Paroxetine

[Lemonade09]

The Socorro prescribed me paroxetine for my anxiety. I’ve did some research and I’ve seen nothing but horror stories about to. Is anybody here taking this? If so how hasn’t it been? I’ve read that it’s terrible to get off when you want to be done with it.

[Lemonade09]

I meant to put “doctor” but auto correct changed the word to Socorro for whatever reason. Please just read over that. Thanks!

[JAYnLA]

Hey Lemon. I haven't tried that one and won't for the same reasons you're citing here. Have you tried other SSRI's? I've tried Lexapro (not for me - bad reaction), Zoloft (not for me) and currently Prozac (not awful... still trying it out).

[Lemonade09 in reply to JAYnLA]

Nope haven’t tried any others. This is my first one. I just have it sitting in my medicine cabinet. After researching I’m starting to think the anxiety is far better to deal with then having my brain deal with the SSRI’s.

[masa2333]

Hello. I’ve been taking Paroxetine for last 6 months already. No side effects. At first I just felt more sleepy but now I’m functioning normal. It’s not a wonder medicine, I still get some anxiety but it literally saved me from going nuts because of my panic attacks and fears of dying

[Lemonade09 in reply to masa2333]

I’m glad it’s helping you. I’ve read so much about it I think I freaked myself out. It’s good to see that it works for someone! 😊

[Dolphin14]

My husband has been on it for years. No problems

Medication is a choice. We all have different thoughts on it. For me it's quality of life issue. I need the meds to function.

Good luck with your decision.

[Lemonade09 in reply to Dolphin14]

Thanks! I’m still in the decision making stage. Hopefully I’ll figure out what I want to do. I’m glad to hear success stories and that’s meds are helping people.

[Dolphin14 in reply to Lemonade09]

It is hard to make the decision

I went through the same struggle with choice

Good luck with your decision

[hollybg]

I'm also struggling to make a choice about taking this. The erowid vault online lists many stories of positive outcomes in the Paroxetine experience page.

[LilyAnnepuppy]

It worked for me for 20 years. Until it didn't. Getting off of it was a nightmare and finding something else which worked was difficult. But I would do it all over again considering the years of relief I received.