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Australia

Serotonin Syndrome/ chronic long term high serotonin cause of anxiety and illness.

April 8, 2026ยทยท
I am wondering if anyone else has experienced several episodes of high serotonin? After nearly dying from the last episode in February, my husband and I finally worked out that all the suffering over the last few years was from chronically high serotonin. After stopping paroxetine for a while to get rid of excess serotonin, I never felt better. This lead me down the rabbit hole of researching chronic high serotonin and the effect on our brains. It seems serotonin is not the happy thing we thought it was. Very few people realise this. I am yet to meet someone who discovered that their brains absolutely hate serotonin like mine...I get enough from daily life and SSRis were making me sick. That on top of taking pain medication tipped me over the edge, leading to 4 years of constant agitation and anxiety. I honestly thought I was dying of something, and spent years researching every possible autoimmune disease I could have. What a waste of time. Serotonin was making me sick,

Paxil โ€” 2.5 โ€” 24 years โ€” reinstated | Mirtazapine โ€” 15mg โ€” 3 โ€” reinstated | Valium โ€” 2.5 โ€” 7 months โ€” actively tapering | without clinician
Also tapering Tapentadol and dexamphetamine

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Catina
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Catina5mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
"It seems serotonin is not the happy thing we thought it was." โ€” @Lost summer
This is true! Have you read this article by Brooke Siem about what serotonin actually does in the body? It's very eye-opening! https://brookesiem.substack.com/p/155-heres-what-serotonin-actually

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

โ€œYour brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.โ€

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

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LighthousePaxil ยท reinstated
I found Georgi Dinkov on Utube. He literally saved my life. I tell everyone I know to listen to him. It's not just serotonin...Estrogen is terrible too. This man isn't even in the medical, pharmacology, neuroscience field, and he is literally the most intelligent person I have ever listened too.

Paxil โ€” 2.5 โ€” 24 years โ€” reinstated | Mirtazapine โ€” 15mg โ€” 3 โ€” reinstated | Valium โ€” 2.5 โ€” 7 months โ€” actively tapering | without clinician
Also tapering Tapentadol and dexamphetamine

Catina
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Catina5mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
"I found Georgi Dinkov on Utube. He literally saved my life. I tell everyone I know to listen to him. It's not just serotonin...Estrogen is terrible too. This man isn't even in the medical, pharmacology, neuroscience field, and he is literally the most intelligent person I have..." โ€” @Lost summer
Good to know. I'll check him out. ๐Ÿ‘

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg

โ€œYour brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.โ€

Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.

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