I am a 41 year old male with what i now am sure is Anxiety and/or Social Anxiety disorder. From an early age i always new something was wrong but didn't know what to do. About 2 years ago i was reading something about anxiety when i realized this sounds like me. I also had read that one of the drugs used to treat anxiety was Valium. Afraid & ashamed to talk to anyone about this i went to the street & bought a bottle of Valium. I am sure it was Valium because it was a sealed bottle of 100. This seamed to work great except i felt tired sometimes but if that was all i had to deal with it was far better than not taking it. A couple months later feeling much more confident i went to a psychiatrist. He agreed with the diagnosis but said he would like to see me taking Paxil. He prescribed Valium & Paxil and explained that it would take a couple weeks before i felt the full benefit of the Paxil. As the Paxil began to build up in my system i thought this is a miracle drug. I was taking only 10 mg. once per day of Paxil & 2.5 mg. twice per day of Valium. I continued this for a couple months when i noticed stomach pains. At first they were minor than within a month or so they became worse. I noticed they were worse about an hour after i took the Paxil so i stopped taking it and the stomach pain went away. I went back to my doctor and he said i must have a sensitive system. I than tried Celexa than Effexor than Remeron all with the same results. I decided than to just go with the Valium but within a month or two the stomach problems were back although they were not the exact same symptoms. I thought maybe i was lactose intolerant or maybe i was having a reaction to something i was eating. This went on for months before i learned that Valium could cause these symptoms. I than stopped taking the Valium and experienced 4 weeks of withdraw. Shortly after the withdraw was gone i began to wonder if the Valium was the problem all along. I than began to take Paxil again, my system seemed to be more tolerant now and i took the Paxil for about a week or so and than the stomach problems started again. This is where i am now, it seems i can't take Paxil and some other antianxiety drugs and i can't function without them. I take Paxil till i can't stand the pain anymore than i quit till i can't function and than back to Paxil. My questions are #1 Does this happen to other people taking Paxil and if so what do they do? #2 What other drugs might i try that are not known to cause digestion problems? Please HELP!!!