5-HTP, Paxil and things you do not want to try!

Hello,

Few days ago I have started taking Seroxat(Paxil) again. Before that I was taking 5-HTP(100 mg/day). And before that was my first time with Seroxat…Anyway - I have fresh comparison so I can tell that drugs like Paxil work MUCH different than 5-HTP. I do take now 2.5 mg/day(!small) and it works. And it works much different and stronger than 5-HTP. I am not sure if you can use 5-HTP instead of Paxil, however I must admit I felt better after 5-HTP(no anxiety). Maybe because now I still have ‘kick-in’ period with Paxil and it sucks like hell! This time it is worse than first time-I know now why there have been suicidal attempts while taking Paxil/Seroxat.

Interesting observation…despite the fact that I do take only 2.5mg a day it works good. Yesterday I took one dosage of AOL(arginine, ornithine, lysine) and god! I wish I did not take it! I felt like after ecstasy, everything was ‘scary’ I felt anxiety all the time, my heart was beating like crazy today. I was almost to start ‘crying’ because of how stupid idea it was to start taking Paxil again. It looks likes one of the AOL components makes Paxil work very strong and strange, like on ecstasy. DO NOT DO IT AT HOME!

Few hours ago I took Cialis as my GF was to come to me(in the end she could not come). I do not know if it is Clialis or AOL not working anymore but I feel ‘normal’ again. My mind is ‘clear’, my heart is not going crazy ‘in techno rhythm’ as before. Interesting.

Do you know anyone who took Viagra while taking Paxil or other similar drug? I am wondering if there is any danger while taking those drugs together. After Viagra I often have headache and my face ‘feels red’ and I do not want to make it worse with Paxil

I don’t have any personal experience, but I found this article. It is long, but you should find it interesting: http://www.rxli st.com/cgi/gene … ic/parox_ad.htm

Thanks. Many good information. However nothing about Viagra. Frankly I can not find any info about Paxil+Viagra even with Google. From what I have read on many medical sites it seems like there is no reason this combination should be avoided…Cialis worked OK with Paxil and it seems that C is very similar to V in chemical structure

With your symptoms, why does it even matter? Don’t you think you should just stop the Paxil?

No. Maybe I did not make myself clear enough. Those symptoms are ‘OK’ This is what you get in first 5-10 days of using Paxil. Brain has to ‘get used to it’. After that period Paxil does not induce such reactions. My problem was that I took AOL in order to ‘sleep better’(AOL increases GH a bit and makes sleeping better)…although I slept better the next day was very BAD…even before I went to bed I started to feel higher levels of serotonin like after ecstasy.

DO NOT TAKE ‘AOL’ WITH PAXIL! ;)

But this is gone. Today after 20 hours I feel ‘normal’. Getting back to my question - is Viagra + Paxil OK? Anybody heard about problems with this combination ?

I’ve been on paxil for awhile now and have taken viagra with it - no problems what so ever.

I’m on 20mg/day of paxil, and have taken 50mgs of viagra many times and like I said no problems at all!

Thanks!