Do Not Combine SSRIs and Melatonin

[Schlocko]

Maybe all of you knew this already, but I’ve been doing it for months and I had a near-breakdown. Please take my advice, no one should go through what I just experienced.

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Good Information

I checked, and sure enough, there are multiple credible medical sites recommending against it.
Sorry you found out the hard way.
My dad had a similar experience. He was on a heart med & an oral diabetes medicine.
The diabetes got worse & je had a heart attack anyway. Bad enough that he needed quadruple bypass.
5 or 6 years after the heart attack & surgery, a study came out showing that if one was on both meds neither worked well. In fact, they were close to doing nothing at all.
Even the doctors didn't know. I always wondered how many people had the same outcome as my dad before they made the connection.

[John1956PA]

2. Thank you for the warning.

Prescribed serotonin re-uptake inhibitors are beneficial for some patients. I do not know anything about melatonin supplements. I am thinking that they are sold as over-the-counter products.

You have my best wishes for return to wellness.

[multigraincracker]

3. I have permanent tremors from taking them years ago.

If you need help try Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Backed by strong statistical evidence.

[WhiteTara]

4. OMG! I had no idea!

Thank you. My sweetie takes venlafaxine and was prescribed melatonin for sleep. I stopped giving it to him because he was able to sleep without it.

[applegrove]

5. Did not know that. Thanks.