Would prozac work to suppress a trip?

[awkwardchild]

Im prescribed prozac for social anxiety. i think ill be doing shrooms fairly soon. i heard that SSRI's wont allow the full effects of psychs? so i was planning on not taking any prozac for 1 week prior to the trip.

but i was wondering if things started to get really bad on the trip, would i be able to take some prozac to suppress the trip? or do i need xanax or valium for that

 

[Issac Sinclair]

You can just use alcohol if you don't have anti anxiety pills.

 

[awkwardchild]

so alcohol would more or less have the same effect as xanax in suppressing a trip?

 

[Chazzout]

From my experience it helps a bit, but not as much as a benzo would.

Edit: Alcohol, I mean.

 

[saeis]

taking an SSRI would probably make your trip worse, and is a risk for serotonin syndrome. I'd advise against taking it during your trip and it's a good idea to stop taking it a week beforehand.

 

[Roger&Me]

You can just use alcohol if you don't have anti anxiety pills.

Not good advice. Alcohol changes the effects of psychedelics but doesn't diminish them; in some cases it can make things much worse. Its best to administer 10-20mg of valium, iff the trip gets out of control. Prozac won't have an effect on the trip if taken acutely like that.

taking an SSRI would probably make your trip worse, and is a risk for serotonin syndrome.

It is not a risk for serotonin syndrome. Psychedelics are partial agonists at certain serotonin receptor subtypes, there is no risk for serotonin syndrome even when combined with a reuptake inhibitor because psychedelics aren't monoamine releasers.

 

[Survived Abortion]

You can still trip hardcore whilst on SSRIs and SNRIs. I was on venlafaxine (effexor) for years, and I had some insane trips during that time.

It may somewhat alter the nature of the trip, but the intensity is usually not that much different.