No, I never tried it but I would like to ask you if you can tell us your experience with medication since you've been on it for 10 years. Do you have crisis when you are taking them or they really work well for you? I would appreciate your thoughts.

Hi worrier4.
The paxil has really done wonders for me. Once I started taking it, I began to feel like the old me...Pre-panic. The only side effects I had were: about 20 lbs. Weight gain, and lack of sex drive. The lack of sex drive went away after about 2 or 3 months, but i'm still holding-on to the weight.

I started out at 40mg/day, then a few years later went to 30mg/day. I then tried to drop to 20mg/day, and that wasn't enough for me (keep in mind, i'm 6' 4" tall and weigh around 240). I really had a bad anxiety "episode" on the 20mg, so we went back to the 40mg and that's where i've been since. I began having pretty severe anxiety over the easter weekend, and am now worried that the paxil isn't going to work for me anymore.

I have had peaks and valleys while taking the paxil, but never as low as I was before I started taking it. Eating seems to really affect my anxiety (i am hypoglycemic). As a matter of fact, I have made a vow to myself not to eat any refined sugar for the next month - we'll see how I feel in a few weeks.

I have bsically decided that I will probably need to take medicine for my anxiety for the rest of my life...And i'm ok with that. It's better than the alternative!

Let me know if you want me to eloborate on anything.

Try to talk to your pharmacist and your insurance company and your doctor, mainly your doctor 1st, if he specifies non-generic on the prescription then you should get the real thing even though it might be a little bit of a fight with your insurance company.
Have you tried effexor or anything else, after 10 years, I would think your body would become immune to paxil but I am no dr and we are all different.
Good luck!
Keep us posted.

It is the second time I try it.. I used to take paxil but then could not afford it any more.. So I took the generic kind for a while, I didn't think it was the same.. I got anxious again and was having trouble dealing with little changes in life and rutine.. .. Then I actually went off it... Now I am back on it, but terrified to gain weight.
Do you have any experience with this since you where on it for so long?
I exercise daily and eat well.. But I really dont want to put on any weight..
Any thoughts?

I was on the generic paxil for a little over three years. Initially it helped me cope with my situations, but after a while, I felt it wasn't enough. My doctor upped the dosage from 20 mg. To 30 mg.
Well, that worked very well. Once I felt that my depression and anxiety was under control, I went back to 20mg.
What I have foind out is that some generics do not work like the real thing. For some reason, some generics just are not as effective. It might be worth the extra money to get back on what works for you.
Talk to your doctor.