[Visigothic]

Hi, Today is my second day on Paxil and I'm sweating, huge pupils, cant stay still. Does anyone else have that happen, and for how long did it occur. I'm squirming in my seat right now I hope I can hold out till it makes me feel better.

[flippingout]

i would call your doc and let them know your reaction. i know sweating can be a side effect of many ssri's... but dilated pupils and restlessness should warrant a call to your doc. keep us posted.

[Jkm]

I had this happen when I first started Lexparo and it went away after a week. I imagine your surprise was something when you looked in the mirror! It reminds me of when the eye doctor dilates your eyes during an eye exam, and it looks like you are on drugs, which is something NONE of us was to look like....

Jackie

[sadize]

I had the exact symptoms when I started taking Effexor, to the point that I wouldn't go to a store because I worried people I knew would think I was on drugs because of how big my pupils were. It did go away after a week or two.

[so_sad]

sadize, on Nov 30 2007, 09:20 PM, said:

I had the exact symptoms when I started taking Effexor, to the point that I wouldn't go to a store because I worried people I knew would think I was on drugs because of how big my pupils were. It did go away after a week or two.

Hi,

I've been on paxil for 8 weeks now and I feel great! I'm me again....

When I first started I experienced several side effects but after a few weeks they all went away.

After 8 weeks the only side effects I still have are decreased sex drive (I can still perform though), and very minor constipation. What you are experiencing is normal and should go away soon.

My Doctor started me off on 20mg's but I was cutting the pills in half for the first two weeks to ease into the medication. For me this helped alot. Talk to your doctor though as others have mentioned, Paxil is known to have a high drop out rate due to the side effects when starting up.

[quietCherub]

I've not taken paxil recently, but I'm currently taking cymbalta, and when I first started taking it I had the same side effects. I, too, was scared that people would think I was on drugs!! But it did go away in about a week.

This post has been edited by quietCherub: 01 December 2007 - 07:05 AM

[Visigothic]

flippingout, on Nov 30 2007, 08:42 PM, said:

i would call your doc and let them know your reaction. i know sweating can be a side effect of many ssri's... but dilated pupils and restlessness should warrant a call to your doc. keep us posted.

I called and let him know, fortunately it wasn't as bad today, and he thinks it will go away in a few days. Still it was a little creepy looking into the mirror and looking like your on drugs. The restlessness is not quite as bad as it was yesterday either.