Antidepressants and herbal remedies?

Question

currently on citalopram for depression and last week took some herbal sleeping tablets (Kalms). Do these not work together as i had a bad week this week??

Answer 1

do not mix herbal meds with your doc meds.  St johns Wort caused problems with mine and I will not tell you,    

Answer 2

I've been looking and there's no studies about interaction between SSRI's (Citalopram pharmaceutical family) and Valerian, Hops or Gentian (Kalms active ingredients), but there's still a chance that they really interact, so I guess it's best to ask to your physician for a different treatment for your sleep problems...

Answer 3

I took Kalms when I was on anti-depressants with no problems.  May be an idea to talk to the pharmacist though - they are trained in the way different products work together so may be able to give you more of an idea of what the problem might be.

Answer 4

Usually it is not recomended to be on prescription medication and on herb.  Why doing you ask your doctor for a prescription sleeping medication?  That way you would be sure there are no interactions.

Answer 5

I certainly would not have mix the two.   What were you  trying to do to yourself?

I can't even have a small glass of wine, without getting a terrible headache.  

You need not to mess around with anything except water when you are on an antidepressant.