Posted by temoigneur on March 16, 2005, at 16:36:13
In reply to Re: Ed » temoigneur, posted by ed_uk on March 16, 2005, at 9:47:13
> Hi Ben!
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> I've been reading your posts :-) If your symptoms of OCD and anxiety are well controlled, is there any chance that you could decrease the clomipramine dose?
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> I know it's not easy, the thought of relapse is scary, I came of citalopram 60mg three months ago, I was taking it for OCD. Since I've been off the citalopram I feel less like a vegetable. I'm not suggesting that you come off clomip, just that a dose reduction might really help you.
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> Does caffeine increase your alertness during the day? It's best to take caffeine in the morning and early afternoon only, if you take it later you might not sleep!
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> Best regards,
> Ed.
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> Also, I think you said you were taking a lot of clonazepam. Now that you're on clomipramine, could you reduce the clonazepam dose?Thank you Ed, I've actually decreased the clomipramine from 200 to 125 over the past week, I feel a little more anxious, but it's better. I started on a regmine of multivatmins, that are purported in some to have various benificial factors, this is only my own doing, and observation of two mornings, but after a couple weeks on the pills now, i find myself more balanced, energetic and less depressed/anxious after I take the pills. Mind you I have no stress on me now, so it's hard to gauge how I'd be if I had to keep to a schedule, but we'll see.
A far as the clomipramine, I guess I could reduce it, I was holding my breath till a better anxiolytic came out, perhaps ocinaplon or pregabalin, I don't know the pregabalin seems to have 'pooped-out' for one of the posters, we'll see - anyway,
This week I'm going to he U.S. national anxiety disorder conference, so hopefully I get some info. there. All the bestBen
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