hI sherr; I have been on paxil for a couple of years now and have not had a problem with it at all. Of course, like any medicine,you have to give it time to get into your system. Before I found Heather's diet, I wss trying to up the dosage because I felt it wasn't working enough for me. My doc. said that upping the paxil dosage wouldn't make any difference. I found he was right about that. nOW, WITH diet and paxil i AM doing a lot better. Iam d prone, but it has been lot better in the last year. Do give paxil a go and see how you do with it. LET ME know.