Posted by g_g_g_unit on December 20, 2011, at 20:04:15
I'd still been feeling crazy anxious on 20mg of Lexapro, despite two weeks having passed. So I decided to investigate confounding factors. I'm completely off stimulants (caffeine, dexedrine, nicotine), so no problems there.
Then I decide to google the anti-histamine I've been taking at night, Vallergan Forte, and notice its metabolite is the basis for a lot of anti-psychotics and that known adverse side-effects include agitation. I could've sworn I felt better following the one night I forgot to take it. So last night I experimented by not taking it and, hey presto! I'm back so my super-anhedonic, flat, demotivated but non-anxious state on Lexapro.
I then take my morning Valium dose (5mg) and notice that once again I'm feeling slight heart-fluttering, a little more nervous. I know the chances are slim, but is it possible I might be having a paradoxical reaction to Valium as well? (And please no comments from Phidippus declaring me a hypochrondriac). I know that 10mg induced outright anxiolysis, but things have been more murky with this 5mg dose. Is there a potential dose-curve where 5mg could be causing a paradoxical reaction that 10mg does not? Just would be curious to hear from someone who knows - ed_uk, are you out there? - so I can least rationally observe things over the next few days.
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