O i can help you , and i take paxil and have for a few years and i have panic attacks , and i was taking other things before paxial and this is the best of the best , i built up to 40 M/G over about 6 weeks and have been on this M/G for the past 5 years and this has never bothered me at all except to build up, and what this does is if when you are building up it makes you think you get a little shock in the head every once in a while , but then its just not the right dose yet and when you get up to what you should be on then its like a new you, and you dont have any other problems . and you dont get sick on this or i haven't not one time, and some of my friends take this and just love it. so ill stick with this and you should give it a real good chance also , and if you need any help with this let me know and ill try to help all i can , ! oh yes and you can come off this without any trouble also and this is the best again !

Both of these drugs are Anti-Depressants...Zoloft can be increased to a much larger dose per day than Paxil....Paxil has a 60mg /day limit where as Zoloft can be increased to a substantially higher dose...The side effects of both these drugs are closely related with Nausea being one that is most t common side-effect that patients complain of .....Each patient response is different...You should certainly discuss this with your physician...Your concern and worry over this medication is only going to add to your anxiety....I hope this was helpful to you...Please keep us posted....

The thing with antidepressants is that everyone is different. I have been on four different ones over the years and it took alot of trial and error untill I found the right one. I have talked to alot of people about them and everyone has something good and bad to say about each one.
It can be really frustrating at times but be patient with yourself and just be honest with your doctor and keep trying untill you find one that works for you. Don't let fear keep you from helping yourself... see, that's where anxiety comes form to begin with. It might help not to even read the negative because that is what you will concentrate on and you may have a bad reaction just because you believe that you will.
As for coming off of them, it sucks. No matter which one you are on, it is hard. If you can taper and come off gradually though you will do just fine.

Paxil isn't good for everyone and if you start having any weird symptoms consult your doctor immediately. Ask you doctor about other antidepressants that may help you, like welbutrin

Thank you all! I decided it was best to switch back to Zoloft, as I ended up having a panic attack from the paxil... I called my doctor and he advised me to switch back. I will take nausea over anxiety ANY day! Thank you again!

Thank you and hope you get to feeling better!

Rxqueen6; Glad to hear that you discussed this with your physician...Feel better and keep us posted..I think you are going to do fine.....

I believe that you read too much from others, that got you too anxious to switch drugs & caused your own anxiety attach! I too have been there, suffering anxiety/panic attaches for two years.
I loved paxil, felt great, actually so good that i stopped it to see how if i even needed it anymore. Still did, so i decided to try something else that might not make me gain weight.
Tryed celexa, didn't work, so out of it, super tired ever day, all i did was sleep, i think that drug would be great for insomnia sufferers. It also made my eyes dialated after ever nap/sleep. Felt very druged/zoned , jaw clenching.
So then i tryed zoloft, had same side effects as celexa. After 3-4 weeks of zoloft, sleeping all the time, i am now going back to paxil, lost seven months, ruined my winter vacation.
Dr. Was going to give me prozac for my anxiety disorder. I said "enough". I will work out this time everyday & be more careful of my food choices, to keep the extra lbs. Off.
I'm a 47yr. Old female, 3 grown kids, loved life, been fit & in shape my whole life, so i'm sure if i buckle down, i can beat these lbs. Never had to lose weight, but after pregnancy.
But now that i'm over 40, we just don't burn those cals like we used to, plus i think i am starting peri-menopause, which can cause anxiety too. But i choose this route, rather than trying to figure out hormone levels, & bad replacement therapy! Ya know, who doesn't put on weight when you get older, unless you really work at it! Right! Pbgal

After I separated from the Army, a few months later, I began experiencing anxiety (panic) attacks. Afer the first one, I went to the emergency room. I had no idea what was causing me to have such feelings of weakness and, at the same time, as though I really needed to be doing something, not knowing what. I was diagnosed with the anixiety attacks and was prescribed Paxil. Not as much was known then about it as there is today, but, it did momentarily alleviate the symptoms. The next morning, however, I would have a heck of a time waking up for work. I am not a pill-taker by nature and got fed up with Paxil's inability to stop the panic attacks from coming as well as its side-effects. I had to make a choice: let the attacks come or keep taking medications that were not going to solve the problem. So, I QUIT taking the drugs. How the attacks stopped was that I told myself if they came, they would pass and that I would not be in any danger. So, twice more I had the attacks and then they simply stopped. Nothing positive had occurred in my life to effect these changes OTHER THAN a stronger me who was not going to submit to such nonsense. Panic attacks are self-induced and can be self-cured.