Posted by peaceofmind on November 1, 2005, at 17:07:25
I just wanted to give people a heads up about Paxil if they have recently began taking it for sever social phobia.
It absolutely makes you gain weight, a lot of weight, and you don't even know it is happening. Maybe women more than men. It is an amazing anti-depressant and anti-anxiety agent. Trust me, I loved it. I had lived a miserable existence with cripling social phobia that caused be to abuse alcohol and I already had alcolholism which was beganning to ruin my life.
I read about Paxil about 4 years ago in a magazine saying how it was a cure for Social Phobia. I could'nt beleive it, finally something that might promise me the abiltity to leave my house, go to parties, have friends, have a normal life. I could'nt get to the Dr. fast enough.
And you know what, it worked. I had never laughed so much, had so many friends, been so happy and not dibilitated by anxiety and self-conciousness, I used to always wear cardigan sweaters over my shirts so nobody could see the horrendous sweat stains under my arms..It was devasting and Paxil took it all away.
But then something happened about two years later. My dad told me that I had gotten fat and it freaked him out and he thought it might be the medication... When I looked in the mirror I saw a pretty girl with a good figure. I did not SEE that I was fat until I saw some photos of me and almost started crying..How could I have not have noticed a 45 pound weight gain on my 5 ft frame.
Because I was too busy not caring about anything and enjoying life to step on a scale.
So three years later after a nightmarish withdrawl from Paxil I am thin again. 104 pounds from 145 and when I look in the mirror I see fat thighs and am vain to a fault. So it there an easy solution? I would love to know...
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