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Old 01-16-2006, 03:24 AM   #1
Sister Chaos
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Exclamation Bad Effexor-5HTP Interaction? (long)

I know I shouldn't have done this, but I was feeling very angry and agitated and felt I needed to calm myself down Saturday morning. I took 300 mg 5HTP (I don't take it that often, and usually smaller amounts) and about 30-60 minutes later took my Effexor like I was supposed to. By the time I sat down to brunch, I was feeling tired and dizzy, but I recovered quickly and finished eating. I sat down on the couch to watch TV , but later began to feel dizzy again. I also felt nauseated and my vision blurred.
I was so weak and my legs felt like they wouldn't work, so my father pretty much had to pick me up off the couch and walk me to the bathroom. I threw up at least three or four times. Dad says he saw me lying on the floor of the bathroom, which I don't remember, but I remember slipping out of his grasp and falling on the hallway floor. I felt very hot and sweaty all over and my vision and hearing seemed kind of dim. I went to bed and slept for a couple hours and woke up feeling perfectly ok. I have passed out before due to illness and the visual disturbances seemed similar. What the heck happened? I've heard of serotonin syndrome, is this what happened to me?
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Old 01-16-2006, 06:49 PM   #2
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Re: Bad Effexor-5HTP Interaction? (long)

not sure but i had a similar experience with st. johns wort and elavil, my heart went crazy felt weak paranoid ect..natural cures are similar to prescribed meds,they are not fda approved and drug interactions can occur.be safe and ask your druggest or dr. first.i do now!!
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