Paxil

[Beezers]

I've been on 40mg for a year now. No sides to speak of...Not even in the sexual functioning department as so many speak of. It does nothing for my anxiety, but xanax and buspar work well on me for that. It does even out my moods so I'm not always in the dumps. I'm on AS year round and thus far I can't notice and interactions.

 

[DTOX]

I have a couple of friends on Paxil and I'd say by far it's the best drug for treating anxiety.

 

[Bar Room Hero]

Decided to shit-can my Paxil therapy. Kept me up all night. "No sleep for you, one week!" I'd rather be a twitchy fucker than tired all the time.

 

[marky]

I recentely phase from imipramine to paxil after 15 years of being on it. I was scared shittless for the anxiety to explode but got a perscription for ativan and im fine. Now my point, all of you taking a bezo to control the anxiety arent you concerned that maybe the anxiety has long been addressed but the craving addictive need for the bezos have taken the place of any real anxiety. Bezo addiction is complicated and very hard to lick. In scarede to death to get of the ativan to just rely full time on the paxil-what do you all think-Mark

 

[deebo]

Man Im scarred! Ive been on paxil now for 6 months. My personality has changed for the worst. I have been arrested 3 times in the past year. All of them for assult and battery. My attitude is to not give a Fuck. If anyone is on it right now, get off it a.s.a.p. Dont risk it. There are other alternatives especially herbal ones such as St.johns wort, 5-HTP, and L-Tyrosine. The herbs valerian root and Kava Kava are useful for anxiety. Take from me, dont make the same mistake I did.

 

[QuikFx]

hey now that we are on this subject.. what do you guys think about Colonopin?

 

[marky]

klonopin another benzo just active for up to 45 hours so theres no evident drop when it wears of. I like ativan better because it slams down any anxiety fast but only lasts 2-4 hours. Keeps me more aware of the need to get off as soon as possible

 

[GaryWary]

I hope you don't have a girlfriend or plan on getting laid a lot... something like 70% of men on it report sexual side effects. For me, it wasn't that I had trouble getting it up, I just could not get off...for real... it sucked. Paxil make many guys limp-dicked zombies... I mean, it keeps you happy, but at what price... If you are taking it merely as an anti-depressant, then you might think of getting put on Wellbutrin which very rarely has sexual side effects (in fact, it improves some people's sex drives/performance)... If you are on it more for anti-anxiety, then you might think about Buspar - it has a low occurence of sexual side effects. I mean, if thats important to you...it is to me... I got a buddy who never gets laid and used to always be pissed about it...now, he's on paxil - he still never gets laid, but he doesn't care b/c he doesn't have a sex drive anyways b/c of the Paxil! Personally, the shit isn't for me. A wellbutrin/buspar combo makes me right and keeps me fucking... I'd recommend it over Paxil or any other SSRI anytime, but everyone's dfferent.

There are studies to show that Ginkgo Biloba or Yohimbe effectively reverse the libido lowering and delayed ejaculation effects of SSRI's like Paxil.

I can attest to Ginkgo Biloba being fantastic for erections.. whether you are on SSRI's or not - try 180mg of G'B' per day.. it's great.

Alternatively talk to your doctor about adding a dopamine reuptake inhibitor to your anti-depression/anxiety regime.. Welbutrin perhaps.

 

[GaryWary]

I hope you don't have a girlfriend or plan on getting laid a lot... something like 70% of men on it report sexual side effects. For me, it wasn't that I had trouble getting it up, I just could not get off...for real... it sucked. Paxil make many guys limp-dicked zombies... I mean, it keeps you happy, but at what price... If you are taking it merely as an anti-depressant, then you might think of getting put on Wellbutrin which very rarely has sexual side effects (in fact, it improves some people's sex drives/performance)... If you are on it more for anti-anxiety, then you might think about Buspar - it has a low occurence of sexual side effects. I mean, if thats important to you...it is to me... I got a buddy who never gets laid and used to always be pissed about it...now, he's on paxil - he still never gets laid, but he doesn't care b/c he doesn't have a sex drive anyways b/c of the Paxil! Personally, the shit isn't for me. A wellbutrin/buspar combo makes me right and keeps me fucking... I'd recommend it over Paxil or any other SSRI anytime, but everyone's dfferent.

Forgot to say - top advice. You knows your stuff. Karma....

 

[GaryWary]

Thanks guys. I got it for anxiety. I'm going to try three months of the stuff and if it causes me any problems that I don't like, I'll just go back to being plain ol' edgy/jumpy/twitchy/fucked up me. The doc gave me some .25 xanax too....just tried one cause I couldn't sleep this morning and it relaxed the fuck out of me, but I didn't sleep. I'm 250....should I up the dose of xanax?

Take some inositol with the SSRI - I absolutley gaurantee that you will like the results. The inositol will enable you to use less SSRI. Add 2 to 5g a day of inositol. And take a good quality B-complex. Take Ginkgo in doses of around 180mg for sexual sides of SSRI's.