"I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE ABOUT 5 - 6 PANIC ATTACKS A DAY"

I WAS PUT ON PAXIL IN JULY 1999 , I WAS ON 20 MG UNTIL I TOOK MY LAST DOSE ON JAN 1 2000 IT TOOK ME AWHILE TO GO OFF OF IT. I HAVE BEEN OFF FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS AND I FEEL BETTER, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL NEVER GO ON IT AGAIN. I GOT MARRIED ON JUNE 11 1999 A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE ABOUT 5 - 6 PANIC ATTACKS A DAY, I THINK THAT IT WAS JUST A CHANGE OF LIFESTYLE THAT PUT STRESS ON MYSELF, I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HE PRESCRIBED ME PAXIL, AND THAT IS WHEN MY NIGHTMARE STARTED. I GAINED ABOUT 40 LBS AND I WAS ALWAYS TIRED AND LOST ALL INITIATIVE TO DO ANYTHING AND I LOST ALL SEXUAL DESIRE. IT DID STOP THE PANIC ATTACKS, BUT IT ALSO MADE ME FEEL THINGS THAT I NEVER FELT BRFORE EITHER. THE WITHDRAWALS WERE HORRIBLE, AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THE DRUG TO ANYONE.

-- submitted by DAWN, 24