PAXIL PAYBACK

Your story sounds very much like mine, but the worst part for me were the nightmares.

I started taking Paxil when I was 18. The first year was ok, and then came the shocks, followed by short term memory loss. After a year I had no energy. I was completely drained and living my life in a daze. I had a hard time completing sentences, always at a loss for words, and constantly crying to no reason.

I wasted 6 years of my life on Paxil. I'm now 25, and have to take Adderall for concentration. The short-term memory loss from Paxil seems to be permanent.

For me the first few months were ok. I was numb but I wanted to be numb, I started taking paxil after someone I cared about died. I didn't have a chemical imbalance, but I was depressed for situational reasons.

The first few months were ok, and then I couldn't rest. I would sleep but I would get no rest. I was often with no energy and in a daze just like you, I had a harder time grasping things just like you. Then I started having nightmares, it was like being in hell.

When I say nightmares it isn't strong enough. Everyone has nightmares sometimes, but I would have vivid lucid horrific nightmares every night and I would remember them and experience them as if they were real. Sleep was torture, and being awake was painful, all I could think about was how I had lost everything, how I wanted to die. I actually tried to kill myself in the bathtub, I have myself a good shock but it didn't work like in the movies.

I've been off paxil for a year now

Yeah its all fucking bullshit, gang of speculators. Im on Paxil 4 months (20mg) i had awful depression and panic attacks now its OK Im gonna take for next 2 months than star to reduce and off (Im 25)

You have no idea what you are talking about. People react differently to medications. How dare you call these people a gang of speculators.

renegatt: the problem is that GSK guaranteed the paxil to have no side-effects upon sudden removal of the drug. And guess what, many people who were recommended to do so by their doctor lived hell worse than the original condition was. The general problem is that US pharmaceutical companies lie about all their products. They maximise the positive and minimize the negative.

i been on Paxil for 10 years and no apathy,and i care about everything.Before i was on prozac and i did feel apathy,and had bad panic attacks,and bad depression.Now 0 panic attacks 0 depression and 0apathy.

Thats great for you. I'm not sure what the percentages of incidents where, but even 1 out of 10,00 suicides is enough to warrant action.