Seratonin + cea (Who here has taken Serzone?)

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On June 11th I am probably going to start taking an

antidepressant (probably Effexor). I read a couple of extremely

interesting articles about the possible role of Serotonin on

cea, but as a layperson much of it was over my head. (Which

is too bad, it was really neat stuff) Anyway according to one of

the articles, it seems like Serzone (by blocking 5-HT_2a) would

be the perfect choice for a possible cea treatment. But I've

never heard of it being used this way. The use of Effexor to

treat cea based on these articles seems to make less sense,

but this is the treatment that has been recommended by people on

here, and was mentioned in the study Matija posted the other day

about EM. So I'm not quite sure which one to try (and i'm sure

my psych will have no idea how either of 'em impacts cea)

Has anyone on this board taken Serzone for any reason? I'd love

to hear positive reports about how it helped someone's cea,

but I'd be even more curious to here if there's anyone out there

who took Serzone and did NOT see an improvement in their cea

flushing.

(I'm only depressed because of my cea, Im not interested in

taking an antidepressant that doesn't deal with the cea

aspect - not because I think there's anything wrong with

antidepressants but because no drug is going to make me feel more

comfortable about the painful flushing I get every day... it'd

just be another possible trigger)