Posted by sdb on March 10, 2006, at 18:07:52
In reply to Re: SJW - serotonin syndrome }} everybody, link, posted by linkadge on March 9, 2006, at 12:42:05
>St John's Wort - this had a useful >antidepressant effect for me, giving a welcome >layer of what I can only describe as "emotional >insulation", but it was somewhat sedating, >sometimes made me more anxious, and eventually >caused severe headaches with confused vision >and altered thinking - MAOI tyramine effect, >predictably induced by certain foods. This last >forced me to give up on it as the diet >restrictions were unworkable. This caused a >couple of weeks' unexpected withdrawal >symptoms - anxiety, very low mood, muscle >twitches, poor concentration, no coping >resources, etc. This was probably the worst >period I've been through (save this week), >compounded by stress at work, and SJW is (for >me) definitely not as "harmless" as widely >stated!
>omegon
Seems it works like MAOI (described by omegon)
~sdb
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