Posted by Prefect on November 27, 2012, at 20:03:14
In reply to Re: Re-instated dosage not working?! » Prefect, posted by SLS on November 27, 2012, at 7:09:35
Long storey short:
15 years ago - Suddenly (within a couple of weeks after contracting a mild brief case of hepatitis oversease) developed bizarre somatic symptoms (dizziness, memory problems, cognitive dysfunction extreme enough to make me homebound for about a year). Doctors suspected Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, put me on 25 mg Luvox to increase deep sleep. Luvox was chosen due to low side effect profile. I'm begining to suspect now those symptoms were likely severe anxiety symptoms and the diagnosis was likely incorrect.
7 years ago - Developed agoraphobia out of nowhere. I decided to raise my dose (no doctor involvement) to 50 mg and made myself tough it out and get outside again after 3 months of being a frightened hermit who didn't know what to make of this. Pretty much recovered after a year or so, pretty sucessfully. Travelled abroad, etc.
3.5 months ago - Began wondering if the subtheraputic dose of Luvox I've been on had anything to do with my amazing recovery lasting 7 years, rather than my own aggressive exposure regiment, so took 6 months to dose down to 37.5 mg and boom! Here I am.
2.5 months ago - Back to 50 mg, got worse.
1 month ago - Dosed up to 62.5 mg, still getting worse in certain aspects.
The odd thing is I'm getting better at going to places now, but lately have developed free floating anxiety during times when I'm not supposed to get anxious. I'm talking about palpitations that go on for 5-6 hours in settings that shouldn't make me anxious, without anything particular going on in my head. That's not like me. I only get anxious in places outside my routine, I never get bouts of random anxiety in response to no stimulus what so ever. This is very peculiar to me and I have no idea what to make of it.
Footnote: Anxiety runs in my family. When I tell my storey I realize I'm not one of those people who dabbles in depression or anxiety once in their life. I'm the real deal...
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