Paxil

I was prescribed Paxil in early 1997 for postpartum depression. It is now 14 years later and I am 3.5 weeks Paxil-free. I was told many times before by many people that the withdrawal symptoms I felt the other times I tried to come off of it were only in my head. I now know that isn't true. I have been through hell because of this drug. I was accused of not taking care of my baby when I was doing so. She was going through withdrawal! I am angry and hurt. The things going on have been hell with days of not knowing if I was crazy. The pain has been awful. I plan not backing down. I wish I would have known back then what I know now. I was told it was non-addicting and it was short term. 14 years is not short term and the many times trying to go off of it says to me it is addicting.

I am unable to work and was accused of child neglect. I lost out many years of my life because of this drug. I spent many years dealing with social services and being told that I was crazy and it was not the drug that is doing it.

In December 2007, my only son was murdered by gunshot in a drive by shooting. March 2009 was the trial of his murderers. I was given a prescription of Paxil and was taking one per day. It took away my depression and I called them "My Happy Pills." I began getting chemical smells and my first thought was that something was leaking from my brain. I continued getting the phantom smells as I didn't know what they were, I consulted my doctor. She in turn scheduled an MRI and in two days was called into her office and was told that I had a brain tumor, called a meningioma, and had to have it surgically removed as soon as possible at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Ma. I had the surgery on February 9th, 2010.

While I was at home in Bermuda recuperating, I suffered an off-balance fall and hurt my head. After a scan, I was told that I would have to go back to Lahey Clinic to remove an infection. I returned by air ambulance on March 28th and had the surgery. The doctors said that I got the infection during my first surgery and is trying to find out how that occurred. They say it's the bacteria as the same that causes acne. I was given Tramadol for pain by the Rehabilitation Center doctor but have read that there are serious side effects of Tramadol.

I have been off work since January 28th and is due to return on July 26th. I am unable to drive as I am told that if I have an accident, my vehicle insurance company will not pay for any damages. I was told by Lahey Clinic that the infection occurred during the first surgery on February 9th.

I am suffering because I now have loss of short-term memory and have trouble concentrating and I am unable to work. I have to attend the local hospital's physiotherapy for speech therapy and see a clinical physiologist. I recently bought a BMW and unable to drive it for a year. My life is just not the same anymore.

Before both surgeries, I signed a document but I am unsure of what that was. It may be a document that says that they are not liable for any claims due to surgery. The first surgery was performed by Dr. Carlos ** and the second was by a Doctor D. I am afraid of any slight pain that is inflicted on me because of the pain of injections, IV's, blood tests, etc. I cry a lot as well. Can you help me please?

I cannot function without Paxil. I've tried. I've tapered. I was on it for many years. I went up to 80mg at one point because it was the only antidepressant that helped but it lost the ability to help so we kept upping the dose. Without it, I am severely irritable, easily agitated and angry inside. Before, I was known for my passiveness and patience. Now, I can't find any antidepressant that will work. I can't function. I'm mean and horrible to the people I love all the while feeling hurt inside that I'm hurting them and unable to control it. And my whole body hurts everyday. I'm lost, hopeless and have no desire to live. I pray to die.

I have been taking Paxil for about 7 years. I was put on it as a teenager at the age of 15. I am now coming off of Paxil for the 3rd try. I am sticking it out, and I have never been sicker in my life. My symptoms include: extreme dizziness, blackouts, extreme mood swings, irrational tendencies, extreme anger at slightest provocation, chills complete with shivers for hours on end, hot flashes, insomnia, profuse sweating all day, especially at night, I will wake up drenched in sweat, which in turn makes my chills even worse, muscle cramps.

I have been researching withdrawal symptoms and am appalled to find not only am I alone in this nightmare of pain and insanity, but tens of thousands of others have also suffered. I had NO idea beginning that I would suffer so much. Whilst taking the drug I had chronic fatigue (which was my initial purpose for ending my consumption) weight gain, apathetic mood as well as irrational or disproportionate responses.

Nobody seems to understand, my parents and doctor are trying to put me on other things to cushion the withdrawal or repel it altogether. But I only want this toxic drug out of my body!

I have been taking Paxil for about 11 years or more. It sort of helped with the anxiety attacks, but the depression worsend. What I really dont understand is that Paxil had a lot of faults to it. For one if you accidentally miss a day you feel like a zombie the next day and very light headed and out of it. I really wanna try and get off it but I heard horror stories of people who tried. I just wish I would have known how dangerous and addicting this drug would become.

The consequences of taking Paxil for years is being sad most the time and burning a whole in your wallet. I havent had health insurance in a long time and Paxil is $125.00 a month and you sure dont wanna just stop taking them because then you really feel like a physco. I tried the generic but the panic attacks got worse it's like they want you to buy only Paxil cuz they know once you start we got u for a long time maybe even life.

In 1997, at age 44. I took the drug PAXIL for FOUR DAYS during which time i began to exhibit significant tremors, loss of coordination in my left hand, and on the fourth day my hands developed purplish marks. The tremors never stopped. 1999 diagnosed with PARKINSON'S DISEASE AT EMORY in Atlanta. progressively worse with loss of balance, coordination, cognition.

Had to give up job, lost my teeth, lost my home. on disability. medications running nearly $500/mo. on a three hour med regime, in physical therapy 3 times week. will be evaluated at Baylor early 2009 to determine if I'm a candidate for Deep Brain Stimulation. only explanation drs have offered is that Paxil unmasked Parkinsons. 32

I was put on Paxil after my two back surgeries even though I wasn't depressed..I think that the doctors wanted to try this new depressant drug out for the Pharmacy companies! After being on Paxil I noticed that my body would feel strange and then I would start jerking uncontrollably. I went to my family physician and explained to him what was happening and he agreed that it was probably from the Paxil but of course back then Paxil did not include all the side effects so my doctor wasn't sure...

After many attempts to get off Paxil because I was told it was non-addicting, I finally got off of the medicine. It took 3 months of headaches, feeling sick, just zoned out to get off of it! The uncontrollable jerking has continued and I have been off of Paxil for 4 years now and my family physician who I had been seeing is now in a nursing home.

I recently went to a neurologist who diagnosed me with myoclonus and I just had an entire spine MRI and will be getting the results soon. It has been frustrating for someone like me who was one of the originals prescribed Paxil and who has suffered permanent injuries with nowhere to turn because at the time no one was relating the problems to Paxil. I feel like I was one of their human tests and am damaged for life with no help. It is very frustrating and my life will never be the same. I would appreciate any assistance with this matter. I know that there are many, many people out there who were in the first group of people like me who were put on Paxil before enough testing was done on the serious permanent side effects from this drug. We are the ones who should get compensated and not forgotten..

i'm 27 yrs and been on paxil for about a year for anxiety. at first my anxiety became worse than before (when i was on Cilift), my mood swings incredibly strong, migraines (which i've never had before), muscle stiffness. the latest thing is that i am trying to fall pregnant and cannot get off these pills!!! i have muscle tremors in my face and a 'delayed reaction' feeling. i was put on 20mg /day and and have been on 10mg per day for about 3 weeks. the effects are so strong that i just have to take the other half to lessen the effects. please help me with getting off these crap tablets. they should be off the market as far as im concerned.

My daughter was prescribed Paxil at the age of 14 for behavioral problems that stemmed from my second marriage and the birth of our son. Seemed a bit extreme to me but the doctor was very reassureing that this was a safe and necessary treatment for our daughter at the time.She remained on this medicine for aproximately 2 years or so. During that time she was hospitalized on several occasions for suicide attempts, various episodes of self mutiliation, (she has so many scars from this)My daughter became withdrawn, unmanageable, severly depressed, so much that we had to take her out of school and have a teacher from the board of education come to our home and continue her education. She became so withdrawn that she would have anxiety attacks just walking down the halls of her school.

Now our daughter was a NATIONAL HONOR ROLL student 3 years in a row. only a very small percent of students in the united states are given this prestigous honor.We had to take her out for the last 2 semesters of her junior year. We moved to AZ from KY after that, and she graduated with honors in Az. During her senior year of high school she had another attempt on her life. She tried to jump off of our third floor balcony!! She was hospitalized again for the third time for this. Her Doctor in KY was still prescribing the paxil. I would have a friend pick them up at the pharmacy and ship them overnite to me for my daughter. The doctor kept refilling the meds until we were able to secure a priamary care here. She was classified with the state of Arizona with an SMI (seriously mentally ill) disability.

One of her doctors at the behavioral health hospital that she was in (she was only 17 then) explained to us the dangers of this drug given to children. PAXIL she said my daughters developmental growth had be slowed by the PAXIL. She to this day has a hard time with that diagnosis, but the medication could have killed my child!!! I am ANGRY feel betrayed by the drug companies and the doctors that get the kickbacks. I trusted the professionals that took care of my daughter to TAKE CARE of her. Not destroy her. DO WE HAVE A CASE?? I feel our whole family is entitled... My daughter and almost loosing her sever times to depressoion, suicide!! I have lost more jobs that I care to admit due to the complications with this. My son my husband all of us have lost. But most of all my daughter lost who she was and is because of greed and politics. Please help...thank you

I am a health care provider and prescribed Paxil generic to three patients who had their prescriptions filled with a new Indian manufacturer and had very serious withdrawal symptoms and one patient ended up attempting suicide after 2 weeks of being on the particular generic brand..concern that this product is not safe..please advise.

My ex-husband began taking Paxil in 1999. It was prescribed to him by our family doctor WITHOUT any visit to a psychiatrist for an assessment. In 2001 we divorced and my ex-husband became very mentally unstable. He abruptly stopped taking the Paxil. Within a few weeks he committed suicide by dousing himself with gasoline and setting himself on fire. I am grateful that he only killed himself and not myself and our children also. I think this medication should only be allowed to be prescribed by psychiatrists, not family doctors.

My husband lost his life. My children lost a father. It has been a horrendous experience for all of us.

I am a 45 year old woman who was prescribed Paxil for an anxiety disorder. I started taking the drug in 2004. It seemed to be helping, helping too much. I started to change in not so good ways. I just didn't care anymore about a lot of things, including work. I took the drug for over 2 years. For no reason, I tried to take my life by overdosing on sleep aids. When asked by my family why I would do such a thing, I had no answer. I stopped taking the drug shortly after that attempt. I lost my job and started to realize that the Paxil was probably the reason why. I feel normal now after not taking the drug for over a year.

Consequences are I ended up quitting my job although I knew they were trying to fire me. I had to endure 3 days of psychiatric care after the attempt. My family doesn't trust that I'm not going to try again. etc. etc.

I was addicted ti paxil when doctor diagnosed me for depression in 1998. I took it for about 6yrs, and during pregnancy, i could not get off it. My son had seizures for about 4yrs of his life, and was underweight. It took over my life and till this day it has effected me, i cant seem to work regularly or get back into my daily exercise routine. I felt drugged, dizzy, light headed, invisible, numb, vision blur, snaps in my brain, death thoughts and more.

I have trouble sleeping, getting back to normal, i cant work, cant execise, hyperventilate.

My husband committed suicide after taking paxil for approx. 1 year. He was prescribed paxil after seeing a psychiatrist for treatment of depression and ocd. He left two small children behind, 3 yrs old and 8 mo old.

I was prescribed Paxil in 2001 for depression. After being on the medication for 3months I attempted sucide. I overdosed on Paxil. My suicidal thoughts increased over time and the feeling that the medicine was supposed to help stop, increased over time and got worse.

I still suffer with depression, and now I have over $2,500 in medical expenses that I accumulated when i overdosed and was put in a psyiatric hospital in 2002 for 30 days.

I was prescribed paxil, and consumed it during my pregnancy.

My daughter was born with a cleft palate and Pierre Robin Syndrome. She was admitted to the Grand Rapids hospital and stayed there for a month for surgeries. She was fed through a tube and she had to be sent home on a heart monitor because of her sleep apnea.

i began taking paxil 10 mg. in 1994 for anxiety related reasons. At that time my teeth were excellent condition as i had spent over 8 thousand dollars in restorative treatment i.e... braces,bridges,etc...and began taking paxil with the belief that it was safe

Paxil caused my teeth to deteriorate to point that out of 32 teeth i have only 5 left, due to all the others either breaking off or falling out.