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Opioids Lexapro for opiate WD, wtf happend!!??

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x_fizzler

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So i have a shit ton of 10mg sample boxes of lexapro. I got them cuz i wanna get clean and stay clean i was hoping to use them to combat some of the mental shit while tappering.

Ive taken effexor pamalor and prozac in the past never had any problems with them, havent used an ssri in maybe 5 years. Anyways about two weeks ago i took a lexapro before bed, felt absolutely fine no opiate wd started yet or anything. Well i woke up 3 hours later sweating hard achy as hell puking with diahria. The shit felt way intense compared to WD. I took some darvocets and vicoden basically just took the edge off enough to sleep. Felt sick as fuck for like 2 days no matter what pills i ate. I kinda figured i had food poisioning or something... So anyways about 4 days ago i took 1 10mg pill again. Woke up sick as hell felt like intense opitate detox! This time i took 7 norcos which is damn well enough to make me better, still felt like total shit went to work but it was a hard night and no matter how much morphine i took i couldnt get hi or feel physically decent.

Is this maybe seratonin syndrome or something?? what in the hell maybe someone replaced the lexapro blister packs with naxoltrene as cruel joke. Just wanna know if anyone has any opinion why lexapro seems to make me worse sick than a good fent detox!
 
How the did you get sample boxes of lexapro?

My psychiatrist insisted they dont exist.....
 
a friend gave them to me she got them from her physic there white and red say lexapro 10mg white round tabs in a blister pack.
 
the only thing i can think of is that your not very tolerant to the shit i have no idea.. but homie just taking a few lexapro is not going to even help u though ur withdrawal stage.. if you want that medicine to actually work it takes about a month for your body to cope with it and for any kinds of mood or depression to change so for dope withdrawal its going to be worthless... for the long-run mental aspects of what an addiction can bring to you then yea it could be positive
 
stop taking the lexapro - problem solved. sounds like you're having a bad reaction to so i'd speak to your doctor about it. SSRI's aren't suited to everyone.

what you've described doesn't sound like serotonin syndrome. are you taking any other medications which are contraindicated with the use of lexapro?
 
I can't explain why you're getting the extreme physical reactions after taking the Lexapro, but something tells me that it's not the Lexapro that is making you sick. It takes several weeks for this medication to begin to work and have an effect on you. Also, taking one every now and then is not going to do anything for you. Whatever effect you feel from taking the Lexapro is purely placebo.

I'm an opiate user and was on Lexapro for a good year and a half. It didn't keep me from using percocet or oxys. I still felt the need to use and of course had cravings.
 
well it might take several weeks for the acuall meds to start working but im pretty sure im have some kind of reaction to them wich is weird ive never had issues wit other ssris... I mean i get dope sick alot and know the two times ive tried the stuff the next morning i feel extremely sick and dope only lightens the load a bit..
 
Sounds as though Lexapro isn't for you at all. Like Fizzler said, it can take 4-6 weeks (maybe more) to notice any mental benefit from them, but even then it's not written in stone at all that they're going to be the med that helps you.

You'd likely be better off with an Antidepressant that's sedating. But some of these meds can make the RLS you experience so, so much worse. I can't take Dosulepin when I'm in withdrawal because it intensifies the RLS a fuck load :|
So make sure with your doctor that you're going to get a med that helps you rather than hinders ;)
 
monstanoodle said:
Sounds as though Lexapro isn't for you at all. Like Fizzler said, it can take 4-6 weeks (maybe more) to notice any mental benefit from them, but even then it's not written in stone at all that they're going to be the med that helps you.

You'd likely be better off with an Antidepressant that's sedating. But some of these meds can make the RLS you experience so, so much worse. I can't take Dosulepin when I'm in withdrawal because it intensifies the RLS a fuck load :|
So make sure with your doctor that you're going to get a med that helps you rather than hinders ;)
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Are you sure it couldnt have been any kind of withdrawal, because thats exactly what the symptoms sound like to me. The exact symptoms Ive got, aching, shits, and dry-heaving, along with intense cravings. But if you were taking opiates and couldnt be going through WD I imagine lexapro has to be the problem, maybe youre allergic to it, I dont know.
 
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fucking hate lexapro. made me see shit wave and move and hear things. i always felt like shit after taking it the next day.

idk why you thought that would work, it takes weeks for ADs to show results. get some adderall if you want a happy pill
 
ya im not sure it fel like an extreme detox or something like maybe a preciptated withdrawal or something weird. All i was taking at the time was either norco or morphine darvocet and skelaxin. Basically both time i tried to start taking the stuff i just woke up extremely sick and started shoveling narcs in my mouth. At this point i can go about 12 hours before the detox starts getting shitee. Like 3 hours after i took this shit i was floored sick and nothing would help. I have no idea what seratonin syndrome feels like. When i looked up the side effects of lexapro it said flu like symptoms. Both times i took it too the sickness started about three hours later and wore off about 24 hours later wich is the half life of lexapro... I just wonder what in the hell happend.
 
LonE1 said:
How the did you get sample boxes of lexapro?

My psychiatrist insisted they dont exist.....
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Seriously? When I told my psych doc I didn't want to pay for a script of Lexapro ($70 with insurance) he would toss me 10 boxes of ten pills. They were always wrapped together in cellophane too. He would do that every time I needed them, he said it didn't matter to him because he could get assinine amounts from the drug reps. =D
 
stop taking the lexapro - problem solved. sounds like you're having a bad reaction to so i'd speak to your doctor about it. SSRI's aren't suited to everyone.

what you've described doesn't sound like serotonin syndrome. are you taking any other medications which are contraindicated with the use of lexapro?
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Actually fizzler, your symptoms (sweating, nausea, and diarrhea) are all common symptoms of serotonin syndrome other than achiness, unless it was a headache or due to muscle spasms. There isn't much known about skelaxin's pharmacology, but it can be assumed that it might have some serotonergic effects (such as cyclobenzaprine, though I know it's a very different chemical). Furthermore, darvocet (dextropropoxyphene) is a mild SSRI. Next, Norco (hydrocodone) and morphine have serotonergic effects. The combination of serotonergic effects from the opioids + the SSRI activity of darvocet + the lexapro, the strongest inhibitor of serotonin reuptake on the market, would certainly be likely to cause serotonin syndrome. Stop taking lexapro, it will not help your withdrawal, especially the way you're taking it. Furthermore, learn a little about drug interactions before taking 4 or 5 powerful drugs at once. It's very likely that you suffered from serotonin syndrome twice and it can be deadly and you know now it's excruciatingly unpleasant, so don't try this combination again.
 
Wow seems your right it was the mixture of the darvs and lexapro, im not the first person to suffer from this.... Im usually very informed about medication i take and i have taken narcotics with ssris in the past... fnetayl/prozac vicodin/effexor ive even taken tramadol with ssris prescribed to me and never suffered seratonin syndrome.....

I had no idea darvocet was diffrent than any other narcotic, i was under the assumption is was close to methadone which is also taken with ssri's.

As far as everyone saying this stuff wont help or im popping down to many pills let me explain, im not just tryin to get jacked here just have abundant cheap supplys and had a plan. In the day i tapper with norco or morphine, my doc being m and oxy. Well at night i started taking darvocet to help me sleep without taking more m or hydro. I was using the skelaxin to relax my legs and also help get some sleep. I figured id start the ssris while tappering so when im finally off the shit my mental state will be better. I started using clean for 6 years to help anxiety and depression i suffered from for a year straight, not the smartest choice bt whats done is done... i figured in the long run the lexapro would be benaficial to keep the heightend emotions down and get through the post acute stuff... had no clue darvocet put me at risk for seratonin syndrome, i was acually only using the darvs cuz i was scared ultram would cause ss.
 
x_fizzler said:
I had no idea darvocet was diffrent than any other narcotic, i was under the assumption is was close to methadone which is also taken with ssri's.
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lol darvocet is nothing like methadone. Methadone is used to maintain heroin addicts and other opiate users with very high tolerances while I could take a high dose of darvocet and not feel a damn thing and my tolerance isn't really shit compared to others on here. Seriously, darvocet sucks and if you can catch a buzz on that weak shit you're probably not gonna have very severe withdrawals.

I don't know why you want to be taking SSRI's. It sounds like it isn't under a doctor's supervision, which it really should be. Lexapro isn't gonna get you high and it sounds like it's just exasperating your withdrawal symptoms and/or giving you some bad side effects.

Just get some clonidine, immodium, a benzo, and some weed and ride it out. Skip on the anti-depressants unless you're actually depressed AND taking it under the guidance of a doctor.
 
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