Posted by johnnyj on February 24, 2007, at 9:43:19
Hello everyone:
Well, I just couldn't stand the lack of sleep anymore. I started luvox at a very, very small dose (12.5 mg) two nights ago. I am not on any other meds except allegy stuff. I have had ocd/anxiety issues and for the last few months I have had these ear worms (songs that play over and over in my head). It feels as if the front of my head, frontal cortex, is just too active and the normal sleep would not come. I have been fighting it with CBT, exercise, and diet and it just would not improve. Actually, I have felt a downturn the last few weeks and a fear I was starting to get too depressed. I am having so many muscle twitches due to lack of sleep it has started to concern me. They are better today and I have had times when I slept well they totally disappeared.
I have some questions for ssri users or past users and hope you can all help me.
1. First, I am troubled by the fact that ssri's seem to decrease dopamine. Is this true? If yes, what have people done to combat this? Exercise? Foods?
2. Do all ssris have start up issues? I have felt some stomach tension and it is soooo anoying. I don't need more anxiety and BENZO's depress me too much. I was on tranzene and even at small doses it was wrecking me and totally elimanating REM sleep.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Thank you
johnnyj
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