Posted by dude on March 29, 2001, at 12:17:31
Hi all,
I am new to this site and I wanted to ask a question.
Recently I have been taking St. Johns Wort. After
the second week I got up to 3x per day. Then I decided
to take all three at night so that I would not be drowsy
during the day (I have heard of many people doing this
without a problem). So I waited a whole day and then the
next day I took 2 at night, and then finally I took
3 at night. The next morning, I took my usual b-complex
with C (which is supposed to help the production
of serotonin).I felt fine until about 11:00am the next day. I started
feeling dizzy, I had a headache, a 100 degree fever,
my neck hurt, my back hurt a little, I felt nauseous,
and I felt drowsy -basically like the start of a flu.
That day was last Tuesday, 3/27. I discontinued the
use of St. Johns Wort (out of my paranoid hypochondria)
and I took motrin. The motrin definetly helped
me to feel better, but the next day I still felt kind
of bad, so I took more. I am still feeling a little
dizzy and tired today.I wanted to ask whether this could possibly be
serotonin syndrome, or do you think it is just some
minor flu bug or something? It does seem that all of the
symptoms I had were the same as for serotonin syndrome,
but maybe I'm just being a hypochondriac. Does the
fact the I took the motrin and it helped rule out the
possibility that it is serotonin syndrome? Any help
would be appreciated, because if 3 St. Johns Wort
pills give me serotonin syndrome, then I am pretty
darn sensitive to these serotonin enhancing drugs.
Please help.Thanks,
dude
poster:dude
thread:57945
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