PAXIL

[carolas]

HI EVERYONE!
I'M A WORRY FREAK AND I STARTED TAKING PAXIL AND FELT VERY WEIRDED OUT, ALOT OF STOMACH CRAMPS, AND MY TONGUE FEELS VERY WEIRD, IS THIS NORMAL?.....DO THESE SIDE EFFECTS GET BETTER, I A TIGHTENED JAW, SHOULD I KEEP TAKING THEM?, JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS FELT THESE SYMPTOMS.
THANKS

[Kikiburns]

You are having a allergic reaction to the paxil. You will need cogenten to counteract the symptoms. This same thing happened to me at a hospital and I was given a cogenten shot which worked immediately to counteract the symptoms. I hope this is helpful.

[sinsta]

I was on 40mg paxil for my anxiety and depression, it helped a bit but did nothing for my panick attacks, my Dr thinks its better to try a different drug since it completly wrecked my labido, it also made me extremely twitchy and not forgetting the scary weight gain. The weening off process is pure hell just giving you a heads up

[sooners_niners]

I've been on Paxil since 1994. I was put on it due to panic attacks. I now feel as if I am just a shell of myself, could care less if I lived or died. I find no joy in anything in life and the only reason I am still here is because I couldn't do such a thing to my son & wife. I would go to the pharmacy back in '94 and tell them the side effects I was getting after missing just ONE dose and they looked at me like I was stupid. Now they all have names (i.e., brain zaps etc.). I have tried to get off Paxil with a doctor, the brain zaps I get, they only way I can explain them is they are like your computer, when it blinks for just a second, it's like my brain and CNS zap, and it happens anywhere from every 30 seconds to every couple of minutes. I have to lay down and close my eyes. I don't know what to do. I had one doctor tell me I may just have to be on it for life. What if they stop making it then? If I didn't have a wife and son I would end this madness once and for all, because I wake up each day saying, "Crap, I'm still here" and that's not a life worth living. Payed for a few corporate yachts I imagine, hope they enjoy them. I don't know how they can sleep at night knowing what they have done to so many lives, families etc.
One doctor tried to feed me the crap that the withdrawals don't last that long, on and on and on, I said "Have you ever had a panic attack before?" She answered "no". Just because you study things out of medical journals and books, doesn't mean you even have a clue A) what a panic attack feels like B) what brain zaps feel like withdrawing from Paxil. I would love to meet a doctor that has taken Paxil for a long term use, and discuss his/her reactions to withdrawals and such, but good luck finding one.

[davo71]

I to am on Paxil and I have a wierd feeling with my tongue too, and my mouth is dry one minute and totally flooding the next. cramps as well

[lowtech]

I haven't had those symptoms, and i've been on this stuff 8 years. However, I have had other weird symptoms (dizziness & thirst) which they originally told me couldn't be from Paxil but is now common knowledge to be a side effect. Call your doctor and ask.