I think that paxil does work for some people. I know it helped my husband this past year. He was on other medication, which in turn caused not only sickness, balding and weightgain, but also depression...man...he about drove us up the wall. Then one day when we both had to go see our family doctor...I went in first and the doctor asked me about R's moods...I told him that we were going crazy with him. He was very depressed, and angry...and not sleeping, not moving off the couch...etc...So...to make a very long story not quite so long...He put R on Paxil...within a few days, he was much better. Strange tho...he didn't like taking them...so would stop...off and on...I could always tell when he was taking them and when he wasn't.

The doctor also tried me on paxil once...but they made me dizzy and nausaus...so I was switched to something else.