Posted by Cam on January 22, 2000, at 1:59:41
In reply to seratonin syndrome?, posted by Brian on January 21, 2000, at 23:37:55
> I realized later after further reading that these were signs of seratonin syndrome. About a month ago I did some acid. Is their any chance that it could still be affecting me? I came off of the paxil for about a week. Now I'm a little worried. I've also been showing a self destructive sort of lifestyle lately... Getting really drunk, smoking lots of weed, taking pain pills. I have since stoped all of that though. Should I be worried, I am only on 30mg. Someone please tell me some good news...
> Brian, you are not helping your therapy by self-medicating with psychoactive street drugs. No, the acid is most likely not affecting you now, but the alcohol can be interfering with your paxil blood levels. The weed is probably just making you dopey.
Serotonin syndrome is caused by too much serotonin in the synaptic cleft (the space between brain nerve cells) and since the acid does affect serotonin receptors it may have contributed to the occurance of the serotonin syndrome, but probably not. You did not say how long you have been taking the Paxil and I suspect it has been more than a month. Paxil can cause serotonin syndrome-like symptoms while withdrawing from longterm use. Coming off the Paxil for a week may have caused these symptoms to emerge. Get back on the Paxil and let it do it's job of raising serotonin levels and modulating the HPA axis in your body and please seek some couseling or therapy to address the problem that caused the depression in the first place. Stay away from self medicating yourself as it isn't helping your condition. Cam
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