Posted by klein on April 27, 2014, at 6:41:02
In reply to Re: About SSRI-induced apathy » klein, posted by Phillipa on April 26, 2014, at 20:41:07
> No I was young just 24 when started benzos for sheer panic attacks. At the time miltown was also used so I also took miltown with 5mg of valium TID. Also drank three beers at night. I cold turkeyed the miltown after about a year didn't need it. The doc at the time was open mouthed as hadn't had any withdrawal. But I didn't. Had three small children and had no problem caring for them. Was a home room mother, drove kids to after school activities, also had an aerobic dance business, and started RN school. Which I ended up graduating magna c*m Laude. During school I never ever drank a drop of alcohol. Only took a 5mg valium if I was in school and the stress was extremely high. When started working I completely stopped benzos. Had no need for them as was happy. As for drinking I would drink 3-4 beers after work as worked 3-11 shift in hospital. I would sleep soundly, wake and get to exercise, run errands whatever needed to be done. Then one day the SSRI's came out and a doc suggested I try Prozac. It raised my anxiety so high that by day three I was in panic mode which hadn't happened since the years ago when started taking benzos. flushed the Prozac down the toilet and in three days was back to normal. Then someone said that you could have seizures if you stopped benzos cold turkey which I had done many times prior. Now take lower doses none during the day. My nemesis is the darned luvox. Something in that med will not allow me to sleep even if take high doses of benzos. One doc said take 8mg of Ativan. I didn't sleep for 2 weeks. So returned to 25mg of luvox and then l0mg of valium and night slept soundly . Oh by then had been off all forms of alcohol for many years. Explain this to me please. Phillipa
Well, I have no real explanations, lol, but I can sure relate. My mental health problems started with Prozac. I 20 and feeling anxious, so my GP put me on Prozac 20mg. He never warned of of its potentially severe side effects. By day 10, I was being carted to the ER on a nightly basis (sometimes twice a day) because I felt like I was dying. I'd never even heard of panic attacks before.
Why is Luvox your nemesis if it's helping? Luvox inhibits a bunch of enzymes, even though you're only on Valium 10mg your blood levels of diazepam and whatever metabolites you're getting are probably higher than the norm.
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