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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I have been taking paxil for several yrs now. At first it worked great. Now I always feel tired. I'm never hungry, therefore I have lost weight. My vision has gotten worse and I bruise very easily. I recently decided to stop taking it. Now I am having severe withdrawls! The withdrawls almost make me want to start the rx again, unfortunately.
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Reviewer: pammy, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I started taking Paxil for Anxiety attacks. It has worked great for me, expect for gain weight and no sex drive. It has saved me, I'm am happier and could not go on without it.
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Reviewer: lifexperience, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I deal with GAD's and have most of my life. I was on 25mg paxil CR for almost 10 years. It saved my life. A few months ago it stopped working (as effectively) I was having break threw anxiety attacts. I went to a walk in clinic (GP) and he put me on Cipralex 10mg, then 15mg, then 20mg. I was sicker than a dog!! Every side effect there was I had. I tried to stick it out for 3 weeks on th
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Reviewer: smz2004, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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It works for me but I sweat alot more than normal and have trouble sleeping at night. Considering changing to something different.
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Reviewer: Cindy, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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Although there was weight gain, paxil cr has been a life saver for me. I wish I had of known about it years ago. Could of saved me from much heart ache.
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