Posted by honeybee on May 30, 2006, at 12:16:11
So, my doctor and I are having a discussion about my going back on medicines (after too long trying to do it without). One of my beefs with Effexor was that I had repeated, continual, night sweats, with them, oftentimes soaking through my pjs and the sheets around me. I'm a tiny human, and it was quite a remarkable event for me to produce so much sweat, so often.
Now, I talked to my pdoc about this and he said, "nothing to worry about, just the body dealing with the serotonin circulating in the body," as though it were a throw away issue. But I wonder what the long term effects of this kind of increased serotonin in the body might be (if it's symptomatic). That's when I remembered Phen-fen and that early reports were that the valve problems associated with it were thought to be associated with the higher levels of serotonin in the body. Later examination of the data suggested that the incidence of heart valve problems was not greater than the rest of the population. But now, of course, I'm all worried about the potential effects of serotonin on the heart.
Does anyone have any thoughts about this?
Thanks,
honeybee
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