It supposed to help with bulimia (binge eating). So I suppose it will cut back on my cravings and I'll lose weight b/c as you said well, eating is my trigger. I bet if you hardly eat, then you'll eat more and if you eat a lot you'll eat less. I get the feeling this drug has a balancing effect, brings everyone to the 'middle.'
So far I feel more toned down. I'm able to let things go easily and I can go to sleep so easy when I want to. No drooling though - not yet ; )
And I'm getting more done at work b/c I'm not getting distracted with anxious thoughts or wonderings. No nightmares last night but the first night I had bad ones.
I do have nightmares occasionally...I never realized that it could cause nightmares! So THAT explains it!!!
Bambi- I have been a yoyo dieter my whole life...many ups and downs. (just like my moods! LOL) I have been heavier and also at my thinnest on paxil. Just eat healthy and exercise and it shouldn't cause a gain. My friend who is on Effexor has gained MUCHO weight!!! So stay away from that if weight is an issue!
I took my first Paxil tonight but I told my therapist that I wouldn't take it if it made me gain weight!!! Good luck to me!!!
I have been on Paxil for about 3.5 weeks and I still get nervous. For me I am just starting to feel the effects. But I think that is it different for everyone. Good Luck to you. Dont worry about gaining weight... if you do gain weight it will prob. be a small amount. I know this may be a trigger for your anxiety but think of the benefits of the medication not the side effects.
I felt effects from mine right away. It also made me drool when I was first adjusting to it. LOL. I did not gain weight. I did become less creative and driven.
Did you gain weight on Paxil? My dr. started me on it and I haven't taken it because I am SCARED TO DEATH it's gonna make me gain weight!!! That's part of the reason I am depressed is my weight!!!!!
Thanks for sharing with me Suzi-Q. I do feel more 'normal' now in a way I haven't felt in years. I'm just hoping to dodge the sexual side effects. Did you have nightmares with Paxil? My first night, before I even knew it could be a side effect, I had terrible ones. Last night, none. Hopefully they will have gone away. And I feel kind of groggy but happy. Make sense?
It could be qa combination of both. I know that when I take my klonopin I start to relax just knowing it is in me. However, the meds are working too. I am also on paxil and have been for 14 years. It has been a long time and hard to remember but I think I started getting relief pretty quick also...like I said, I bet it is a little bit of both....Try not to analize it!!! JUST ENJOY FEELING NORMAL!!! Whatever it is, it is working!!!!