serotonin syndrome

The manifestations of the serotonin syndrome fall into three general areas:

1. Cognitive or behavioral changes such as confusion, agitation, lethargy, and coma.
2. A condition that is referred to as autonomic instability that includes elevated temperature, rapid heart rate, sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and dilated pupils.
3. Neuromuscular changes that include spasm or twitching a muscle or group of muscles, exaggerated reflexes, and tremor.

Here's a list of drugs that have been associated with this according to article in bestpillsworstpills

Psychiatric Drugs: Chemical Warfare on Humans - interview with Robert Whitaker

SSRI antidepressants withdrawl warning

A withdrawal reaction has been reported with all SSRI antidepressants: citalopram (CELEXA); escitalopram (LEXAPRO), fluoxetine (PROZAC, SARAFEM); fluvoxamine (LUVOX); paroxetine (PAXIL); and sertraline (ZOLOFT). The symptoms generally start within one to three days after stopping the drug and generally resolve within one to two weeks after the drug has been discontinued. Withdrawal symptoms may occur even when the dosage of the drug is gradually decreased. The main symptoms of this reaction are dizziness, vertigo,
lack of coordination, nausea and vomiting, and flu-like symptoms that include fatigue, lethargy, muscle pain, and chills.

Migraine - SSRIs and Triptans interaction

Serotonin Syndrome symptoms

• restlessness• hallucinations• loss of coordination• rapid heartbeat• rapid changes in blood pressure• increased body temperature• overactive reflexes• nausea, vomiting and diarrhea

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Australian prescriber

Mixing certain medications for migraine and depression might be risky, warn Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials. More information on serotonin syndrome.

Mental health medications

Bob Whitaker is the author of Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill.

Whitaker starts by debunking the effectiveness of these massively hyped wonder drugs -- antidepressants like Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil, and the new atypical antipsychotic drugs like Zyprexa. ..............The very drugs prescribed by physicians to stabilize mental disorders in fact are inducing pathological changes in brain chemistry and triggering suicide, manic and psychotic episodes, convulsions, violence, diabetes, pancreatic failure, metabolic diseases, and premature death.

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