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roham_06
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Default Dec 10, 2017 at 10:38 AM
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Hello*
My pdoc has recently prescribed these antidepressants combination
1- venlafaxine 75*
2- zoloft 50*
3- anafranil 20*

I asked her about serotonine syndrome and she said there is no worry about that . But I am anxious about this issue.*

Is there any chance
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Default Dec 10, 2017 at 11:07 AM
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We aren’t qualified to give medical advice...your doctor can answer your question. Take care.
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Default Dec 11, 2017 at 07:44 PM
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I took a whole bunch of antidepressants for a while. Pdoc said that in all his years of polypharmacy he'd only had one case of serotonin syndrome, and he wasn't sure that was actually an accurate diagnosis.

Can you get a list of SS symptoms? That helped me (because I wasn't having those symptoms).
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Default Dec 13, 2017 at 10:24 PM
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Serotinin syndrome is very very rare.
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Default Jun 12, 2018 at 01:46 PM
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I always double check with the pharmacist if I have any concerns about meds. It's been the case that in every single instance where I've had a concern about medicine combinations, he got it right.

As far as the Serotonin Syndrome itself is concerned, it usually happens with people who are sensitive to side effects and whose bodies absorb the meds slowly, causing a build up of serotonin. The dosing of the meds also plays a part in the issue too.

If anything can go wrong medically, it will go wrong medically for me so regardless of the rarity, it's not really surprising that I'm actually dealing with it at this very moment (which why I even stumbled upon this thread in the first place, because I was looking for help with it). I'm on the highest dose of my ADHD med and was told to start an SSRI. It's my second day on the new med and for some reason the doctor blanked on the fact that he told me to take both meds at the same time so when added to my extreme sensitivity toward medicine side effects... Voila!

HOWEVER! Like I said before, I brought my concern to a pharmacist and they told me to contact my doctor immediately; the doctor, in turn, confirmed the medicine toxicity. While I was pretty sure I knew what the issue was, I would never diagnose myself with something like that and I wouldn't suggest it to my doctor(s) either. If I had any concerns before I started the med that it could possibly happen, I would have gone to the pharmacist immediately. They know meds and their interactions better than anything we can find on the internet.
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Default Jun 14, 2018 at 10:03 AM
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I don't know how accurate it is but you can find a medication interaction checker online. It said the combinations of my meds could cause this.
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