Posted by R.Anne on October 19, 2000, at 19:19:54
I once was put on Luvox for OCD and it was the worst experience I've had with the prescribed "psychodrugs" (for lack of a better word right now). I could not sleep and was terrified constantly, hallucinated that I was seeing a man with an ax, had hemorraging. I kept taking it because I was desperate to be rid of the severe OCD symptoms. I would hold onto my comfortor and rock back and forth and pray until about 5 a.m every morning. My pdoc insisted it was the side effects were me and not the medicine! She told me to increase it and so I did and things became even worse. I do not have a mental illness that causes me to hallucinate. I called my pdoc again and she told me to increase the medicine. This time I insisted that she tell me how to get off of the medicine. I had been on it about a month. She told me to just quit taking it which I think was wrong because I had withdrawal that was rough, too. Shortly after this I discontinued seeing this doctor. She did not take me seriously. Now, I will not continue to take something that gives me bizarre side effects and psychosis. I just thought I would share this story and see if anyone can relate. It was plain awful!
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