[Sha3]

Hi there. I'm interested in hearing anyone's experiences with Luvox if they have tried it. I don't have an official diagnosis of whatever exact mental illness I have, but we know for sure I've got some type of anxiety. I've got really severe ADD so I take Vyvanse to help with that, which definitely worsens my anxiety and makes me paranoid. My anxiety manifests mostly in social situations, but the worries caused in these situations are certainly irrational and obsessive. I can pretty much link anything to social situations so I end up just pretty much worrying about anything, so we don't really know whether I've got Social Anxiety, OCD, or GAD (or somehow all of them or something?). They also believe I may have mild to moderate depression. My doctor and psychiatrist think that although this is a drug primarily for OCD (I don't know if they are completely aware of how often I get OCD symptoms) it should really help me.

I started 25 mg of Luvox Saturday night, so I have taken it only twice now. I know that's a fairly low dose, but I'm only 100 lbs and so I think even a lower dose might still be effective on me. This drug is also apparently used more often in children, so that could also mean that it isn't working much at all yet since I am 17.

Saturday night I had a rough time at work and was panicking for seemingly no reason and started getting my normal worries about my boyfriend possibly being mad at me (he never gets mad at me but I get anxious and angry nonetheless) followed by an intense numbness and heavy of heart feeling. I then went home and took my first half-pill.

I am guilty of being heavily influenced by the power of suggestion, but I am as well (for the most part) capable of stepping outside of that to look at what I am experiencing. The first night I experienced (whether it was actually the drug or my thoughts) drowsiness, dizziness (just when I sneezed), ringing in the ears (I think I get this with other drowsy meds as well), relaxation and well-being, an apparent change in circulation, difficulty getting to sleep, and perhaps slight hallucinations. My mom thinks I was imagining the circulation thing or that it was just a coincidence because I normally have a very low blood pressure. The difficulty sleeping might have been caused by me taking my ADD pill (Vyvanse) quite late in the day (4 pm), but I think I did fall asleep for a bit before being awake again at 4 am (it lasts 12 hours). The apparent hallucinations are probably nothing to worry about at all and are probably just a result of over straining my eyes and over analysis. I often see rainbow or red dots and lines when I close my eyes for some reason, which is normal according to my nurse mother. I think because I was drowsy I was so out of it that I ended up convincing myself I was seeing more psychedelic images and therefore causing a short panic. As for the relaxation and well-being, that too might have been the power of suggestion, but I was able to recover well from work and talk about sad things without feeling sad.

One thing I am really wondering about is earworms: this is when you get songs stuck in your head. I tend to get songs or lines from movies or videos stuck in my head all the time, so this is normal. However, when I was trying to sleep, I had six different songs stuck in my head and they were very aggressive and preventing me from sleep. My ADD pills were still on board then, and those pills typically make me less OCD. I've had nights like this before but I don't think it's ever been that bad.

Now it's time to talk about last night. Yesterday I took my ADD pils at 12pm (so it wore off around midnight) and Luvox probably wore off at 4. I had two cans of coke between 5 and 6 but I don't believe that was the problem here. At 11 I took another Luvox which made me less drowsy. I was sleepy for a while but I don't think I ever fell asleep. I became more awake as I was pay attention to the songs in my head (3 or 4 this time, less organized, sometimes one had three parts playing at once). I ended up being awake all night. It's possible I slept half an hour or so but I don't think so. The songs were stuck in my head all night. I stayed home from school because when I tried to talk to my mom I was shaking and crying from exhaustion and I was beginning to get nervous (as I lay awake both nights I wasn't anxious really). I ended up sleeping 3 hours before I was woken up to go to an interview. I believe I have had another song stuck in my head since I woke up.

So, basically, my question is, has anyone experienced this? Is this normal? Do you think I am one of the rare cases where Luvox makes my OCD worse, or is it probably not even affecting me that much yet? And what should I do about the insomnia?

Thank you!

[handheart]

Well i dont try this me but i would sugest you and dont know if you help you to much.
Autosugestion its very powerful because you can touch subconstient .And anxiety problems i can guarantee you that are hidden in the subconstient mind .Use pozitive afirmation before you sleep and imediatly before you wake up because the subconstient its very active and also make in the day ,dont focus so much on anxiety problem ,i know its hard but if you focus to much you will give her more power .good luck to you and be happy

[Sha3]

Originally Posted by handheart

Well i dont try this me but i would sugest you and dont know if you help you to much.
Autosugestion its very powerful because you can touch subconstient .And anxiety problems i can guarantee you that are hidden in the subconstient mind .Use pozitive afirmation before you sleep and imediatly before you wake up because the subconstient its very active and also make in the day ,dont focus so much on anxiety problem ,i know its hard but if you focus to much you will give her more power .good luck to you and be happy

I realize now I think I was overanalyzing and overreacting. I know the power of suggestion can do good things but I always forget, so it's good to have you remind me to think positive thoughts about the meds helping me. Thank you!