Posted by mikel on January 15, 2001, at 17:16:55
Over the past 1.5 yrs I've tried Prozac, Celexa St. Johns Wort for depression with anxiety. Now I'm trying Serzone, so far so good after 3wks in regards to side effects (still depressed), so I'm crossing my fingers. My question is in regards to SJW which I had some unexpected side effects. Prozac nnd Celexa both seemed to work, but moved on because of sexual side effects for both, and hyperness for Prozac, teeth grinding for Celexa. Anyway, I thought I'd try SJW before moving on to another prescription AD. I was surprised by the following side effects which you usually don't here about. I was on the usual 900mg/day, 3 divided doses, for about 8 wks.It seemed to help the depression after a couple weeks but I noticed ever increasing anxiety, especially with caffeine. My past experience, the other AD's seemed to help the anxiety 1st then the depression over time (Prozac made me hyper, but not really anxious and not really associated with caffeine). I also had a couple of episodes at night, about two hours after going to bed after taking the evening dose, I woke up with a rapid heartbeat and extreme dysphoria (maybe these were panic attacks, never had one before -my anxiety is usually generalized). Both of these episodes were releived by xanax (which I occasionally take as needed (but usually don't need if the AD is working). If I hadn't had the xanax I porbably would have ended in the ER. No repeat episodes since quitting 5 wks ago. I also gained an undesirable 15 pounds on SJW which is very unusual for me. Actually seemed to lose a little weight on the SSRIs. Anyone else had similar experience with SJW?
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