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Re: Would Xanax Prevent Rhodiola From Working? » Meri-Tuuli

Posted by blueberry on December 2, 2006, at 11:53:13

In reply to Re: Would Xanax Prevent Rhodiola From Working? » blueberry, posted by Meri-Tuuli on December 2, 2006, at 9:33:00

> So are you trying to get off the Zyprexa and the prozac completely? In which case you'd be left with the SJW and the Rhodiola?
>
> Interestingly, I have had the same experience with rhodiola, increased my anxiety but it was great for depression+energy issues. And I also think that with the SJW you had a panic attack from hell a week after stopping it, right?
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> Well I would think that the SJW would offset the anxiety associated with the rhodiola or at least I would predict this to happen (hopefully!).
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> I think SJW and Rhodiola would be an extremely good combination, and I would be very interested to see how it goes, I've often thought of trying this combo, but well, my 'poisening myself fears' are too great to actually try it myself but well.
>
> But back to your orginal question, I'm not sure if xanax would prevent rhodiola from working. I think they've got quite different modes of action, so perhaps it might be worth a shot? I doubt they're contraindicated, the only meds that I've read which are contraindicted are the traditional stims. Masterminsta said that he considered rhodiola to be a stimulant, so perhaps if you treat it like a stim, how does it feel to take Xanax with a stim?? I have no idea, I haven't taken either a benzo or a stim....
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> Just some thoughts.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Meri

Yeah, prozac and zyprexa for 10 years. Enough is enough already. They stopped working.

I did have a panic attack from hell after getting off sjw. I'm surprised anyone remembers that. That was when it was combined with 10mg prozac and 5mg zyprexa. While sjw decreases blood levels of many meds, I later found out it increases zypexa blood levels by 300%. So my 5mg was actually closer to 15mg. So when I stopped sjw, I was also rapidly dropping from 15mg zyprexa to 5mg without realizing it.

I think sjw and rhodiola combined at therapeutic doses could lead to serotonin syndrome. It happened to someone else I remember. Doses of both would have to be watched carefully. But then, there is a Amoryn sjw brand that has sjw+rhodiola+5htp in it. That sounds like a definit serotonin syndrom setup, but if it was happening I think we would be hearing about it.

Anyway, I don't know what to do. I'll just keep inching up the sjw and take xanax now and then if I need it. Hopefully I'll get some more pointers from good folks here.


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