Antidepressant Paxil Recommend Uses
Paxil is an antidepressant classified as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It has been accredited by the FDA to be given on the following conditions:
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). A depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity usually including a feeling of sadness, anxiety, emptiness over a short period. But a major depressive disorder, otherwise known as true clinical disorder In the United States alone, more than 13 million people will experience a depressive disorder in a given year.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). OCD is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by intrusive thoughts (obsessions) that produce uneasiness, apprehension or fear with or without repetitive behaviors (compulsions) that aimed to reduce the associated anxiety. Patients with this illness exhibit so-called "rituals" such as excessive hand washing, cleaning, counting or checking with the hope of preventing obsessive thoughts or making them go away. OCD is also very prevalent, occurring to 1 in every 50 adults in the United States.
Panic disorder. More than 6 million Americans suffer from panic disorder where it is twice as common in women as in men. It is an anxiety disorder where one may experience severe episodes of panic attacks. In a panic attack, the patient may exhibit symptoms like fast heartbeat, too much sweating, dizziness, dyspnea, irrepressible fear and hyperventilation that usually last for 10 minutes.
Social anxiety disorder. Otherwise known as social phobia, this is marked by persistent fear of 1 or more occasions that may involve scrutiny or judgment by others such performance or social events. Although one may realize that its fear is excessive or irrational, it may never be able to overcome social phobia on its own.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). GAD is a pattern of frequent, uncontrollable and often irrational worry over many different activities and events. Conversely, PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that rose above after an exposure of a traumatic event that often involves the threat of injury or death causing psychological trauma.