"i thought i needed an antidepressant, so i tried a couple. paxil for me had terrible side effects. i felt like i was on speed.  had to eat every two hours. i could not go anywhere; always had to have snacks with me and i lost weight even with the calorie increase.  insomnia was the worst.  i could not even take 10 mg.  i tried the medication for about 7 weeks and decided it was not for me and began a weaning off process.  reduced to 5 mg for 1 week, this was the hardest and caused the most side effects which included vertigo, nausea and insomnia which lasted about 2 days.  then i reduced to 2.5 mg for another week and a half.  stopped taking it completely after this and did fine with no side effects."