Be clear with your doctor about side effects you're experiencing, especially if you don't feel a reduction in anxiety at the same time. Docs have gotten more willing to change SSRIs early in the dosage if side effects are unmanageable.

If you've started at full dose of Paxil, the initial side effects may be worse, but at least they won't sneak up on you the way mine did when I started on a quarter dose.

Also? Don't let the drowsiness/dizziness make you avoid physical activity, because that will mask more severe side effects.

Julia, hope the side effects fade and everything become copacetic