Do SSRI's ( Prosac, Paxil, Celexa, Lexapro, and others) make you hot natured?

[raccoon]

I don't mean hot flashes, I mean you're hotter ALL the time. You feel the heat more than the non-SSRI-consuming
person. When other people are wearing light jackets, you're OK in a T-shirt.

Your experience?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. I have had that experience.

I tend to feel a bit warmer and I certainly overheat much easier than I did pre-SSRI.

[Bluerthanblue]

2. yes.

very much so.

[LeftinOH]

3. Come to think of it.. yes! n/t

[get the red out]

4. Thankfully

I was EXTREMELY cold natured before and now I can actually survive the winter. My Sister has terrible overheating problems though because she didn't start out as naturally cold as me.

[smirkymonkey]

5. Not for me - I'm usually freezing when others are warm or even hot.

and I also take thyroid meds for my hypothyroidism. Maybe I'm anemic or something.

[Brickbat]

6. I never had that problem when I was on one.

[Odin2005]

7. I take Paxil and notice no difference.

I hate hot weather and hated it before I started taking Paxil. I'm a cool-weather person, 50s and 60s are ideal.

[matt819]

8. Nope. (nt)

[kenny blankenship]

9. I've seen people I know are on those drugs look 'flushed'

which might explain feeling hotter.

Just a casual observation, not backed with any scientific method or anything.

[teddy51]

10. Yes they do, especially Paxil and Effexor but Lexapro not so much. I was on Paxil for

about 3 1/2 years and I was hot all the time. Paxil is very bad news by the way, and there are a number of Class Action Law Suits. I am on Lexapro, and have been for about 2 years, really like it because it takes care of Panic attacks and Claustrophobia.

Both Paxil and Effexor are a bitch to get off of as well. I used to get sparks (electric like sparks) from Paxil.

Law Suit Info:

http://lawsuits.lawinfo.com/Paxil/index.html

http://www.paxillawsuits2012.com/

http://mypaxillawsuit.org/

And on and on they go.

And to be clear Paxil is not the only SSRI drug that has ongoing lawsuits.

[rox63]

11. I've been on several SSRIs, and didn't notice a heat difference

Currently on Effexor. I had the 'sparks' (or 'brain shivers', as I've heard them called) mentioned above, they are unpleasant. Happens if you miss a dose, or are even a few hours late.

[spockeye]

12. In prison...

if you take any of these drugs, you aren't allowed to go outside if the temperature is high. They call them Hot Meds.

[madokie]

13. When I first started going to the VA for medical care

The doc tried to put me on paxil. In my infinite wisdom I only took 1/2 of a pill and let me tell you something. I've never in my life felt like I did for the next three days. My skin felt like it was crawling, I had involuntary body movements, could not sit still, could not hold a thought. I told my doc that if he ever gave me something like that again I'd choke him to within an inch of his life. I was pissed and when I think about it I'm still pissed about it. When I see someone that is taking one of the ssri I see them with some of the same side effects I experienced. like the involuntary body movements and clouded thoughts. doc said I was allergic to them and I said good now make damn sure that is in my medical records so I won't be given something like this again.
SSRI's should be illegal if you want to know what I think. I feel for anyone who takes them. Maybe it doesn't do to others as it did me but I've known a few who were taking them and they seemed to have the same tics as I did.

I have anxiety and have my whole life and it was like pulling teeth to get them to give me something for that but SSRI's they would give me all I wanted if I'd wanted any. Sorry shit if you ask me.

As you can see I'm still pretty upset about all this. Sorry bastids anyway

[teddy51]

14. I have not had any negative side effects from Lexapro other than being very tired for the first

two weeks I was on it. The good out ways the bad for me with these drugs though.

[madokie]

15. Thats great but for some of us they are a nightmare

[teddy51]

16. That's the other thing that I should have said, it depends on each individual with any

of these drugs.

[laundry_queen]

17. YES

Oh, god, I was on Celexa for YEARS. I was always hot, sweaty, miserable in the summer. Good thing I lived in northern Canada.

I went off Celexa (found out the problem was a spouse who was a narcissist/asshole and not my mental health) and it took me 2 years to stop being constantly frozen. I was wearing fleece sweaters at 85 degrees, LOL. Now I'm adjusted and comfortable most of the time.

[LadyHawkAZ]

18. Took Zoloft for two years

It didn't make me noticeably hotter, but I was also undiagnosed hypothyroid and always ran a little cold.