Posted by SuzieWong on June 10, 2004, at 14:07:03
I have been on a low dose , 10mg, of Prozac for about 7 weeks. I am also taking Buspar to counteract some of the side effects.
Unfortunately I don't think I have had one full night sleep since I started the Prozac and I asked the chemist if it was okay to take Nytol (same antihistamine as Benadryl) with these drugs and they said it was fine.
I took Nytol for two nights and slept beautifully but the next day in both instances I became very nervous and almost had a panic attack as a result. I didn't take any Nytol last night and have been fine today. The leaftlet did admittedly say that it could cause nervousness and tremors.
Because of this I decided to ask my doctor if it was okay to take Nytol and they said I should not take it atall with Prozac and Buspar. I asked for sleeping meds instead and they won't prescribe them either.
Has anyone else taken Benadryl (Nytol) with Prozac and Buspar and what effects if any did you get. Why do you think it caused immense nervousness the next day....another chemist suggested that it could actually have had the side effects magnified because of the other medications.
Another thing I noticed was that most of the time I felt extremely calm after taking the Nytol and that I totally lost the edgy agitated feeling that I am still getting with Prozac (although it is decreasing). It also took away the sweating and I felt quite amazing, that is until the shaky nervousness started. I have done some research and found that the anti histamine is also prescribed for akathasia which is I suppose what I have been experiencing on Prozac.
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