Well i went to a psychiatrist today and in keeping with the blog truthfulness i thought I'd tell you all what i am being prescribed.
So first off, for years I've been on 90 mg of Cymbalta. I was told by Idiot Psych Doc that i may be on too high a dose and he put me on 70. There is no 70mg pill so i ended up with a 30mg and two 20mg. Which is why i dropped myself down to 60mg. Easier. Anyway, as I've said before, i don't like Cymbalta. It's a fine SSRI and it keeps my anxiety "stable" however, it clouds my mind, i find myself tripping over my own words, and my mind just isn't what it was. I've wanted to be off of it for a while but i just haven't for a lot of reasons.
So today i was instructed to drop my Cymbalta to 30mg for the next two weeks and then go off completly. I'm also going to start Luvox at 50mg twice a day for two weeks and then up to 100mg twice a day.
I'd never heard of Luvox ( or it's wonderfully cheap generic form fluvoxamine ), so i did a little research. It's still an SSRI which partilly concerns me since i have tried every other SSRI and got only so-so results. This also reassures me a little because i know SSRIs at least do target some of the anxiety. What seems to make Luvox stand out is that it was developed and intended for OCD and social anxiety.
It gives me some hope that maybe it will target more of the OCD than all the others have but it's kind of hard to be optimistic at this point when so many haven't helped.
And on the anxious side, any new meds make me nervous. Side effects are a HUGE concern for me. Dizziness and such really freak me out so those are always in the back of my mind. Added to that, these pills are HUGE. Ok, not "HUGE" but for someone who has trouble taking tylenol and advil because of the size, these pills are a little freaky. I plan on starting in the morning so wish me luck all!
