Correction: Do not take aspirin with Dramamine as a serious reaction could occur. Always consult a physian bring starting or stopping any medicne. For potential drug interactions for any medicine
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While using St. John's Wort will provide many of the sought for benefits in SSRIs, you should start a regime until you are at least mostly weaned from the Luvox (or any SSRI). Try using valerian root (whole herb or standardized) as a replacement until you can take the St John's Wort.
You can find them both at any major pharmacy, but specialized health food stores will probably get you some better quality. If you are trying to stop, here are some tips for minimizing your discomfort: Talk to your doctor. No one should adjust his meds on his own. Just because you feel better doesn't mean your depression is gone for good. Remission from depression isn't just a reduction of symptoms, it means a wholehearted return to your normal activities.
Don't quit cold turkey. Drugmakers recommend tapering off SSRIs (and always under a doctor's care). The rules for tapering vary depending on the dose and drug you're taking. (If you're taking Prozac, you can find information about tapering at Prozac.com.)
But your doctor will probably suggest cutting your dose by 25 to 50 percent at first. If you tolerate this reduction for two or four weeks, ask your doctor if you can reduce further.
If you begin to experience unbearable withdrawal symptoms, talk to your physician about temporarily upping your dose a bit, says Nada Stotland, vice president of the American Psychiatric Association. Look out for relapse. Withdrawal symptoms appear shortly after antidepressants are stopped; depression develops slowly, over months.
Keep a list in your mind of what your depression felt like and make a resolution to go to your doctor if you feel it's returning.
Dr. Matthew Rudorfer, from the National Institute of Mental Health, has successfully helped many of his patients to stop taking SSRIs. And though they often experience withdrawal symptoms, he uses small, incremental changes in dosage to ease the transition.
And he's quick to add that the risk of not treating depression is far greater than the risk of potential adverse effects. These pills can help you break out of the depression trap, but you don't have to feel trapped by them, either.