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Sarafem

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kaciemarie Contributor
kaciemarie
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Hi,

Does anyone know if Sarafem is gluten free? It is used to treat PMDD.

Thanks!

Kacie

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DDloves Newbie
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Hi,

I don't know but I have PMDD as well....have you found out anything yet?

ravenwoodglass Mentor
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I don't know if this is gluten free but I do know that is a form of prozac. Be very careful if you do decide to use this product. Celiacs can have some very unexpected effects from this type of med. Both of my children have taken this product and one started cutting and became suicidal and the other became clearly psychotic and would have taken others along with him when he killed himself. Fortunately he was hospitalized at the time and the doctors got him off it very quickly.

Before you start a psychotropic drug for PMDD I hope you will give the diet a good try for at least a few months and add a sublingual B12 to your vitamins. Many of us see the severe PMDD problems resolve once we have been gluten-free for a bit. My DS and I had severe life constraining depression and anxiety that have lifted totally gluten-free. The only time we have any issues any longer are if glutened.

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