Posted by Vincent_QC on November 28, 2009, at 22:36:13
In reply to Re: Luvox for PD and SAD (Long story), posted by bulldog2 on November 28, 2009, at 17:27:09
> I took it years ago at 50 mg. I'm med sensitive and it worked well at that dose and I found it the easiest to tolerate in terms of anxiety at that dose. so at 50 mg it worked for depression and anxiety. I've heard when you go over 100 mg it has sides like any ssri.
Hi !
Ok... but 50mg is a very low dose... I mean, to be effective at least for panic disorder, you need to take 150mg... that's what the PDoc say...I agree that some peoples need less med to have a good answer to med and an improvement of their problems... but 50mg seem to me like a very low dosage...
I was not med sensitive before my Parnate experience... always took the maximum dosage allowed for an AD's... especially the newer ones like the SSRI's and the SRNI's (Effexor-XR)... or even the Nardil or all the off-label meds like Lyrica or Neurontin... Never had fear of trying a new med before the parnate... Now, that's another story... since only a loud sound who will surprise me, will start a panic attack and make me anxious for 1 hour... i'm more then sensitive... i'm overreacting...
Maybe i'm suffering from too much benzo meds in my system... paradoxal effects??? Even if I decrease the amount of the Rivotril a lot since 2 weeks!!!
But what I fear the most it's the panic attacks that taking the med can trigger on me... Since I will take it a bedtime, I don't want to have insomnia and panic attacks for a long night!!!
What I hate the most about starting a new med when you have an uncontroled panic disorder problem is the fear of having side-effects... you always ending by having side-effects but in fact they are not caused by the med but by the anxiety !!! And that's so frustrating because I know all of this ... but I can't shut down my brains... they will start panic whatever I will think or do... that's so stupid...
I learn over the years to, at least, keep the same level of control over my fear of having fear, I mean panic attacks... I never was able to control my social phobia...I was able to control the panic attack and prevent them for years... but with time, all those tricks that you learn in therapy fade away... or stop working... that's another story but CBT is not doing miracles also... like meds who are not doing miracles also!!!
But thanks for sharing your experience... will maybe try it at the low dosage... will think about it... have to find a day where I will feel stronger and less anxious... I hope it will happen before I meet the PDoc the next 8 december...
For Phillipa... Hummm just read the side-effects list on a lot of website... you will see by yourself... fast pulse rate and hypertension as well as increase anxiety and worse panic attack are in the list... BUT the side-effects who are the most important are nausea for 37% of the peoples and headache!!! I can deal with the nausea... will eat less... can deal with the headache, since I already have it... but can't deal with the increase pulse rate of the increase anxiety... even if it's only in the begining of the treatment... i'm already overstress... I Can't imagine being more anxious... I will just run to the psychiatric emergency if that happen!!! And you know that it's the last place where I want to go !!! Trust me on that!
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