Posted by honeybee on March 3, 2006, at 16:31:49
In reply to Re: Does Serotonin Syndrome Cause Brain Damage?, posted by linkadge on March 3, 2006, at 16:16:36
Yeah, but I thought that Ecstacy caused severe depletion of serotonin... no? Must be confused on this one...
To be blunt, I used to drink while I was on effexor and I seem to recall, perhaps fautily, that alcohol does boost serotonin levels in the brain. I weigh about a buck o nine, and it wasn't smart of me, but I pretended that there wasn't a problem with it. Effexor *always* caused night sweats for me and overheating at night, especially so when I'd been drinking. It played with my hormones, as well, so it was never clear to me whether or not this was some sort of serotonin syndrome [a term I only found out about years after I'd gone on effexor--thanks pdoc!] or just a pleasant side effect of the drug that was amplified when my body couldn't assimilate the effexor as quickly because of the logjam created by the alcohol. A puzzle indeed. And, of course, my most recent pdoc, when I inquired, pooh-poohed my concern.
What was serotonin syndrome like for you? From the way it's described, it's a terrifying, bone-chattering mess of sweat and terror (or jubilation). Again, having been asleep for my instances of potential serotonin syndrome, I have no recollection of anything but occasional drenched mornings and nights during which I sometimes remember being alternately really hot and really cold.
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