Re: Will my Celexa cause a positive ETG?

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see liver metabolized with a long half life so up-regulation is possible causing false positive. Tapering discontinuig or not taking till you know you will not have to test for that day are all good strategies people have used. Please discuss with your MD decide what is best for you... All the best,dogtree34 <dogtree34@...> wrote: I am taking Celexa 20mg/day. If

I take this in the morning and drinkplenty of water throughout day this would decrease my chance at havinga false/positive ETG???I have given up almost all restaurant foods, except like fries/bakedpotato, steamed veggies plain. I am really focusing on everything put into and on my body. I drink 2Liters of water a day. Any comments regarding Celexa for me???

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Robin, is Wellbutrin the same story? How about Prozac? I thought I

read somewhere that diluting urine by drinking lots of water won't

really affect ETG, is that true? Anyway, I know in California the BRN

will treat " dilute " urines--ie, anyone hydrated!--as a positive test,

so it's useless to do so anyway. Will waiting to take a med after you

test really help? I mean, supposedly you took it the day before, and

the day before that, etc..

Thanks for letting me pick your brains--mine is empty

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KEEP THE FAITH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eva

> I am taking Celexa 20mg/day. If I take this in the

morning and drink

> plenty of water throughout day this would decrease my chance at

having

> a false/positive ETG???

>

> I have given up almost all restaurant foods, except like fries/baked

> potato, steamed veggies plain.

>

> I am really focusing on everything put into and on my body. I drink

2

> Liters of water a day.

>

> Any comments regarding Celexa for me???

>

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Thank you, Robin; the wellbutrin metabolism is hepatic with a half

life of about 20 hours, so one could conceivably work around that.

However, Prozac, also hepatic, has a half life of 3-5 days. How in

the world does one work around that? (Rhetorical, Robin, I don't

expect you to have the answers I'm afraid of going off my

antidepressants, I've seen too many people relapse doing that. I

can't even ask my doctor for help, because like most people, she

doesn't even know what ETG is. Good God I am scared now!! I need to

start seriously looking at a new career!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Keeping (barely) the Faith~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eva

> > I am taking Celexa 20mg/day. If I take this in the

> morning and drink

> > plenty of water throughout day this would decrease my chance at

> having

> > a false/positive ETG???

> >

> > I have given up almost all restaurant foods, except like

fries/baked

> > potato, steamed veggies plain.

> >

> > I am really focusing on everything put into and on my body. I

drink

> 2

> > Liters of water a day.

> >

> > Any comments regarding Celexa for me???

> >

>

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I'm an athlete (and nurse), and drinking too much water is where *I*

got into trouble...they started considering my low creatnine

levels " positive " screens. As a result, for the remaining three years

in Diversion, I went into a permanent state of dehydration. Whereas,

my motto--and that of my fellow athletes--when asked, " How's your

urine? " (by our coach), was to respond " Clear and flowing,

thankyouverymuch " ...while in Diversion, my response became " Dark,

concentrated and barely dripping. " Sad, but true.

I " graduated " back in January, however, I swear I have some sort of

Post Traumatic Stress going on over how much I had to obsess about my

food & water intake...and, now that I'm a bonafide member again of

the " clear and flowing " club, I still feel some sick sense of guilt

every time I unscrew the cap on my water bottle.

Hang in there, friends...I'm pullin' for you :-)

KayJay

>

> I am taking Celexa 20mg/day. If I take this in the morning and drink

> plenty of water throughout day this would decrease my chance at having

> a false/positive ETG???

>

> I have given up almost all restaurant foods, except like fries/baked

> potato, steamed veggies plain.

>

> I am really focusing on everything put into and on my body. I drink 2

> Liters of water a day.

>

> Any comments regarding Celexa for me???

>