dancesintherain Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I heard back from my NP about the sexual side effects drug and the concern with the two options is seratonin syndrome. i was surprised because I don’t think of m rx profile as being particularly heavy on seratonin. Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikl_pls Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 What sexual side effect drug are you taking? You don't even have an SSRI in your cocktail... I mean, lithium is serotonergic, but the risk of serotonin syndrome with other meds is very unlikely (combining with SSRIs, etc.) Your AAPs do in some ways enhance serotonin release, but not to the extent that could cause serotonin syndrome I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 It would either be campergaline or bromocriptine. that was my reaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikl_pls Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 32 minutes ago, dancesintherain said: It would either be campergaline or bromocriptine. that was my reaction Those are dopamine agonists... 😕 That makes no sense at all. I mean, they do agonize some serotonin receptors but not very prominently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) I wrote back to her and explained my confusion (basically if I can't take a predominantly dopamine agonist when I'm not on a strongly seratonergic drug for AAP-induced sexual dysfunction, who ever can). We'll see how she replies. Edited February 8, 2020 by dancesintherain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 she mentioned continuing to look to herbs and other options and I just wanted to say "look I trust the FDA-approved drug a lot more than some herb" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 So in case you wanted the full explanation - the risk category for the combination is a C - monitor therapy the lithium is the one that's triggering the serotonin aspect the issue is its effect on ergot derivatives (in this case, bromocriptine and cabergoline) Because the risk is serotonin syndrome, my NP was only willing to go forward with my pdoc's approval There's a summary from a database that she gathered the information from. it looks legit. My pdoc's take on the matter is that once we stabilize my lithium dose, she's willing to try it and just monitor for serotonin syndrome. The scary part is that a lot of the red flags for serotonin syndrome are red flags for my mental health generally, regardless of SS (e.g., cognitive aspects, etc.). So I'm going to have to read up on SS. Which will hopefully not scare me from taking the drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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