Posted by Confused2 on January 7, 2011, at 14:52:18
The background: I was was suffering from ongoing insomnia and my doctor suggested i go on Luvox. In search of a therapeutic dose/effect I got up to 150mg. Turns out i was extremely tired all the time felt terrible and symptoms of my ADD was out of control not to mention my insomnia got worse.
I have been tapering off for the last 4 months and have gotten all the way down to 10mgs, 5mg in the morning and 5mg in the evening. I purchased a scale and began to compound my own medicine.
The Question: If I were to stop taking the luvox altogether at the possibility of negative reactions would a simple single dose alleviate many of the negative symptoms?The story: As you know I am weaning myself off of luvox and have found myself very perceptible to the withdrawal symptoms. I realize from a pharmacokinetics standpoint I should have washout within three days and after that it is largely just the brain trying to find equilibrium; which may take days, weeks or months
The reason I am asking about this is I have a dream interview setup for a company on the 17th and I would like to be fully present for the interview. Normally I would suggest someone in my position to stabilize their dose and not ater anything until after wards however, I feel the effects of the drug even at this extremely low dose have a tremendous effect on my functioning. Yesterday an hour before my second dose I was in an extremely good mood, I was goofing around , singing along to music while reading research articles. This is the first time I remember feeling like I had any energy what so ever in a year or more. This was in stark contrast to just ten minutes after taking my 5mg evening dose, after which the usual irritable, extremely fatigued disposition was found; I tried to pick up the research article I was reading just minutes before and found myself rereading sentences and trying to find my place as the sentences seemed to blur before giving up. I just laid on the couch instead. But even with a complete lack of any resemblance of energy I didnt sleep a minute last night, just laid there.
*First, this seems to indicate that the luvox has very potent physiologic effects for me at just 5mgs. *Second these physiologic effects are most certainly maladaptive.
It would seem logical that my functioning under the withdrawal conditions may actually be favorable than that of tapering. If I were to run into an instance were I felt differently, could I theoretically just take a dose and be back to the alternative stupor?
Worst of all I am currently in grad school and am in need of finishing my thesis.
Thanks for any input!
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