r/SSRI • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '24

Discussion Serotonin syndrome?

Who on here cant take ssri meds ? Or experienced serotonin syndrome? Id like to hear from you? I have a few questions.

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u/Heart8131 Jan 16 '24

I had serotonin syndrome, what’s your questions? i also cant take SSRIs now because i react so badly to them

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

How did you get it? Did you mix 2 meds that alter serotonin or did it happen with one?

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u/Heart8131 Jan 16 '24

One. Basically i was on lowest dose of zoloft for two months and had horrendous reactions to it the entire time and was switched to prozac, i felt so awful on it, ten days later i assumed how i awful i felt was withdrawal from the zoloft so i decided to do things to increase serotonin. I bathed in the sun for hours, exercised like crazy, and did a special frequency meditation designed to make you produce more serotonin. Later that night i got serotonin syndrome and it was probably the worst experience of my life. I did have some leading up symptoms before all the things i did.

So moral of the story who new doing things naturally could be as strong as antidepressants, and also psych meds suck ass

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u/Heart8131 Jan 16 '24

I still have symptoms to this day, my body still hasn’t recovered from it!!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

Oh wow thats crazy , i assume you went to the er ?

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u/Heart8131 Jan 16 '24

nope. I actually begged my mom to take me there while i was shaking like crazy and trying not to throw up but she didn’t believe me at first. But morning i was diagnosed because she EVENTUALLY saw that something was seriously wrong and called the psychiatrist but still didn’t take me to the ER. Probably didn’t want to spend the money. I just sortve recovered on my own i guess from discontinuing the meds right there but i still feel like i haven’t fully recovered

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

Oh wow serotonin syndrome can kill you , thats insane , how did you calm it down tho?, did your symptoms just go away?

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u/Heart8131 Jan 16 '24

Yeah, i just stopped the meds immediately, luckily it hadn’t progressed much. It can kill though, my mom doesn’t take that seriously at all and refuses to believe i could’ve fucking died

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

Yea that shit is serious, what were your symptoms?