"i personally will never recommend paxil to anyone. it literally ruined my life. at first, i felt that it was ok. but, quickly and suddenly, i started gaining weight. alot of weight. literally, my pants fit one week and did not fix the next week. and that wasn&#039;t all. i was feeling much worse. i was very manic. so depressed that i could not get out of bed. my life was work, eat, and sleep. i had no motivation and i started fixating on thoughts of suicide. it wasn&#039;t until the unexplained rapid weight gain that i started to ask myself what had changed in my routine. that&#039;s when i realized that paxil was the newest addition to my life and i began doing research.  i&#039;ve been off of it for about 2 months and i still can&#039;t lose the weight."