FionaFayruz
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Hi everyone
I am hoping someone has experienced the same problem I'm currently experiencing and can advise me.
About eight months ago, I started hypersalivating and experiencing tingling all over my body as well as some inability to get to words. Needless to say, I had every test in the book and my physician suggested it could be my Citalopram (25mg a day). I also take 25mg of Clobazam every day (good ol' benzos!). My diagnosis, 20 years ago, was depression, social phobia, vomiting phobia and general anxiety.
My physician put me on Thaden for a week and it didn't help, plus she didn't renew my prescription when I was about to run out, so the experiment failed and I had to take the Citalopram again. Fast-forward a couple of months and my brand-new psychiatrist agreed with the diagnosis *I* came up with after doing a lot of research - serotonin syndrome. I have been on Citalopram for about 20 years and never had the problem before, which is odd ... but anyway, it seemed the only solution left!
My psychiatrist took me off Citalopram and put me on Agomelatine, saying the latter shouldn't affect those receptors that work on the salivary glands. Wrong! I was *still* hypersalivating. Worse, the Agomelatine made me feel like hell after two weeks - shaky, nauseous, anxious, in fact badly suicidal, wanting to hit things, shouting at people, etc. I decided to off it on my own and haven't actually felt depressed at all (four days later). I just feel tired and a little miserable that although the salivation issue has improved somewhat it's still there.
What I did notice was that my saliva ceased to be thick, sticky and constant, and is now inconstant, thin, foamy and not as copious (ugh). So I am *assuming* that my physiology is just not able to tolerate any kind of antidepressant any more. Full stop.
My questions - yes, there are a couple - are: How long before the antidepressants will leave my system and I will cease to salivate like this? Will it in fact stop, or do you think there's been some damage to my neural pathways (unlikely, but who knows, right?)? Finally, if I can't tolerate antidepressants, what could I take instead? And do you think my benzo is also contributing to the hypersalivation? I have xerostomia at the same time, weirdly enough. Dry mouth and drooling simultaneously - great, right?
Any advice will be great!
I am hoping someone has experienced the same problem I'm currently experiencing and can advise me.
About eight months ago, I started hypersalivating and experiencing tingling all over my body as well as some inability to get to words. Needless to say, I had every test in the book and my physician suggested it could be my Citalopram (25mg a day). I also take 25mg of Clobazam every day (good ol' benzos!). My diagnosis, 20 years ago, was depression, social phobia, vomiting phobia and general anxiety.
My physician put me on Thaden for a week and it didn't help, plus she didn't renew my prescription when I was about to run out, so the experiment failed and I had to take the Citalopram again. Fast-forward a couple of months and my brand-new psychiatrist agreed with the diagnosis *I* came up with after doing a lot of research - serotonin syndrome. I have been on Citalopram for about 20 years and never had the problem before, which is odd ... but anyway, it seemed the only solution left!
My psychiatrist took me off Citalopram and put me on Agomelatine, saying the latter shouldn't affect those receptors that work on the salivary glands. Wrong! I was *still* hypersalivating. Worse, the Agomelatine made me feel like hell after two weeks - shaky, nauseous, anxious, in fact badly suicidal, wanting to hit things, shouting at people, etc. I decided to off it on my own and haven't actually felt depressed at all (four days later). I just feel tired and a little miserable that although the salivation issue has improved somewhat it's still there.
What I did notice was that my saliva ceased to be thick, sticky and constant, and is now inconstant, thin, foamy and not as copious (ugh). So I am *assuming* that my physiology is just not able to tolerate any kind of antidepressant any more. Full stop.
My questions - yes, there are a couple - are: How long before the antidepressants will leave my system and I will cease to salivate like this? Will it in fact stop, or do you think there's been some damage to my neural pathways (unlikely, but who knows, right?)? Finally, if I can't tolerate antidepressants, what could I take instead? And do you think my benzo is also contributing to the hypersalivation? I have xerostomia at the same time, weirdly enough. Dry mouth and drooling simultaneously - great, right?
Any advice will be great!
