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can you take ecstasy or mdma while on 100 mg of pristiq (desvenlafaxine) ?

Ms.Martini

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i've looked online, and all i've read is there is a risk of serotonin syndrome. but that's really rare, right? i've stalled doing mdma for so long just because of pristiq but i really want to try it again. I've only done e once, when i was 13. I'm now 19. And would really like to know what all the hype is all about. So, anyone know any contradictions or effects pristiq might have on mdma or ecstasy?
 
As someone who suffered SS it's not as rare as it sounds. I got mine from doing MDMA and 5-htp, a drug that acts as antidepressant by adding to your serotonin levels. If you check out my thread http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/threads/607040-Serotonin-Syndrome-aftermath/page2, you'll see a whole bunch of reasons why this is not something you don't want to mess with. Taking e alone is very unlikely to cause SS, what can easily cause it is taking two drugs thats both effect your serotonin levels via differing mechanism. This is what your trying to do, I don't want to scare you or anything, but this is really not something you want to chance. What i would recommend you do is not take your prestiq for AT LEAST a couple days before rolling, than you should be fine.
 
Oh, theres something important I left out. I actually didn't suffer from SS until two days after rolling, I had been taking 5-htp daily though, thinking I had already done 5-htp while rolling if I was going to get SS I would've gotten it then. After you roll you need to allow time for your brain to recovery and reach its normal levels of serotonin. You can roll, but I'd say you'd be best to go a week without taking your prestiq, roll in the middle of those seven days, and then continue your prestiq at the end of them. This should give you the time you need.
 
i'm willing to stop taking my pristiq for a week, if that means i can roll. i know you're not suppose to suddenly stop anti depressants, but i have a bunch of times for 4-5 times when i didn't have prescription or refill or something. can someone confirm this? that i won't get ss if i don't take my pristiq for a week?
 
There is a risk for SSRI Disconinuation Syndrome while stopping anti-depressant cold turkey, not SS, but quite similar. If your worried that this could happen to you ween yourself off them for a couple days, don't just stop. I'd also wait to see what other people have to say I'm sure there are people on here with actual first hand experience when it comes to anti-depressant and rolling.
 
i've stopped a couple times, for 4-5 days, didn't have a problem except for crazy anxiety. guess i fuck around too much with my meds.
 
Plently of people try to stop taking their anti-depressants and face that. It seems like for you, you can either run of the risk of getting SS by staying on the meds or potentially get SSRI discontinuation syndrome if you stop. However, I can say out of the two of those things SS would be a lot worse, if you do happen to get SS you won't be able to take your prestiq (actually an SNRI) for at least several months or very possibly a couple years (or pretty much all other drugs for that matter). If you experience SSRI discontinuation syndrome your symptoms will only last until you go back onto your meds. Overall, SS is more harmful in terms of nerve cell damage, and damages to your endocrine system. For these reasons I'd say you'd be better off taking the MDMA without your meds; SS is too much to risk. If you plan to continue using your prestiq, SSRI discontinuation system will subside when you choose to do so, just remember not to jump immediately back into after rolling.
The only problem I see here is that the day after you roll you may feel extremely depressed, a combination of being off your meds and the fact that you rolled the day before. Who knows though, many people, especially those who don't use MDMA frequently, feel better than usual the next day. To me that still sounds better than developing SS being that it will be much more temporary, thats why you should just try and get through it without taking them for a couple days after. With all that being said you don't want to allow yourself to be a test dummy, so whatever you choose to do, please consider all the factors. Hopefully someone around here who takes anti-depressant can advice you as to what to do as well.
 
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Check out the Directory and under S for SSRI and mdma. Lots of useful info there.
It is a bad idea to stop medication in order to try and roll.
Depending on how long you have been on this med, it may be that you will not have a full roll if at all.....reports vary but most say it has a big affect on rolling in a negative way.
Its also possible that no matter how long you areoff it that you will never be able to roll.
The most dangerous of all are the MAOIs, that is a deadly combination.
Yours is actually an SNRI but can expect similar affects to using an SSRI.
 
did you do it and how did it go i am in the same boat as you i really wanna roll but im afraid it wont work cause Im on prestiq
 
SNRI's/SSRI's are better agonists at the 5-htp receptor sites. It's a waste of MDMA. Simply stated, it won't work.

And a possible health risk.

That and if you're on medications depression related to serotonin levels MDMA probably wouldn't be a good idea in general. Hope this saves you some money/physical health problems.
 
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