pipersecrets Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 just because i can, i thought i'd start this thread to get some serious viewpoints. all ideas welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Best med ever for my OCD and anxiety. At 40mgs it took a half an hour hour of beating myself off after an hour of sex to actually have an orgasm. I changed meds once I got back into a sexual relationship. Celexa is nearly as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null0trooper Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 just because i can, i thought i'd start this thread to get some serious viewpoints. It's one of the SSRIs that people love to hate. The half-life can be ghastly short, so for some people it's really bad to miss a dose (one reason a cross-taper off Effexor is usually done with Prozac instead,) while most others would have a problem. It's also one of the meds that interacts with other meds over liver enzymes and not just through mechanism of action. On the other hand, it's been on the market long enough for most problems to be well-known and for there to be reliable cheap generic versions. When I was on it alone, it made me nightmarishly mixed. Prozac did the same. I misread that as giving you nightmares. For vivid dreaming, it would almost be worth the risks. Edit, regarding "risks": For those who haven't been following over the years, I've eventually crashed and burned on every medication that elevates serotonin levels without also allowing serotonin depletion as it wears off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I was on it for less than three days. I've taken so much shit for my anxiety and nothing fucking works. Paxil made it worse, like really bad, almost felt like I was having a bad mushroom trip the whole time I was on it (without the hallucinations, of course) same with zoloft. Personally, I don't believe that my body likes SSRI's, but who the fuck knows? Everyone is different and it works really well for some people, just not me, and maybe I didn't give it enough time, but I couldn't stand the way it made me feel. Prozac has been the easiest SSRI for me to be on, and even that made my anxiety worse, so I'm off that, on an SNRI right now-Cymbalta, we'll see how that goes. I'm really sorry about that shit earlier in the other posts. I think this place is usually great and I really love it, but not things like that. I'm so sorry for your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuttlefish Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 It was my first antidepressant, and it was given to me in the hospital. I thought, well, my freedom is gone, and so is my autonomy, but at least I still have that in my few hours of privacy! After many hours over many days of trying, nope, that was gone too. Looking back, it's actually a very dark joke to me: Losing nearly everything to insanity, and then losing that as well. Luckily, I've never had bad withdrawals from antidepressants, including Paxil, so switching has always been easier for me than your average crazy person. Paxil is the only antidepressant to make doing that impossible, but most of the medications I have taken have affected that to some extent. Often I have required assistance, which usually entails the use of a shoestring. Your mileage may vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadinglady Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Paxil saved my life. I'm in the minority here. I have been on and off it since I was 17, trying every AD there is out there including combining it with atypical antipsychotics. Paxil/Zyprexa low dose are the only things that pull me out of a dark hole of depression. I also have social anxiety and while it works okay for that, I would say benzos work better. I love my Klonopin. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Persephone Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I barely made it a week on Paxil before I begged to get off of it. I felt completely stoned and non-functional. I guess it could have gotten better if I waited longer, but I was in high school and already in deep trouble for bad grades (I was severely depressed and couldn't concentrate). Paxil made me feel even worse and made concentrating even more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickler Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I'm on Paxil and Buspar. It is sorta working. Increases headache frequency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve@3AM Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 OK, maybe if I'd given it more than 2 or 3 weeks. As it is, it sticks in my mind as one of the worst meds I've used. Felt totally flat. In more ways than one! V.E. You could even HAVE sex??? And a Cuttlefish without a cuttlebone? I agree totally. What will the poor little parakeets say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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