"i&#039;ve been on paxil since i was 5, i&#039;m almost 20 now. i&#039;ve had really bad anxiety my entire life. i started at 5mg daily, as i got older, my dosage slowly increased to 20mg, which is my current dose. i had a few bad life experiences when i was younger that caused my anxiety to increase tenfold, so my dr tried to swap the paxil for something else. bad idea, none of the other ssris worked; i had a severe increase in anxiety and side effects, so he put me back on the paxil. paxil has been the only pill to help my anxiety and i haven&#039;t had any side effects from it."