After trying all we had, lorazapam, encouragement talking, deep breathing, we had to make another trip to the ER. The ER doc, Dr. Spencer, asked a couple of questions, saw the meds he was taking and said, it looks like serotonin syndrome. WHAT? What is that? He explained that too much serotonin can cause the symptoms we were seeing. A name, this thing has a name! And Bob was right, he could not control it!! They gave him a 2mg of adivan and the shaking stopped. Blood work was done at the previous visit and this time they did a few other tests.
Bob's psychiatrist was in the hospital and after she had a look at him stated, it is not serotonin syndrome. What?? No, I'm sorry, this now has a name and I'm sticking with it! But I listened. She encouraged Bob to stay positive and keep taking the prescribed meds. Home we went.
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