hey, i am new. but i was reading about this paxil club. i don't want to bring some negativity to the love of paxil, but i wanted to tell you my story, i was on paxil for three years, while it worked wonders, it has a tendency to stop working after being on it for a prolonged period of time. it stopped for me after 2 1/2 3 years, and going off was one of the worst things i have ever been through. i was 50 mg.. i was hospitalized twice going off from the withdrawal symptons. this wass years ago before they knew that it is a hard drug to go off of, i stepped down and took another drug to curb the effect, but it was still bad, in fact, my ibs was at its worst during that time. so be carefull, and ask lots of questions before going on it.