Hello,

I've titrated up to 300mg Luvox the past 3 months for hair pulling and anxiety. At first it was great- I even felt sort of a euphoria the first couple days but that passed quickly ..It has helped my anxiety and worrisome thoughts a ton but my picking is the same. As I upped the dose more, I now notice I'm clenching my jaws and grinding my teeth.

It hurts. A few days ago I went back down to 100mg Luvox and started 5 mg abilfiy to help with picking but I still feel the clenching. I'm not sure if the neurotransmission theories are correct, but I've heard that having ADHD means your dopamine levels are lower- that causes the symptoms..It made me realize that with the luvox and abilify I may be messing up my dopamine even more.
They say that low dopamine can cause teeth grinding and twiches. I've read articles about people with aDHD having trouble with picking too.

The books all say it's an OCD related disorder but this i'm not sure. Antipsychotics and antidepressants lower dopamine so I'm not sure if' I'm on the right regime..
I'm still grinding, but it's better since I lowered the luvox and take the small abilify dosage
I'm not sure if I need to be on an adult add med like Strattera and balance it out with a small dose of Luvox or another SSRI- I don't like the teeth grinding these seem to cause. I've heard that Buspar helps with that..

any advice, anyone have anything similar or something that works for them-