Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 15, 2009, at 21:22:36
Hello all,
This merry-go-round...arggghh. I've been told by new doc to lower fluoxetine over a week's time so that I can start pristiq. My OCD, racing thoughts, and anxiety are through the roof. I am also having paranoid thoughts, I think. I keep telling myself bad things (is this the intrusive thoughts of OCD?), like "you're crazy," or "she's crazy," (about myself--now I'm having intrusive thoughts in the third person) or "slut"--it's like tourette's but internal. I have internal tourette's. I'm imagining all these paranoid scenarios that are so crazy and so irrational I'm afraid to actually say what I'm thinking. Am I having a dopamine surge from coming off fluoxetine?God almighty, is Pristiq a bad idea? Fluoxetine worked imperfectly but at least I could tolerate it--and it worked. I am not hearing great things about Pristiq.
I have MDD, OCD, ADHD, PTSD, BP and maybe some other fricking thing.
I'm just not sure SNRIs are the right path. I took one dose of Effexor 10 years ago and felt like I was dying (flu, chills, eye dilation, etc.).
Thanks,
Amelia
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