im on paxil for having panic attacks and i have been on it for 7 months.it has helped to control them but i seem to always have this feeling like i am dead or something. i cant explain it but if i had one word to describe it,dead,would definitely be it. i sometimes feel like the things around me are not real either.even when i get into the car and drive and come home i couldn't tell you if i even stopped at any stop lights. i feel like my life is just a giant blur. even sometimes at night i get this sensation while i try to sleep like fear or panicky and i cant figure it out. my memory is like gone and i am only 20 and feel like im 120. its just so crazy. i am like every one else here. the common headache turned into a bain aneurysm and i was on like internet like a crazy lady trying to diagnose myself. i even became addicted to the news when we were fighting iraq, the rumor was floating around that they were going to bomb us with small pox and anthrax. my question is... why do we become so crazed that it complety consumes our life and with this ever go away????

TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR!!! I don't know if you need a higher dose, lower dose, or a different med altogether. Let your doctor know what's going on. Make an appointment and between now and then, keep a record of things that concern you, at what time of day they occur, and anything else you can think of that might be important (diet, exercise, stressors... whatever.) I hope things get better!

you may be better swapping to another paxil type med, also exercise more and get some books or tapes on relaxation, and overcoming panic attacks

look up derealisation on the net, you may have this from still being too anxious

Meds, in my opinion, don't solve our problems, they do help us cope, but we need to work on ourselves also. I would suggest Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This could be the other factor which could help you recover. As someone who has been on meds for over 26 years, CBT has helped me more than meds in the last 3 years. I wish I had known about it much earlier.