Posted by laima on December 18, 2006, at 17:42:21
In reply to Re: Serontonin Syndrome experiences???????, posted by blueberry1 on December 18, 2006, at 16:27:36
Oh Blueberry! I think they say now not to take St. John's Wort with an SSRI! I'm glad you're ok.> I think I had serotonin syndrome once. Maybe I've been on the edge of it several times.
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> The time I am pretty sure of was a month into adding 600mg-900mg st johns wort to ongoing 20mg prozac+5mg zyprexa. St johns wort worked real well for a short time, pooped out, and then I upped the dose to 1200mg. That was trouble. I got chilled, very foggy, dizzy, shakey, and was hit with a deeper depression than I had had in years. I waited it out which took about a day, and then promptly weaned off st johns wort.
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> Symptoms of serotonin syndrome vary so much. I think it is tricky to diagnose. But one thing for sure is that whatever symptoms they are, they feel very serious and scary.
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