Posted by Bonnie_CA on May 26, 2007, at 4:03:35
In reply to Re: I've gone from Cloud 9 to hell in a week., posted by Johann on May 26, 2007, at 3:04:41
Football guy,
I hate how pdocs think that SSRIs are so incredibly safe. He sounded quick to judge that the MAOI was the bad thing, as opposed to the accidental setraline ingestion. Although, in his defense, Paxil calmed my anxiety very well, although I quit because I didn't like not having sex. :) But he really shouldn't put such a bad rap on MAOIs. I bet he also never prescribes benzos either.
My personal example of how NOT safe SSRIs is when I ended up in the hospital after ingesting cold medicine for a day. I took dayquil, and it made me feel bad, but I didn't think much of it. That night, I took nyquil, and I threw up non-stop and I felt like I was burning up and freezing at the same time. It was serotonin syndrome, although mine was far from the severity of yours. Where was the warning on either medication about the interaction? When will doctors stop pretending SSRIs are the pinnacle of all antidepressants? They've got their pitfalls like any other medication. At the time, I was on 20 mg of Celexa. At some point in the past couple years, I was on 60 mg. What would have happened if I had taken the cold medicine on that high dose?! I'd hate to think of it. But, I guess if no one actually dies, it will never be an issue to list on the package.
Good luck with finding a new pdoc.
-Bonnie
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