Posted by saturn on July 22, 2006, at 10:27:51
In reply to Re: what is my problem, posted by linkadge on July 21, 2006, at 21:08:49
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> It would be interesting what a Serotonin Transporter Allele testing would reveal. Perhaps you poses the SS varient of the serotonin tranporter. Do SSRI's give you noticable GI disturbances?Hi Link. I've never heard of this variant. I'll have to look into it...thanks for the suggestion. Is this variant involved in any psychiatric pathology? I don't recall having any GI disturbances. Admittedly, however, this occured a few years ago and it could be possible that the chest pain could have overshadowed any concurrent GI problems.
I had taken prozac approximately two years prior to the zoloft and don't recall any GI problems then either. I do recall it made my heart race a bit...I specifically recall mentioning this to my doc but it was nothing like my reaction to zoloft or stims...it may have caused some chest discomfort also but again nothing on par w/ zoloft or stims.
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> Serotonin is involved in cardiac function. There is a theory that too much serotonin may adversly affect the heart.
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> Perhaps too, it may be due to an acute or "start up" anxiety effect that some people experience on the SSRI's.Unfortunately, this was way beyond that :(
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