Re: Serotonin syndrome?
Originally Posted by
DarkMagician
My original doctor who prescribed it left about a year after I started taking it, and my pharmacy just kept refilling my prescription so I've just continued taking it ever since.
Your pharmacy is supplying you the meds without a doctor's prescription? That should be illegal?
I don't know if I'm having a manic episode (never really had one before) or serotonin syndrome or something else completely.. but this all started exactly around the time that I picked up my last bottle of pills. My anxiety brain is telling me that somebody tampered with the pills or they're empty or they're actually a stronger or lower dose in the wrong capsule.
I can't comment on what may, or may not be in the capsules, but nothing you describe indicates serotonin syndrome. Is it the Prozac brand, or a generic and if the latter who makes it and is it a different one to what you've had before?
Or maybe it's just a side affect of how long I've been on the meds.. can SSRIs build up in your system until they cause serotonin syndrome even if it's a relatively low dose?
No. At least not as long as you have a functioning liver and kidneys.
I've also been back on birth control the past two months, but didn't have any of these side effects last month..
Oral contraceptives can affect mood and fluoxetine can increase the effects of some contraceptives so I think you need to tell your doctor about what has been happening lately. A change to another contraceptive may resolve the issues you are experiencing.
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