[BMF54123]

Okay, for a few weeks now I've been taking SJW and fish oil every day, and have progressively felt worse. Within the last week or so, I became really short of breath (felt like someone inflated a balloon in my chest), had really bad pressure and pain in the left side of my chest, had absolutely zero appetite, and almost completely disconnected from the world...it felt as though I no longer existed. Finally at the end of my rope, after waking up this morning and feeling like I was going to die, I decided to take nothing but my Zoloft, which I've been on for about a week and a half...and I feel *completely* different. I'm still "zoned out" and can't concentrate, but I can breathe again, my appetite came raging back, and I've been extremely talkative all night--pretty amazing, considering I could hardly whisper a complete sentence just yesterday.

I wonder...could all this have been a bad reaction to the SJW? Has fish oil been known to cause extreme reactions in certain people? Maybe I'm allergic...

 

[g-funk]

Don't take SJW with any other anti depressants. It's a big no no. Also, some people are allergic to it on its own and can cause breathing difficulties.

Fish oil is often used for allergies, especially to aid respiratory problems such as asthma. Ironic!

Dodgy combo if you ask me. You've definitely done the best thing by stopping the SJW. Perhaps talk to your doc - I don't know much about zoloft at all.

 

[dreamcatcher]

what g-funk said is totally true the pharamasist or your gp should of asked you if you were taking sjw before you were prescribed the ad as it is a definate no for taking both.....

....having said that i am on zoloft and found when i first started to take it i got all the breathlessness and pressure....its an increase in anxiety caused by the meds but they will pass quickly when your body has adjusted to the ad.....the initial side effects are short lived....

...hope you feel a bit better soon

 

[dakotajo]

Hi,

I went thru the exact same thing as you. They claim you shouldnt take them together because of serotonin syndrome, but I think the biggest problem is the sjw simply interferes with the mechanism of the ssri. I truly believe this due to the fact that the sexual side effects of the ssri went away over night and it was if I wasnt taking the ssri anymore. It was like the sjw was putting me into immediate ct withdrawal from the ssri.

Ive tried sjw solo and it also gave me severe anxiety, agitation, breathlessness. Obviously its not for me. I read someplace that they feel sjw breaks other drugs you are taking quicker so the lose their effectiveness. Women on sjw and the pill get pregnant, others on epilepsy meds have seizures.

Joe

 

[sebastian]

whether this is relevant or not...i took St. John's Wort for about a week, and my dp felt totally worse by the end of the week, and so i discontinued. Whether the two things were connected, je ne sais pas, a le meme temps, je n'ai pas des intentions a l'emploi encore. Merde, mon francais est tres mauvais. Je ne sais pas porquoi j'ai commence l'utiliser. Pardon moi. Je suis a mon travaille est je suis tres, tres, m'ennuyuex.

J'espere pas des personnes ici peuvent lire en francais.

s.

 

[JasonFar]

I'd imagine that it's not the fish oil; I think that anyone taking it is experiencing, if anything, a placebo effect... I don't doubt it contributes to proper brain function and all that, but such small doses that the capsules come in are doubtfully going to cause anything at all, especially within a set amount of time at the beginning.

So it could be SJW. I know people have adverse reactions to it, and if you still had some Zoloft or whatever in you, could certainly be some sort of interaction. Ain't no doc, though.

We should also remember that we could be taking something for a week and quit because of anxiety, but the anxiety could be due totally to use and nothing going on within our selves. We freak ourselves out enough.

 

[g-funk]

I find drugs always do something to me, show themselves to at least be in action. I put this down to 1- being sensitive to drugs and 2 - being sensitive to any slightest change in my body that might normally be ignored by any sane person. SJW actually made me feel really good, until I got dosage-happy (can't do things by halves) and it affected my nerve endings when I went in the sun. Photosensitivity is a common side effect. I would actually take it again but not now as on Effexor.

Sebastian, je peux lire en francais - malchance! J'entends le besoin d'utiliser une autre langue quelquefois. Exerciser les neurones de cerveau!

 

[sebastian]

Sebastian, je peux lire en francais - malchance! J'entends le besoin d'utiliser une autre langue quelquefois. Exerciser les neurones de cerveau!

Je pense que je t'approve!