Hi all

If you take antidepressants, have you had problems w/reflux and/or vomiting (not PBing) that seem to be correlated w/ when you take your antidepressants? I'd love to provide my doctors with an sense of how often this occurs -- or if it just happens to a very lucky few.

Thanks!

This is an interesting question. My doc just put me on Luvox (similar to prozac/zoloft) to stop PBing, nausea, vomiting, etc. He said the drugs work by changing the nerve impulses between the stomach and brain. I thought it was just tricyclics (Elavil, Sinequan, etc.) that did that but my thoughts were incorrect.

I'm not sure my anxiety meds are fine but, I'm still waiting fr my wellbutrin to get here once I start taking it I'll post. I had to switch to regualr so I could crush them.

I take Lexipro and don't have reflux. Not yet anyway!

I take the controlled release Wellbutrin, and I have not had a problem

When I was on prozac about 4 years ago I had terrible heartburn all the time, especially if I took them on an empty stomach. To be fair though once I went over a BMi of 35 I had reflux all the time too!

NIna x

I take Wellbutrin WL, Selexa, and Topamax. I was banded early Sept 2006 and had no problem with acid reflux until this June. I think this might have been kicked off by an overfill. :phanvan

I take the controlled release Wellbutrin, and I have not had a problem

Same here

Hi all

If you take antidepressants, have you had problems w/reflux and/or vomiting (not PBing) that seem to be correlated w/ when you take your antidepressants? I'd love to provide my doctors with an sense of how often this occurs -- or if it just happens to a very lucky few.

Thanks!

WHAT IS PBing????

i take lexapro , no problems

MIstyone, I take lexapro too.

No problems there.

I haven't had any panic attack since my operation. I don't know if it's due to not drinking caffeine anymore.

It's funny you should mention this. My sister's husband has had terrible trouble with vomiting and taking his anti-depressant. I am also on anti-depressants for a neurological dysfunction and migraine and do have reflux, but I think that is just from being overweight. Hopefully it is a thing of the past!

My dietician told me I would have to open up my 2 x Prozac and let them dissolve in water before I took them. I thought that Prozac was slow release so I am a bit concerned.

Whenever mood disorder I take Endep medication. This medication is class of tricyclic antidepressants. Amitriptyline relieves anxiety and tension, increases energy level and so on. Slowly return back to normal.

Whenever mood disorder I take Endep medication. This medication is class of tricyclic antidepressants. Amitriptyline relieves anxiety and tension, increases energy level and so on. Slowly return back to normal.

I've been on amitriptyline for about 5 years now and I never had any problems until after a fill this last April.

About 15 minutes after taking them, I start to puke violently! Now my band is so tight, it is physically impossible to puke so I dry heave! Its so painful and it makes me cry!

My surgeon swears its not the band because its not getting 'stuck' and my primary doc has been trying all sorts of anti nausea pills to stop the dry heaving. None have helped at all, so after much discussion with my surgeon and doc, we think I may be taking too high a dose now that I've lost 80 pounds and may be overdosing!

I'm slowly decreasing my dosage, but have to use anti nausea suppositories until we can figure this out. I hate suppositories! ...but then who likes 'em, huh?? :biggrin:

Lowering the dosage of course, brings on withdrawal from the amiltriptyline and is so hard on me. The withdrawal causes dizziness, drowsiness and lethargy. I am so tired I dont want to do anything! Getting my big butt up every morning just to get to work is an ordeal! Granted, I'm not sad, so it doesnt feel like depression, i'm just so sleepy! They say its my neural transmitters that dont know how to work on their own and it will pass. In the mean time, I dont exercise. I find it hard to even do simple chores when I get home from work. ugh

I dread taking my pills at night, but they have been the only med that has actually helped with my depression. I'm just hoping this is the answer and I can get back to my life and this nightmare will be over!