SSRI's and Marijuana

Does anyone know if smoking while on lexapro will have any terrible side effects from the combination of the two?

Peace.

 

not terrible...You might not even notice anythin...

it just rebounds the med though. Kinda blocks some of its beneficial effects...

 

hey i take lexapro and i smoke hellas havent noticed anything except like if i start to quit for a while the third day i start to get a little deppressed then its just gone the next day but that could just be me dont worry man youll be fine

 

thanks for the replies guys.

and to neongreen, did you ever get panic attacks from smoking before you started taking lexapro? and if you did, did it help eliminate them when you smoke?

 

i took lexapro before i smoked so i wouldnt know but before i smoked and before i took lexapro i got anxiety attacks like realy bad

 

oh and yes it elimanates the panic attacks all together

 

Hey, I was on Lexapro at a point and I didn't find any problems, I wouldn't reccomend drinking though. I used to suffer from panic and anxiety attacks and smoking usually always helped relieve me from the stress and make them go away.

 

Why would you not recommend drinking? I don't believe alcohol affects serotonin receptors and I don't recall my doc saying about it.

 

Ya, I wouldn't worry about it at all. Im on SSRI's and have been most of my life and have nevfer had a problem

 

ive tried two ssri's , cipralex and luvox, and drinking is really boring on em...you get the physical effects and the impaired mind but no euphoria at all...at least for me.

 

The reason you dont want to drink is bc alcohol affects dopamine a lot, and also serotonin if Im not mistaken. Drinking a lot can worsen depression or even create it. Trust me I know from personal experience several times. Also on SSRIs you get drunk as shit quick, headaches usually as soon as the alc really kicks in, and can basically reach highly toxic levels quicker. But hey, you can definitely still drink.

I know I did.

Just make sure you dont get too crazy at first and keep yourself in check.

As for smoking and SSRIs, there are no negative interactions. It changes the high a bit, some good some bad. Those drugs just about entirely eliminate your brains ability to become anxious (among other emotions), so obviously paranoia/anxiety from being too stoned is basically non existant. Ive experienced severe anxiety from drugs as well as sober, so I can sympathize. But pots a weird drug. It has definitely caused anxiety, but overall it reduces it and has taught me how to deal with it better in my mind, where it exists. So basically now I can mentally stop panic attacks, and use anxiety whenever it happens to realize what I should be focusing on in life. Drugs like speed just made me paranoid and anxious/edgy as fuck, but lacked the enlightening factors.

Good luck on your journey bro

 

btw been off the toxic pharmie drugs since august, and I feel free from them now.

Now its just good herb, lots of running and exercise, and social drinking. Ive never felt better.

 

Thanks for the support and information man.

And don't worry, I'm not a binge drinker anyways, never more than a six pack for me. So, I feel I'll be fine.

 

people who take psychiatric medicine are the ones who if anyone, shouldnt be smoking

 

Thats a pretty general statement bill.

 

yes it is

 

I think more along the lines of, people shouldnt take psychiatric drugs unless they are actually fucked up in the head, not just slightly depressed or anxious.

 

and what about the ones who do anyway? fools!