Posted by Questionmark on April 9, 2003, at 1:36:08
In reply to Cipramil and Ecstasy?, posted by Aija on April 9, 2003, at 1:20:09
> Hi everyone,
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> I was prescribed Cipramil 20mg about 3 months ago to treat depression and social anxiety. I've had a pretty terrible time on it. I've continued to be depressed and anxious, but now I am always incredibly tired and hungry too.
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> I've been depressed for about 7 years and was always too scared to go to the doctor, so I self-medicated myself with drugs, mainly ecstasy. Recently I've had the opportunity to get my hands on some ecstasy but I'm worried about the possible side effects it could have with my SSRI.
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> Please - I don't want to hear your ethical concerns, and I already know the dangers of taking ecstasy on its own. I realise that it is dangerous to take ecstasy with MAOIs, but what about with my SSRI Cipramil?It doesn't matter. Ecstacy doesn't work when you're on an SSRI. Apparently it prevents prevents the E from going into the neuron and exerting its actions (through the reuptake transporter i take it). Of course, this is probably good anyway because if it could work as it normally does you could probably get a bad (fatal?) case of serotonin syndrome. Trust me though, you'll just be wasting your E (of course, maybe you should get rid of it anyway, i dont know). Good luck with everything though.
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