won't make you think about killing yourself.
Ok I'm 19, I have be prescribed Paxil for depression anger etc.by my dr. When I'm on it I have a different attitude like I just don't care I'm having a baby girl and I lost my job because I can't find the motivation do do anything while on Paxil. I've had suicidal thoughts on the drug as well...I know I would never do anything to harm myself, just the thought of it screeds the shit out of me.... I need to do the best I can for my little girl me and her mother are no longer together because of the way I act on the drug it must have fuck it in it.This is only after 3 months You must be careful using this drug.....
I was prescribed Paxil by my doctor 20mg a day. The first day I took 10 mg right before bed and I was so exhausted that I guess I did not feel the side effects that I am feeling on day 2. Took 10mg tonight and I am severely dizzy, rushing sounds in ears and head, tingling in hands and going completely out of my mind. Just a horrible horrible feeling and I cannot get it to stop. Prescribed for panic attacks and stress. I was better off taking 2.5mg of valium when I had attacks and it worked. I feeling like I am having a panic attack on Paxil. This prescription is going down the toilet and never want to go thru this again. Makes matters worse and intensifies anxiety while I am waiting for gallbladder, kidney results. Too many things going thru my head! Get me off this rollercoaster PLEASE!!!
Rx Stories.com - The Medication Site - Navigation: |
|
Rx Stories.com - Prescription Medications Find Other Medications & Experience Stories |
Tell us what you would like to see on this site or submit your story / information for a prescription medication not currently listed. |