Paxil - a Weight Gain/withdrawl Nightmare

I don't understand our medical professionals out there. I took Paxil some years ago and started gaining weight. He made me feel like it was just me and that I needed to watch what I ate. Unbelievable. I was miserable and depressed because I was gaining so much weight and I was eating less than ever before. I even started exercising, something I hadn't needed to do before and it didn't do a thing.

After three years on the drug, my gyn said 'stop it!!!!" and I did. I lost 12 pounds in 7 days, mainly from water weight gain. My face had looked so fat and I was retaining so much water. I gained 70 pounds in 3.5 years and because the stupid doctor tried to blame it on me. Little did I know that tons of people have this weight gain issue w/Paxil and it is the worst of the SSRI's for weight gain. I started to go off and was only on 30 mg, went to 20, then to 10, the last 10 mg was the nightmare. I would have night sweats, incredibly horribly thoughts worse than I ever imagined. I would recommend to EVERYONE to stay away from Paxil. It's an evil, evil drug with horrible side effects.