The question is about the medication called Paxil?

If this drug has so many side effect like Asthenia,sweating,nausea,decreased appetite,somnolence,dizziness,insomina,t... disturbance,and other genital disorders why keep prescribing this medication to people if it is going to make you worse..


Question #1: has anyone been prescribe this medication in the past ?


Question #2: has anyone been feeling these side effects like I have ?


i think this medication should be taking off the market because since taking it i feel worse than before

The question is about the medication called Paxil?
Welcome to the club. I've used Celexa, Lexapro, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Zyprexa, Zoloft, and Remeron. Finally, after all of those and a couple of suicide attempts, I found my way out in a book called, "The Feeling Good Handbook" by David Burns, MD.





Here's what I'm left with after all that.... Antidepressants don't cure anything. All they do is suppress your feelings a little. Doctors prescribe them because they don't know what else to do and they've been brainwashed by the big pharmaceuticals. I think advertising drugs should be prohibited, and doctors should be made to take the crap themselves before prescribing it. But, that's just my opinion.
Reply:This medication doesn't cause side effects for everybody. That's why it says POSSIBLE side effects. Apparently it's not the right medication for you. Tell your doctor and try a different med. I went through a bunch before I found one I halfway like. Remember there are no "happy" pills they just help you deal better.
Reply:Paxil, like any of these drugs effects each person differently. I took it with Xanax for panic disorder as the Xanax was not quite doing it alone, as I stayed on a very low dose because it made me tired In addition I did not take the normal dose of Paxil, 40mg as this is too much for me. It helped immensely, the only side effects were weird dreams and weight gain. I was switched to Celexa, my choice because of the weight gain. I believe the Paxil is more beneficial for me.


Every body is different. If it works for one person it may not work for another, as in all medications.
Reply:I wanted to give a big freaking "You're danged skippy that's right!!!" to Mr Peachy's comment and say that I agree with his answer 100%.
Reply:I met someone on yahoo answers two weeks ago who asked me to give her advice on her health problems.


This is what she said to me quoted (with permission to do so). It's a bit long, but you'll probably find it very helpful (althou gh there might be a better cure than what she said). If you want I can give you her contact. Hope this helps.





First she said to me:





"Anyway - basically, I took antidpressants for 5 years and when I quit I had insomnia, which i had never experienced before and which I now know is a common side effect of quitting anti-deps, but I didn't know that at the time. Then, I was prescribed all of the narcotics for the insomnia and they made me worse and worse - I think they actually caused extreme anxiety because they are addictive, so by the time you're supposed to take the next dose, you feel a lot of anxiety. So basically, I got worse and worse until I was going days without sleep and had to quit my job. And then, it got WORSE and i started having pain throughout my body from sleep deprivation and pain in my eyes, nausea, and neurological symptoms, and needless to say my mood was pretty bad from lack of sleep. Doctors could not help me and just wanted to prescribe more meds which I think were the reason I got sick in the first place. Basically, if i had never taken any pills, I don't think i would have ever gone through all of this. So I was on the verge of killing myself when I started looking to alternative treatments and found this:





http://www.healerswhoshare.com/





and found out there was a lot wrong with my pituitary, adrenals, and neurologically. (i'm trying to make this short, but this is prob. more info. than you wanted to hear!) And I've been taking these remedies and getting better physically, but I can't seem to get rid of the fear - i feel traumatized from all the suffering, and i've always kind of cynical. i just want to stop suffering and stop feeling fearful."








I then linked her to this, http://www.unknowncountry.com/mindframe/... (which I had found to show someone else on here, the storty is authentic), and asked if she had taken also paxil, and then I got this response.








yeah, paxil was the first anti-dep i took, then zoloft. on paxil, i was a fat, happy cow - whereas prior to antideps, i was always thin. i think a big problem with those drugs is that a) even the medical community itself doesn't really understand how they work and b) they have not been around long enough to really know long-term negative side effects. it's already pretty clear though that they play a big part in creating diabetes. they repress dopamine and create a craving for carbs. i gained 50 pounds on antidepressants! And there are other bad things as well. i've heard so many horror stories in addition to my own.

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