serotonin syndrome

[Egg_Head]

Hi all, I have been having problems sleeping for many years
and I have blamed it on the anti depressants I was prescribed. My new doctor
agrees they may be the cause and has given me a new anti depressant medication with
sedative properties to take at night to help with sleep. They work well but I
feel angry all the time; like I want to tell everybody to ...., well you can
guess. I wonder if I am taking too much of the same type of medication as both
have a similar effect on serotonin levels. I’m wondering if I may have a mild serotonin
syndrome. It feels to me as I’m swapping one set of symptoms for another. The Pharmacist
agrees with me it takes very little medication to have a big effect on me as I’m
taking a very low dose of both medications. When I spoke to the Pharmacist he
suggested I wean myself off the first anti-depressant and eventually take only
the new one; all under my doctors guidance of cause. Have any of you had similar
experiences?

[White_Rose]

Hello A2D2

I think you are quite right. My doctor prescribed a SSRI but stipulated it must be the named brand not a generic substitute as they were different. Every time I got a prescription filled the pharmacist would ask if I wanted the generic brand and every time I would say no and repeat my doctor's comment. And every time he would deny it was true. They are supposed to be the experts but no one know every thing about meds it seems to me. As I said I had a reaction a painkiller but the (temporary) GP denied it was happening. Hell to pay when my regular GP returned. Also had a bad interaction between two medications prescribed by two different doctors. GP and oncologist. This was a known possibility and I was cross the oncologist did not alert the GP to the possibility. I hope this has all been useful to you EH.

Mary