I was just prescribed Paxil today because I have been having nightly panic attacks for the last two weeks and I just couldn’t handle it anymore. I did a bad thing and looked up the side effects because frankly, I am terrified of taking anything new and wanted to be prepared. It looks like some of the side effects are exactly the panic attack symptoms I am getting terrorized nightly by (disassociation, gi and nausea, sweats, adrenaline etc) and now I don’t even want to attempt it. I want to get better though, I need to get better. Is it possible to split it in half or fourths so I can ease into this?