Posted by Rahilka on October 21, 2013, at 11:27:30
In reply to Re: Augmenting Luvox/SSRIs in general...I'm a newbie!, posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 20, 2013, at 21:22:03
Thanks to everyone for your replies!
JoeF I have tried all of the other SSRIs and the one I was on the longest was Zoloft which I took for 8 years. I have tried two other times to go back on it and even at 12.5 mg it is so stimulating I cant keep still and it makes me feel absolutely insane. I could only hold on for a week the last time I tried to get on it. I dont know why it is so intolerable all of a sudden and I really wish it wouldnt give me such a hard time; it helped so much with my attention issues and brain fog :( Maybe the horrible anxiety would go away if I just stayed on it longer?
Also, what do you mean about Luvox being a strange drug? Is it that different than the other SSRIs?
Christ Empowered I have never heard of Focalin, but Ritalin I think might be a bad idea for me personally since ADD/ADHD medications make me so irritable. Of course, this could be different once I am fully ramped up on an antidepressant which prevents the anxiety
Phillipa I am so happy to hear that Luvox helped you so much and for so long! May I ask what you started taking it for? I have MDD, GAD, SAD, OCD, and BDD, and am essentially afraid of the world. I go to therapy too and I dont know if I dont express myself well enough or if my therapist doesnt think I am as bad as I am but we have had minimal results from it and I have been going since February of this year :/
Linkadge Thanks for commenting that Luvox is one of the most effective SSRIs. That made me feel better since today has already been really bad and its only 12:15 in the afternoon. Have you taken Luvox before? Why do you think it is so effective compared to the other SSRIs? I am worried that it is going to make me lazy and tired all the time.
Jono_in_Adelaide Thanks so much for the suggestions! When I see my doctor next after I am on a sufficient dose of this medicine I will ask about the Wellbutrin and the Atarax (never heard of the last one.)
Updatestill on 50 milligrams, I went to a friends house last night and although I felt less socially inhibited I also felt extremely ADD and distracted, I had trouble sitting still, paying attention, and my thoughts were racing really fast just like they are now. This med is definitely increasing my overall feeling of anxiety and making me feel forgetful and stupid. Then I got home and had nightmares all night, couldnt stop obsessing about this particular thing that is going on in my life right now (still cant stop getting the intrusive thoughts and am thinking of taking a klonopin,) and woke up jittery, heart pounding, and feeling extremely depressed and hopeless.
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