Do you take any anti depressants?I tried Paxil and it did "cure me " but it's a potent inhibitor of 2d6 liver enzyme which blocks a majority of drugs. Actually most SSRI medication does this, but not to the extent of Paxil. I might ask my doctor for Zoloft , as its the most commonly prescribed ssri for anxiety ,but they say Paxil is the most potent SSRI and best for social anxiety, doctors don't reallyprescribe it anymore because of side effects... But I've always had GO BI OR GO HOME attitude, so I might as well just go back on Paxil, as I'm already Rx'd it. The only drug that worked o n it was alcohol. That shit just BLOCKS everything lol
Yes, I am on Lexapro (escitalopram) for depression and Klonopin for anxiety.
They both work but only to an extent.
Klonopin helps my social anxiety GREATLY...but it doesn't do enough for my general anxiety, nor does it actually make me WANT to go out and be social like drinking or Kratom or Phenibut, it just gets rid of this one REALLY bad problem I have which I don't feel like discussing, but lets just say it's a life saver for me.
The Lexapro works for SOME of my depression but I don't really notice that I'm on it, all I know is that when I was cut off from my Klonopin for 9 months about 2 years ago I had been on Prozac and all that time I kind of didn't realize the Prozac WASN'T working cause the Klonopin masked it and did the rest of the work.
Suddenly when NOT on Klonopin for those 9 months I realized I was SERIOUSLY fucking depressed (AND of course really anxious without the Klonopin) and I switched to Lexapro.
Then I was able to start actually getting out of bed and doing some shit again, because while so depressed all I wanted to do was sleep, but I still had fucking horrible social anxiety cause some stupid doctor thought I shouldn't be on Klonopin.
FINALLY I got back on Klonopin again, and with the combo of Klonopin and Lexapro I am KIND of ok...still not really too great lol....but good enough to go out and face the world SOMETIMES and work a job, make money, and live life to an extent.
YES it is true that many drugs cannot be taken on SSRIs and are very dangerous and can cause serotonin syndrome BUT you'd be surprised at the large number of drugs I HAVE been able to get good and high on WITHOUT problems while still on both Lexapro and Klonopin.
Like they say not to drink on Lexapro (or Klonopin) but I drink on both all the time.
That does NOT mean it's a good idea (especially on Klonopin which only ONCE out of about 1,000 times caused me to black out and that was my FIRST day back on Klonopin after 9 months off of it so OBVIOUSLY the reason it happened was that I lost my tolerance to Klonopin and once I gained it back I was able to drink just as much on Klonopin and NOT black out...but still DON'T drink too much on Klonopin)....
But anyways, so yeah, I am able to use all of the following drugs on both Klonopin and Lexapro and get high and not YET (knock on wood) do any SERIOUS harm to myself: alcohol, weed, Oxycodone, Hydrocodone (be VERY careful I Do NOT suggest mixing Opiates with BENZOS!!!) Kratom, Phenibut, Prolintane, Dexadrine, LSD, Shrooms, Salvia Divinorum, Opium, Nitrous Oxide, Kratom extract, Indian Warrior herb (just a VERY mild herb), and a bunch of others.
I mean my favorite drugs have always been things like Kratom, weed, alcohol, Shrooms and LSD and I never had a problem with any of them on either Lexapro, Prozac or Klonopin.
BUT....things like DXM will fucking KILL YOU if you take them on an SSRI...and things like Ecstasy or Molly (which I have never been able to use cause I was always on an SSRI since age 14) at BEST will NOT get you AT ALL high if you are taking an SSRI and at WORST could really hurt or kill you.
You just have to REALLY do your homework to figure out what you can and can't take.
But in my life I've never had a bad interaction with an SSRI and only one black out from drinking on Klonopin...and I'd only say my track record is good from a mixture of doing my research on Bluelight which was really a great discovery, and probably also some degree of luck before I knew about this website and was younger.