A couple years ago I started having what appeared to be panic attacks, and the doctor put me on Paxil. For the first couple weeks, it gave me some of the most lucid, weird dreams I had ever had. It also caused some disturbing emotional outbursts.
When I decided to stop a year ago, I discovered the wonderful world of withdrawal, which included tinnitus, tunnel vision, dizzines...and several days of hell. What's sad is that people had been reporting these effects for years, yet no warnings were ever given...even by doctors who were aware of it. If you don't need it...don't take it.
Paxil is the worst SSRI but if you think that is bad, the benzodiazipines like Klonopin, valium, xanax are almost impossible to come off and if you one of the 15% like me that go into severe protratced WD, it took me 3 years to recover the devestation to my central nervous system, immune system and adrenals etc.....there are hundreds more like me I found thru Yahoo groups that went thru the same hell and none of them are druggies.....we all were and are professionals.......don't mess with pyschotropic drugs even with perscription unless it is life or death