I am on 20mg of Paxil. I suffered from some debilitating anxiety, and while I was still functioning day to day, I was in a fairly fearful mood. I spoke to my GP (Australian primary care provider doctor), and he made me do a "mental-health checklist", and that suggested I did in fact have anxiety. He then asked if I wanted to try some medication. He put me on 20mg of Paxil. Within 2 weeks I was feeling sooo much better. In conjunction, I saw a psychologist for 6mo to help me put things in perspective.