Paxil St John S Wort, Miracle Drug, Anxiety and Panic Attacks, Social Anxiety, Holy Crap

Posted over a year ago

Holy crap this website is depressing! Paxil is not all bad people! I've been on it for 1.5 years. I'm a 24 yr old female. I take it for social anxiety and panic attacks. It takes about 3-4 months for your body to adjust to taking it. You are likely ... more »

Holy crap this website is depressing! Paxil is not all bad people! I've been on it for 1.5 years. I'm a 24 yr old female. I take it for social anxiety and panic attacks. It takes about 3-4 months for your body to adjust to taking it. You are likely to experience MINOR side effects. I had a lot of sweating, tiredness and HAPPINESS. Yes, I was really happy...its an anti-depressant after all. After that you might be a little more tired than you use to, but other than that it is fine. You can't quit cold turkey, you have to be weaned off of it...just like you will be gradually put on it. I take 30 mg a day, but started at 10 the first couple weeks. Don't get freaked out because of all the bad reviews on here. Everyone just wants a place to whine about their bad experiences and how horrible their life is. Paxil cured my panic attacks and my anxiety. I feel so much better. I think so much more clearly and I don't constantly worry about what everyone thinks of me. Would recommend paxil to a friend.

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Klm2009 - DEAR HOWDY... When you have been on Paxil for 4-5 years, and want to get off it, then tell me that Paxil is so great!!! I've been weaning off of it for two weeks now, and it sucks!! I feel so ill, and out of it. So good luck. It works for awhile, but then it will wear off.

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Hormoaning - I agree with you somewhat. I've only been on it for a year, but it's helped me so unbelievably much with my panic attacks and social anxiety. I too, read horror stories about Paxil online before I started. I was started on 10mg, and that was too much, I felt completely stoned and out of it. So what I did was take 5mg for two weeks, then 10, 15, up to 20mg. Now however, I'm in the process of weaning off. I've been down to 10mg for almost 2 weeks, and I can't really say I feel any different. I'm afraid my anxiety and the panic attacks might return, but right now I just feel I have to get off this drug. I haven't been able to have an orgasm in a year (I'm a 21 year old female, this shouldn't be happening!), I feel like I can't feel emotion or cry anymore, cliche as it sounds, and I want to know if I can function with this drug.

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Texastam - All I can sadly say is, you haven't come close to what this drug has done to so many. I have taken this drug for over 15 years, it was my miracle drug, the drug I had longed for. Now, I regret the day I took it. The side effects and the person it turned me into ruined my life forever. Please, don't depend on this drug, I say this from one sister to another. Use St. John's Wort. I too found happiness and would have swore by paxil, now if I can reach another to understand the long term effects, even after you've stopped taking it. This is my mission. Good luck, and think about what I've said.

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Jennifer6kids - I'm so glad you are doing so much better. I took it for 7 years once years ago and now 2 years again. It is a nightmare coming off. I hope yours is different if and when you come off. And I'm not whining... it's the total truth. I've been off completely for bout 5 weeks and I still have zaps, dizziness, extreme fatigue, crazy dreams, feel soooo exhausted upon awakening.anxiety is back.. I have terrible terrible pms anyway and this just intensifies it.. it's terrible for me.. I hope it's not the same for you. I did taper off, or rather should I say tried to taper off about 4 times, the withdrawal symptoms were so severe that I just went back to taking it again and again. I finally stuck it out and got off, but my sypmtoms are bad. It's the complete truth, no whining.

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Tabitha37 - google www.paxilprogress.org

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