Posted by floatingbridge on July 25, 2011, at 2:27:40
In reply to Re: Addicted to luvox and Doesn't work what to do plea » crazyjoe, posted by Phillipa on July 24, 2011, at 21:58:09
Phillipa, I'm not certain you are addicted to Luvox. Just saying. Sounds to me that some doctors have made some pretty abrupt changes in your medication. That could be rough.
So once you were on 250mg of Luvox if I read you correctly? And the doc said you were 'catatonic'. Do you remember how you felt at 250mg?
Did you say some OCD symptoms and anxiety more than depression?
So now you are at about 50mg of Luvox. How would you feel about a trial of the next dosage level up? (I don't now how it's dosed. 75mg or 100mg.?)
When the new shrink I saw talked briefly about Luvox, he said it potentiated benzodiazepines, but that they were not contraindicated. I'm by no means a benzodiazepine pusher, but sounds like your brain is no longer chemically naive to them. Maybe a Luvox increase would help your low dose benzo work better.
Just seeing if I read you correctly. What would you say is your chief symptom at present?
Best wishes. Just thinking out loud here....
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