Paxil Paroxetine Review

The anti-anxiety medication Paxil has literally changed my life since it was first prescribed to me by my doctor when I was 17 yrs old. I have always been a "glass is half empty" type of person my entire life. I, as well as my family have always assumed it was just my personality. To some extent it was and still is. I had a "normal" childhood and a loving family. My brother and sisters were generally happy kids growing up but I wasn't for some reason. I wasn't abused and I didn't face any tragedies. I imagined terrible scenarios every day that were very unlikely to happen. If my mom or dad were more than 10 mins. late picking us up from school, I immediately assumed they were in a car accident. Thoughts like this were normal to me. When I was 17 yrs old, I fell into a scary, deep depression. I felt a small cyst while showering that I automatically seld-diagnosed as a cancerous tumor. I became a hypochondriac immediately. I suffered panic attacks for days after and constantly thought about death. I forced myself to sleep for an entire weekend because sleeping was the only peace I got. Reality was my nightmare and I couldn't control it. It is the scariest thing in the world to know your thoughts and feelings are irrational but you have no control over it. I would choose enduring physical pain any day over psychological pain. Shortly after my deep depression started I saw a doctor and was prescribed Paxil. I never experienced any side effects like nausea or stomach pain. Taking it everyday allows me to be "me" by fixing my chemical imbalance. It doesn't give you any "high", you just feel like "you" without the deep depression and/or anxiety. I have come to accept that I might have to take Paxil every day for the rest of my life. I have tried to lower my dose as well as wean myself off of it a few times in the past unsuccessfully. After several days without it I slip back into a depression. My doctor isn't concerned with me being on Paxil indefinitely. I have been on Paxil for 11 years and am grateful that the medication exists to help me and others who suffer from mental illness. Paxil has changed my life for the better in every way.