I was prescribed Paxil for depression and anxiety when I was 15, and was on it for 11 years. I currently got off it 2 1/2 months ago and am still going through bad withdrawals. For me personally, it worked for maybe for the first year or two, but it deadened my will to really enjoy things, and caused me to almost have constant fatigue on a daily basis. Also, my depression came back and never really went away even though I was taking it.

I'm sure Paxil works for some people, but I personally despise the drug and feel like it ruined a good portion of my life and it has absolutely atrocious withdrawal symptoms when you stop (for the majority of people anyway). I was told by my psychiatrist that for having depression and anxiety, he wouldn't use Paxil to treat it but obviously that could vary from doctor to doctor.

Overall from my personal experience, I'd avoid it like the plague.