Quote Originally Posted by Catty1
I have had good experience with Paxil and its cousins....Lexapro, Celexa.
Paxil was the worst thing for me, I was on it for my anxiety. Paxil didn't help my anxiety as much as I would have liked, it only took the edge off a little. The thing I most hated about it was that if I forgot to take my pill at the right time I would have bouts of rage. I normally took it before bed, because that's when I could best remember, but if I did forget I would wake up in the morning feeling horrible. Sometimes I would be filled with anger and rage towards everything including my pills and I wouldn't want to take them. Justin would notice when I didn't take it though and he'd make me take it. I was on Paxil for several years simply because I was afraid of the side effects of getting off of it. Eventually I did slowly wean off of it and onto Zoloft. I liked Zoloft, but my body built up an immunity to it after about a year and I was switched to Lexapro. I quite my job earlier this year and thought I could function without my anxiety meds. I was weaned off the Lexapro and had little side effects when doing so. I'm much happier now not being on the meds. I don't go out as much and never by myself, but it's worth it to me to be off the meds.