Posted by PsychoSage on April 5, 2004, at 19:57:30
In reply to Re: effexor and ectasy -LINK -nytimes.com, posted by PsychoSage on April 5, 2004, at 19:17:47
http://uuhsc.utah.edu/poison/healthpros/utox/Vol4_No4.pdf
looks to me like they both increase serotonin however you want to look at it.
I found the same information that is in this thread that says that it is a waste of money to roll on an SSRI on a website called bluelight that promotes drug experimentation, and it's heavily flawed. Some poster produced a lengthy list of potential drug interactions between psych and recreational drugs, and it's truly laughable.
Anyhow, it's true that a lot of serotonin syndrome cases resolve themselves, but it's still an unpleasant experience. You also don't want to be in that group of people who end up in a coma.
All I truly know from my experiences several years ago is that EFFEXOR +METH = my death. I was really ignorant because i knew what Serotonin Syndrome was, but I just equated it with MDMA. I avoided MDMA while I was on Zoloft, so I never knew that particular combination and its subsequent displeasure. I had no clue that meth was serotonergic also, and that contrast highlights the difference between it and cocaine.
I have plenty of experience with piling on the noradrenergic and dopaminergic fun stuff, and that did not do my body any good, but it did not make me emergency room material.
Lastly, for the layperson it makes simple sense. Effexor has been implicated in many serotonin toxicity cases with or without MDMA. MDMA has definitely been implicated in a lot of serotonin toxicity cases. If you take them together, I think they would kick your but.
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