"let me start off by saying that not everyone reacts the same way to the same medication. now that being said, paxil was a life saver for me! i am 30 now, and i started taking paxil when i was 19. the first medication dr. tried for me was zoloft, which made my anxiety get so much worse! i was terrified to being with feeling constant worry, fast heartbeat, racing thoughts. so after 3 days of zoloft i quit, went back to my doctor and we tried paxil. it saved my life, i felt the unneeded worries of the world lift off of my back, racing thoughts stopped, my heartbeat slowed, i could organize my thoughts. it was like i had calmed down for the first time in my life and it worked in hours for me(don&#039;t expect same results, but you never know!)."