Paxil Side effects

[kingjohn3]

I have been taking Paxil only 2 days half of 10mg tablet which means its only 5mg and i take it at night before bed. Today i slept almost 11 hours got up and felt like crap. I felt like a zombie and almost felt my anxiety comin back once i started thinking more about how the medicine made me feel. I have pressure in the back of my head as well as cold flashes in the am and hot flashes in the pm. Ive never been on anti deprssents before this. I had to take a xanax today to calm me down and i still feel so drained. Is this normal? I dont think i can handle this medicine. Any adivce???

[DenaRenee78]

It took me a while to adjust to paxil too. Once I did though it worked wonders! If you still keep having problems though I would call your doctor or get seen at the local ER. I was recently tried on Zoloft and I thought the side effects I was having were withdrawls from my Effexor and new side effects from the Zoloft ... but it turned out I am allergic to the Zoloft and was having a reaction to it!

[edgyboy]

i have been on paxil for the past 16 years. When i first went on it, i had similiar side effects. your body has to get use to it before it starts working. It has worked for me once i was on it for about a month.

I started at 10 mgs per day and couldnt sleep when I was initially on it.