Med Switch- New Meds

[anxietycat]

Hello Gang- went to see my pdoc yesterday due to me thinking the Luvox was either not working or making things worse. This pass weekend I was in my 3rd week of Luvox and had crying fits, mood swings, and generally worsened depression. At first she thought of Zoloft, but since I had been on it before for like 3 months in 2007 and we couldn't remember why I got off it, she decided on Viibryd. She said it is great for depression because it combines both a seratonin uptake inhibitor and an antagonist similar to something buspar or abilify would do.

I took my first dose this morning and we'll see. No titrating off the Luvox, she just wanted to start me on the Viibryd pack. This always makes me nervous but I don't think the luvox could be in my system all that bad since I was only taking it for 3 weeks prior. Thoughts?

She also wrote me a rx for xanax since i've never tried it. She thinks it will be good when I get anxious in the few beginning weeks. She said to take half of a .25.

[anxietycat]

Sounds like you have a good pdoc. Good luck and best wishes! :)


thanks! i'm being cautiously optimistic. The luvox was just not working and as bad as I wanted it to work, it just wasn't.

I hope you have a good appt today- keep us updated!

[anxietycat]

This medication was awful- it gave me horrible anxiety and kept me up all night in and out of sleep even on Ambien AND seroquel. I had horrible dreams and could only sleep an hour at a time and would keep waking up. I stopped taking it this morning and went back to taking the Luvox. I called my pdoc yesterday and she didn't seem to think insomnia was a side effect. She acted kind of irritated and said to give it one more day, but I can't take it again. I took luvox instead this morning. ... I am honestly thinking about making an appt. with a new pdoc. What do you all think? I am feeling pretty discouraged and feel like i'm losing it and falling into a deeper hole. She also doesn't take my insurance, so every time i see her it's 125 dollars. Part of me wants to get off meds all together, but I know it's not a good time.

[anxietycat]

I only took it for 2 days ... how long do you all think it will take to be out of my system? I can't do another night of not sleeping well and the weird dreams.

[anxietycat]

after stopping the viibryd and going back to luvox i am feeling so much better. i slept more normally last night. that was truly an awful drug. i am going to give the luvox a little more time since I do have pure OCD and it's supposed to be one of the best for it. I am surprised my pdoc didn't want to up the dosage though instead of just wanting to switch me to viibryd? that makes me kind of mad thinking about it. should i just take the 100mg as normally until I see her in March or call and ask about a dosage increase?

[anxietycat]

I ended up calling her on Monday and she said to increase the dosage to 150 after a week. Started that today. Here's to hoping it works well for me !

[anxietycat]

Nice! Hope it goes smoothly for ya! :) Good luck!

Thanks. Even my psychologist who's in partnership with mup doc said the med switch was a bad choice ... We'll see if this increase helps