Paroxetine is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Paroxetine affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with depression, anxiety, or other disorders.

Paroxetine is used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

Let me add that ALL medications work differently on different people and finding the right med for PTSD, depression, anxiety often takes a period of trial and error.

I have found EMDR therapy - a specified form of "talk" therapy that is used in combination with traditional talk therapy. Medications can help alleviate the SYMPTOMS of PTSD, but EMDR works on helping deal with the triggers. You can find an EMDR practitioner here: http://www.emdria.org/search/custom.asp?id=2337

There trying that with me when the tablets have settled in

I have found the frustration of not being able to do, what you think you should be able to do, makes a lot of my RA symptoms worse. I am a huge animal lover so I have a small zoo at home. My suggestion is to try some ASPCA therapy. Sometimes just the act of walking a dog or petting a cat can help you in the meantime, until your medication gets to work. Or worst case scenario, I'll let you borrow one of my furballs, LOL I really hope that this all works out for you soon than later

Thank you and I have a jack Russell she's lovely and curls up to me when I feel down