I'm relatively new to this but I've read enough to know that it's a bad idea to mix plants containing MAOIs with the SSRIs that I'm currently on. Sertraline (Zoloft) 100mg daily for anxiety, depression and PTSD. I've been taking it for almost 18 months. In the long term I want to get off Zoloft. I recently tried (doctors idea) to reduce my dosage but that didn't end well.
I have trouble sleeping, getting to sleep.
I don't feel like myself at all. I can feel the medication not allowing me to feel as down or depressed, but more so I can feel it dulling any happiness I experience.
My question relates to plant helpers. Which medicines can be safely taken with SSRI medication, that would aid in treating depression and anxiety?
I am open to pretty much anything, but prefer something that I could grow at home here on the Mid North Coast NSW?
MAOI/SSRI interaction advice please
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Hi,
I'm relatively new to this but I've read enough to know that it's a bad idea to mix plants containing MAOIs with the SSRIs that I'm currently on. Sertraline (Zoloft) 100mg daily for anxiety, depression and PTSD. I've been taking it for almost 18 months. In the long term I want to get off Zoloft. I recently tried (doctors idea) to reduce my dosage but that didn't end well.
I have trouble sleeping, getting to sleep.
I don't feel like myself at all. I can feel the medication not allowing me to feel as down or depressed, but more so I can feel it dulling any happiness I experience.
My question relates to plant helpers. Which medicines can be safely taken with SSRI medication, that would aid in treating depression and anxiety?
I am open to pretty much anything, but prefer something that I could grow at home here on the Mid North Coast NSW?
Thanks in advance for your help.