Paroxetine for Social Anxiety Disorder User Reviews (Page 4)

• Encou...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 26, 2020

"I have GAD, hair pulling, social anxiety, agoraphobia, panic, depression. I am on week 2 of Paxil 10mg and I’m sensitive to meds big time. It’s hard adjusting with the side effects but they will subside hopefully. Not much effects on depression as of yet but anxiety is better and no hair pulling. Doc is happy about the progress and says I should give it 4 more weeks to see if it really is for me then we will go up in dose. As for me the benefits I see outweigh the negatives big time. Still feeling the head change and medicated as my brain rewires but it’s helping so much the more it does."

• Retri...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• June 4, 2020

"I have been taking this medication paroxetine for a while. I had to say this medication worked best for Social Anxiety for me. I got the confidence to express myself. I could maintain my social connections. But it was not doing good for my depression. For that reason I may switch to any other medication."

• Misuzu
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 28, 2019

"I took this medicine for more than a year and half so far. I had horrible stuttering and social phobia. But after one month from taking Paxil I changed completely I am 80% more fluent in my speech so much confident and social, positive and wanting to have fun all time and energized. However past few months side effects became really annoying. My body feel so weak like someone who got fever nonstop. I sweat all night and use the washroom more often. My vision is worse and I get so confused and can’t focus. Especially that I work as a waitress It affected my work life, my hands shake all the time and I can’t last for long shifts. I’m tapering it off now going through withdrawal symptoms and feeling like a wild animal sometimes from anger. Hope I can stop taking it safely eventually without getting back to stuttering even though I’m stuttering so much now since I reduced the dose."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 27, 2012

Paxil (paroxetine) "I don't think Paxil ever worked for me and it always made me feel really bad but I think my social anxiety was a lot better but I feel much better now without Paxil and I'm on Zeldox and Lamictal but I'm getting pretty bad anxiety so I'm trying to find a good medication for anxiety and especially social anxiety because it makes me feel really bad at university. I was on Paxil, Risperdal, Lamictal and Zeldox before and I was always extremely tired and I think I'm less tired now but I can't remember how tired I was before and I was on Paxil when I was 13 and it also made me feel really bad and didn't do anything for my depression and it didn't help. I'm 24 now."

• No...
• April 11, 2010

"I started using paroxetine 12.5 CR generic (Pexep 12.5 CR) - it was to treat my mild depression, mostly caused by moderate GAD (general anxiety disorder) and moderately severe social phobia. First 2 days were mild headaches (not bad enough to get an aspirin), also felt noticeably more tired than usual. 3rd day, felt great. Not like an 'on' switch from the day before, but I did feel noticeably more comfortable around people and just felt better. Did not have any problems with libido or weight gain."

• Roxie
• May 29, 2017

Paxil (paroxetine) "Got a big rash on my abdomen, that got increasingly painful and itchy. An allergic reaction to the medication (I wasn't taking anything else at the time) This was a shame! Because the medication had a substantial effect on my social anxiety. The first few days I felt like I was on an emotional rollercoaster, but then I started to really enjoy social interaction, I could understand why people talked to other people for fun! Only ended up taking it for a little over a week, but wanted to share my experience incase anyone else is experiencing a rash."

• Charm
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 23, 2018

"I started paxil around 4 months ago I started on 20mg the side effects where horrific but I stuck with it. It made me sick, I was shaking but all that didn't last long. I felt a difference after around 5 weeks then I increased to 30mg after 2 months. The 30mg honestly changed my life I've gone from being anxious with anyone, including family when talking to them, to being so much more confident and anxiety free. I did up my dose to 40mg but it screwed everything up I had Increased anxiety feeling sick it was awful now I'm back down to 30mg. It's honestly changed my life and it was my last hope!! I've tried every other medication out there, stick with this you will see a difference."

• xDan
• October 31, 2015

"Seroxat (Paxil) has been amazing for my anxiety so far. I started at 10mg and am now at 30mg. It started to work at 20mg, though I felt a slightly higher dose would be beneficial, and it was. I may step up to 40mg, though I am aware that the additional benefit onto 30mg is minimal, especially considering it is beginning to show beneficial effects. I was previously taking Lustral (Zoloft) at the maximum dose of 200mg, and although it helped my depression immensely, the effect on my anxiety was minimal. Paxil is rather the opposite. Because social anxiety is my main issue, I much prefer Paxil, though if it were depression I would choose Zoloft. I have been on Paxil for over 2 months."

• Anonymous
• July 13, 2010

Paxil (paroxetine) "I was on Paxil CR 25mg for 5 years and 37.5mg for about 1 year. My Doctor and I decided to ween me off due to feeling that it wasn't working as it used to and I didn't want to increase the dose. The weening process went too quickly and I suffered withdrawal symptoms- brain zaps, brain fog, crying, severe mood swings, just to name a few. I also had a rush of emotions that were hidden from being on it. My family and friends said that when I first started taking it, they noticed that I had been withdrawn but they thought that I was happy because my anxiety was gone. "

• kalle
• Taken for 10 years or more
• June 7, 2020

"20 years on this. It works quite well, I used to have totally crippling social anxiety. Now I have it mild to moderate and can have relationships, career etc. It took a couple months to know it actually did something. Am now on 40mg, 20mg works also but not as well. Might consider trying up to 60mg. I do augment with Propranolol 40mg 1-4 times a day and I feel it really helps for the physical symptoms. Side effects: Hard to reach orgasm, restless legs (countered with Gabapentin 600mg 1-2h before bed), memory not great. Having tried some other drugs for social anxiety (Gabapentin and Buspirone as well as a myriad of OTC stuff) I am convinced I feel Paroxetine is quite potent. I would like to try a MAOI type drug but in my country they are not really available without special license and even with it there is some hassle of getting it from the pharmacy etc."

• david
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 17, 2022

"I took this drug for 3 months at a dose of 20 mg. At first, increased anxiety and insomnia for the first week. It actually lowered my social anxiety and negative thoughts, but also lowered my motivation level, I slept 12 hours a day, couldn't climax or cry. I decided that life without emotions is not life and I went off the drug, which was also not a pleasant experience - I had to cut the pill into 1/8 parts."

• PERSON
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 17, 2017

"Been on Paxil for about 3 month starting my fouth it's been helping me a lot with my panic disorders & social experiences. My mg for Paxil is low 20mg. However, whoever is starting this medication don't get discourage it will take ( 1 month) time for Paxil to kick in but it will be worth it. A big con is; that ejaculation time got delayed."

• Social...
• February 1, 2016

"I was put on this for 4 months. A lot of the panic attacks went down but more stress was added. The side effects for me were easier bruising, nausea, fatigue, migraines and etc. It caused me to skip school a lot, and I got behind so it added more and more anxiety and was not worth it. I recommend no medication and therapy for social anxiety, and to help stomach aches and headaches us tiger balm and gin-gins (you can buy them at Whole foods stores"

• Mayah
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 8, 2021

Paxil (paroxetine) "I was on 3 SSRI before Paxil for social anxiety and this one worked the best I was year and a half on it but unfortunately I started to shake to much and I got black spots on my legs like someone punched me. My psychiatrist told me it was from Paxil and I got hot, burning in some areas which hurt. I had to quit paxil I was on 30mg. Now I tried to quit and my anxiety is slowly coming back. I was thinking of trying zoloft because everyone is saying that it's great. So yeah sad but I hope I will find some drug that will work great with me."

• Annali
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 4, 2018

"In 11th grade, Doc prescribed this to me when I told him I suffered from social anxiety and GAD. He gave me some Paxil samples to try. The first few days I felt tired and numb. I also felt like something was trying to control all of my negative thoughts. At night, when I was watching TV, I felt a wave of panic hit me. That was my first panic attack. I never had one before. I had to lay on the bed and talk myself out of the rapid heartbeat and sudden terror. A couple days later, I was practicing tennis with my team. Out of nowhere, my vision went black, but I was still conscious. I told the coach that I couldn't play anymore that day cuz I wasn't feeling well. He thought I was making excuses and told me to run 5 laps after practice. Anyway, I had to sit on the bench and calm myself down. I basically experienced a panic attack and nearly blacked out. The next day, I took myself off of it cold turkey. I ended up having heart palpitations the entire day. Not the drug for me."

• Micky
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 14, 2018

"I came back to report the efficiency of this medication after I initially posted in Februray. The medication has been working very well. It controls the anxiety symptoms, makes me outgoing, and even controls negative thoughts. The only con is , as others mentioned as well, weight gain. For every mg , you gain 1 lbs or 1 kg (depending on excercise, diet, etc.). I tried both approaches: to eat healthy and exercise, with no success to loose weight, and to eat small or very little, again, no weight lost. This is the only downfall for me. As I said, I have been on this med for 3 1/2 months. Overall, it is worth taking."

• Jake
• June 12, 2018

"I have been taking the generic version of paxil - PARoxetine (20mg tablets) once a day for nearly a year now and can say that it has definitely helped with my social anxiety. I finally feel like I can talk to people in a serious manner without starting to feel completely under pressure. Those that have social anxiety know exactly what I am talking about. It also helped me with my sexual performance and caused me to last much much longer than I used to be able to in bed. This had some downfalls at first but eventually I was able to train myself to peak at will after a certain time during sexual intercourse. I also want to touch base on drug use while on this drug I rarely drink only on special occasion. As far as alcohol goes, I noticed that I would get drunk much quicker than usual and feel much worse the coming morning. This caused me to adjust how much I drink WHEN I do drink."

• Katha...
• November 24, 2017

"Came back again saw my old comment on paroxetine (katharinne24) everything was going great until I decided to stop it for some reasons After a week I was feeling tremors inside of me without shaking from the inside. I have been on the pill since January 2017. So I guess it was the withdrawals. It feels terrible I talked to my doctor about it and he said if I would stopped them I will go into depression. Which I know I can do this without them. People who are thinking about starting paroxetine plz be open minded about it. If your planning to have kids later on in the future the withdrawals symptoms are really bad. I hope this helps you guys. I know its hard. But try w/out the pill. Good luckto everybody that has anxiety."

• Legen...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 4, 2018

"This medication really didn't do much. I took it for 6 weeks on 20mg. I didn't have really any side effects besides extreme tiredness and extreme lack of motivation. Now 6 weeks in I was still super anxious and depressed. It really did nothing for me at all. It is supposed to be the best for Social Anxiety but I didn't experience anything beneficial. It was really just a waste of time."

• Anonymous
• July 29, 2008

Paxil (paroxetine) "It changed my life. I had severe social anxiety. I felt better by the 3rd day."

• Minou...
• March 22, 2016

Paxil (paroxetine) "I'm on paxil one year eight month I'm a new lady really nice and social now I can go anywhere I want the world know I'm a new person thanks paxil to give me my life back."

• sjayy...
• October 20, 2015

Paxil (paroxetine) "Has changed my entire life. Only side effect is delayed orgasm"

• SJM
• November 9, 2014

Paxil (paroxetine) "It really works!!! But I gained 14 pounds"

• Anonymous
• December 6, 2010

Paxil (paroxetine) "I have already made a prior post but I left out one piece of information: The withdrawal is harsh but I found that by taking NeoCitran I felt 100% better and free of the side effects."

• janic...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 13, 2019

"Hi I have tried a lot of antidepressants and paroxetine was pretty much the last one to try. This is the 5th week but starting to feel benefits. Hardly any side effects. Finally!!!!!"