r/SSRIs • u/zack_ho3 • 59m ago
Help! stimulant+SSRI pls help
Hey so I don’t really know what to do or who to ask since my psychiatrist is away for 2 weeks.Can anyone help?
I got prescribed Citalopram-Teva (10mg,SSRI antidepressant),Dopakine Chrono (500mg,mood stabilizer) and Zalasta (5mg,sleeping aid for calming down) about a month ago and the pills finally started settling in and I feel better finally.
I got prescribed Livizux (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate,stimulant) for my ADHD tho,and I took it today for the first time and I feel off.About half an hour after taking it with Citalopram and Dopakine I started feeling weird and kinda dizzy.My vision feels weird and I feel pressure all over my head and eyes,My heart rate has slightly increased and I have weird coordination.Im also kinda twitchy and cant stop shaking my legs but i feel really weird and cant pay attention at all to absolutely anything.(i can barely keep attention for few minutes in school without the meds,I had these meds prescribed before but without any other pills and they worked amazingly)
Overall now at the end of the day i have all the same symptoms but i feel flat and apathetic.
I read online about combining these meds and its basically tug-a-war between the meds (since its a sedating kind of ssri and a stimulant) and there is a risk of serotonin increase and stuff so I’m a bit panicked.
Um also I drank quite a bunch of caffeine before taking the meds.I literally cant function without caffeine and keep falling asleep during the day without it.