I cant say for sure if its placebo effect or not, but i dont think it is. Cos when i started using Paxil i didnt think it would work at all.
And when im off it, i keep thinking about killling myself like 10 times a day maybe but when im on, im normal, its not like all my problems are gone, but im not on a bad mood all the time.
Recently my doc upped my dosage to 40 mg and for the last 2 weeks i feel like laughing at the least bit of funny things i see, like people with stupid hair, people who fall on the street, children playing, cats and everything, i cant say i am a happy person now, cos as a whole my life sucks, but it has made my days tolerable, if you know what i mean.
Plus, for a more solid observation, before i have started paxil i couldnt watch horror movies, i used to have panic attacks if i do, but now im a horror movie fan, nothing i see on the screen fears me anymore.