I am on my 4th day of Paxil, It seems like I am getting the side effects but not the relief, I am so tempted to go off it it seems like its making my panic worse and the nausea too. Ever since the kidney infection I have felt worse than I ever had, I am having sharp pain in my upper and lower back, I worry its a kidney stone or lung cancer, I have cut way back on my smoking I hope its not too late, my husbands co-worker had bad back pain and was diagnosed with lung cancer, it just started after the infection, I hope it goes away like the chest pain did, I am hanging on to Vickers words that the "easiest explanation is usually the correct one" Hoping its just muscle tension or anxiety, can anxiety cause sharp pain in the back?? Re-starting the Paxil, my husband getting a new job and my son hurt his shoulder weight-lifting at school its been real rough, our friends and neighbors are getting a divorce because of a new job and I thought they were happy, I am so very fearing lung or kidney cancer because of the back pain, I never get back pain, only a day or two before my period, I am so hoping the Paxil will kick in, my son and husband need me so much and I fear that I am going to die of a terrible disease and not be here for my son. I am praying for relief, the one good thing the terrible sadness has not happened today, probably because I did not take the klonopin, that cant bring you down. I hope one day I can post that I am feeling better, I feel like I am the worst case and if I can get better everyone on this site can! I pray for all of us everynight. Do you think my this pain is cancer, all the lung cancer in the news scares me, do any smokers ever fear that? I do not want to bring up a chest x-ray to my husband or kidney scan, the infection cost so much money and time I do not want him to get mad. Sorry this is so long. I started a St. Jude Novena, he is my powerful saint, he saved my son from miscarriage and let him talk and I really believe in him. I hope everyone is having a good day. GOd bless, Debbie.