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What Causes Vomiting, Anxiety And Palpitations After Taking Antidepressants?

Posted on Fri, 18 Dec 2015

Question: Hi
I am having anti dreppesant tablet while having it it feels like vomiting fast heart beat and feeling heavy what shall i do to cure it

Answered by Dr. Chintan Solanki (40 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Which tablet have you taken

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thanks for writing to us. I can understand your concern.

Vomiting, anxiety and palpitations are common side effects of antidepressant medicines specifically SSRI.
Either you can stop the drug or can take anti Vomiting and anti anxiety drugs to curtail side effects until you get adapted to drug.

Let me know which drug are you taking, since when and in which dose?

I will be happy to help further after your response.

Regards,
Dr. Chintan Solanki.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Chintan Solanki (5 minutes later)

Thanks for your answer
M taking escitalopram 10mg tablet now its been 2weeks as doctor told me to have only 5mg for 2weeks and than 10mg.

Answered by Dr. Chintan Solanki (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You can take pentoprazole and domperidone

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for information.
Escitalopram can cause such side effects. They are not much severe. Person gets adapted and bacomes tolerant to side effects in a week.

For a while you can take pentoprazole and domperidone combination before taking Escitalopram and take Escitalopram with food. After 5 days stop pentoprazole and domperidone and see that side effects are there or not. If they persist, please ask your doctor to change the medicine.

Feel free to discuss further.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar