paxil anyone?

[halo]

im just curious if anyone here is on paxil? i was just given it for problems with social anxiety but i was talking to one of the pharmacists at work and they told me all about one of the very possible side effects is the total loss of your libido and quite possibly the ability to climax. and this is not a very happy thought. i just wanted to know if anyones experienced this and how much of a reality it might be for me... thanks a bunch http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[Deadpool]

HALO! Here is a link to a site that lists Paxil side effects. My sis is a pharmacist, I will ask her too. Take care and good luck.
http://www.prozactruth.com/paxil.htm
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[halo]

no need bro i work at a pharmacy i talked to the pharmacists there.. iwas just curious if anyone had any personal experience with it

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[Deadpool]

Ahhh...ok, silly me. Uuumm.....the side effects sound kinda scary...well, to me anyways. Im a big wimp.

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[Inky]

I have tried it and my legs wouldn't stop trembling after two weeks on it...

Alot of these pills kill your sex drive. http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/frown.gif

But everyone responds differently so you need to try it to see what works for you.

Good luck http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif

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[PB]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by halo:
im just curious if anyone here is on paxil? i was just given it for problems with social anxiety but i was talking to one of the pharmacists at work and they told me all about one of the very possible side effects is the total loss of your libido and quite possibly the ability to climax. and this is not a very happy thought. i just wanted to know if anyones experienced this and how much of a reality it might be for me... thanks a bunch http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

[/quote]


everyone I know that has used it or still does, has lost all sex drive. Personally i wouldn't take it because of that, but my dr. is a nice guy and says ok.. whatever you want.. what shall we try next? So good luck if you try it.. Do you ever have anxiety attacks? Tried ativan? may help... when you start to panic put the ativan under your tongue, gets to the blood stream faster, it will call your anxiety level down big time!

[Buddha's Penis!]

the state of psychiatry is a sad thing. there are far too many people being medicated for things like clinical depression (as opposed to manic) when it's not a physiological problem at all, but a psychological one. i'm not an expert, but i would imagine that your problem is treatable with therapy, halo, but doctors would rather solve the surface problem than really "cure" you. i know three or four people who have been diagnosed as depressed, but you know what? shitty things have happened, and they're SAD. sadness is not a disease.
i say find out WHY and not bother with the drugs, unless it's unbearable in the meantime.

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[Inky]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Buddha's Penis!:
the state of psychiatry is a sad thing. there are far too many people being medicated for things like clinical depression (as opposed to manic) when it's not a physiological problem at all, but a psychological one. i'm not an expert, but i would imagine that your problem is treatable with therapy, halo, but doctors would rather solve the surface problem than really "cure" you. i know three or four people who have been diagnosed as depressed, but you know what? shitty things have happened, and they're SAD. sadness is not a disease.
i say find out WHY and not bother with the drugs, unless it's unbearable in the meantime.

[/quote]

I have suffered from chronic, moderate depression for most of my life. I am called "dysthymic", and it's a very hard type of depression to treat. It can go on for years, and I know for me it has been with me most of my life. I have tried many anti-depressants; paxil, zoloft, serzone, elavil, trazadone, surmontil, prozac, and a few others I can't remember. I have had zero success with any of these and side effects up the wazoo. I guess what concerns me is how many people are given these drugs for situational-type depressions like BP said above. Life isn't always easy, we all feel pain and should when bad things happen, it's normal and it keeps us appreciating the good things in life. So why they try to dull that pain for people, through medication, I find it a bit suspect. Some of the SSRI's like prozac and Paxil all have a bit of a stimulant effect; who doesn't feel a bit "better" when you have been down for awhile and suddenly regain some energy? Which is why I question the effectiveness of these meds for serious depressions. Are their statistics of effectiveness based on people taking "stimulants" when they are down? Or people with chronic, major depressions? My doctor admitted to me yesterday that none of these would cure me, but it might be possible to manage my level of depression through them. I am not looking for happiness in a pill, what I am hoping when I try these is that that feeling of being dead inside will go away. I think you you spoke to most of my friends they would say I am a pretty cheerful outgoing person, in fact one of my friends says I am the most cheerful depressed person he knows. I feel happiness everyday, I laugh, I smile. But what is derailing my purpose and weighing so heavily upon me most of the time is something else entirely and it can be quite unbearable. I wish these drugs were magic, I try one every now and again hoping for relief. I didn't mean for this to become so personal, but I worry when so many people are on this shit.

Do I dare suggest that it trivializes serious depressions? We are ALL depressed now, let's ALL take pills. Bad break-up? Don't burden your friends with your sadness, take a pill! In fact, don't burden anyone with anything! I thought that was what family and friends were for, to see you through good and bad. Now it comes in a bottle. We have no community to support us when times are hard. Isn't that one of the reasons we are in chats and forums?

Halo, I have no idea of what you are going through or why you need these, just be careful. And here's something to smile about, if you are having trouble with social anxiety and losing your sex drive is really an issue, I would say the anxiety isn't all that bad! You must be doing something all right. http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/wink.gif

Good luck with it http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif


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if you never take it seriously you never get hurt and if you never get hurt you always have fun

[halo]

penis breath :P theyre also putting me inthi behavioral study and therapy thing but theyre giving me medication at my request. i have a severe problem with anxiety if i go into publice situations (thought its not limited to them) i either pass out or throw up or gett severely nauseus and dizzy to the point where i hafta leave. its now starting to effect work. ive called in sick 4 times this month and thrown up at work countless times. i want to be able to function while i go thrugh therapy. after all i still have topay my rent. but i dont think its worth it to lose my sex drive. i mean thats oine of my most valued things in life next to food sleep and indoor plumbing http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[Buddha's Penis!]

penis breath is not a very good nickname.
yeah, that's what i meant when i said "unbearable in the meantime". good to hear that you're aware and in control of your treatment. my solution: come up here, and I'LL give you therapy. it's a mixture of pychoanalysis and what i call "the penetration method". uh, mental penetration. that's a metaphor.

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[halo]

hehe i was gonna say..bro i dont think my boyfriend would like that very much hehe...although i dont think hell like the side effects frfom the med very much either http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/frown.gif

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its not that my glass is half empty, but that i need another cup

[Buddha's Penis!]

reality bites Buddha's Penis! on the ass. tell him it's therapeutic. i'm only trying to help, damn it.

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[PB]

Well buddha.. ya said a lot of useful stuff up there./.. but you said something about bipolar/ manic being situational... i don't quite agree with that. i suffer from manic depression, and i agree certain situations make it worse... but sometimes the "episode" has no reason behind it! It is a chemical imbalance just like most depressions. not like situational stress or something.. i am trying the whole non medicated approach after a nasty allergic reaction to zoloft to serzone that did nothing but make me have headaches... and had more anxiety attacks than before. So i am trying to whole ativan when i need it theory, and as much of everything i like to keep me happy. I think all depressions are different.. and everyone responds to meds different.. but the major thing i agree with you... Dr. will try and just medicate you long enough to get over it.. not cure you cause there isn't a "cure" but one doctor told me.. there isn't a cure for manic depression and it will be with you the rest of your life, but we can always put you one meds that will make it to where you really won't care. And that is a crock of shit.. i guess they figure.. your emotions feel numb.. might as well make the rest of you numb as well... i just think it's fucked up!

[Buddha's Penis!]

i'm sorry, i meant that manic depression is different from clinical depression. it's more of a diagnosable disorder, more observable and physiological. i apologize for my unclear wording.

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[zoey]

I'm on paxil....worse thing that ever happened to me, i think. it doesn't really 'help' my depression, it just numbs me from every emotion alltogether. And now my body has built resistence to it.
Side effects are awful, it makes me tired and dizzy. And if i forget to take it one day, the next day i can barely get out of bed, the withdrawl effects are that bad after just missing one dose....ugh....i'm slowly lowering my dosage 10mg at a time....we'll see how it goes....

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[estero]

<font color=pink>Paxil is prozac's cousin. Just thought you should all know that.

Thank you.

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My name is Kaye and I probably don't like you. (http://pub58.ezboard.com/bcatch2257643)

[VenoM]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Kaye:
<font color=pink>Paxil is prozac's cousin. Just thought you should all know that.

Thank you.

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<FONT COLOR="Red">I wouldn't piss off Kaye, she's whatcha call a "pusher" and before u know it, she'll get u sniffing a brick of paxil

btw kaye...i got the money if u got the goods http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/wink.gif</FONT c>

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[Deadpool]

Kaye? you mean the same kaye that wiped out an entire country population with her "stuff" ? Oh god....she nasty......*sniff*

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Fuck you I wont do what you tell me. -RATM

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[abs0lutionCFH]

I used to take paxil, and my sex drive sill works fine, and if it makes you feel any better my wife just found out she is pregnan so im sure its working fine http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/wink.gif. Although i was taking 2 other meds at the same time. Wellbutrin for low energy and to make me "Happy", and Buspar to make not want to kill people.

[halo]

well ill only be taking 20mg daily which is a low dose compared to what i type prescriptions for all day long. and all i hear is people completely lose their sex drive whihc scares the shit out of me. oh well i guess ill try it and if it bugs me ill ask for something else

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its not that my glass is half empty, but that i need another cup

[MAC]

Just get married and have a kid.

You'll instantly lose your sex drive (or have it crushed)
And you'll never climax again (unless you find a soap that doesn't chafe your delicates after a long hot shower)


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[estero]

<font color=pink>Now, now boys, settle down! *wink*

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My name is Kaye and I probably don't like you. (http://pub58.ezboard.com/bcatch2257643)

[Buddha's Penis!]

kaye hasn't lost HER sex drive. she's an insatiable cyber-succubus, tempting men to send their souls via paypal. she lures you with the wink and seals the deal in the private messages.

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you don't know anything until you know everything.

[Mordecai]

I personally belive my sex drive was affected in a very bad way by the anti-depressants I was prescribed by my shrink years ago. I am still really pissed about this. It affected me for long after I wuit taking the drugs too. Now, rather than be a wuss and visit the shrink, I just admit I suck and can't get through the day with out drugs. Bring on the beer and bud, at least the side effects of those are amusing.

-m


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Is that all?

[estero]

<font color=pink>No comment.

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My name is Kaye and I probably don't like you. (http://pub58.ezboard.com/bcatch2257643)

[VenoM]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Buddha's Penis!:
kaye hasn't lost HER sex drive. she's an insatiable cyber-succubus, tempting men to send their souls via paypal. she lures you with the wink and seals the deal in the private messages.

[/quote]

<FONT COLOR="Red">holy shit, she sent u a pmsg too!?!? </FONT c>

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[zoey]

halo, i hope you have better luck with the paxil than i do...hopefully you're one of the people who don't get the bad side effects.

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[Strider]

wow...what forum am I at? Seems like everyone everyone here is on some sort of medication... be it depression, anxiety, etc.
No offense intended to the ones that REALLY need it, of course.

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[skalie]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Strider:
wow...what forum am I at? Seems like...... [/quote]

......A bunch of drugged out, virginal, redhaired/rednecked, politically upset bastards from Texas.

[Rabble Rouser]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by skalie:


......A bunch of drugged out, virginal, redhaired/rednecked, politically upset bastards from Texas.

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I'm not from Texas. http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif



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[VenoM]

<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by skalie:
<BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Originally posted by Strider:
wow...what forum am I at? Seems like...... [/quote]

......A bunch of drugged out, virginal, redhaired/rednecked, politically upset bastards from Texas.

[/quote]

I hear some penis envy coming from u http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

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