Question: I am concerned about my general health due to an antidepressant I am taking for OCD called Luvox; if not for this worry, I would want to continue taking it.

I am experiencing lower back pain that has been diagnosed as muscle spasms or lumbungo by my family doctor.

My tongue feels somewhat numb.

I have had a cold for about 3 weeks and have already been treated with antibiotics in case of infection but a lingering running nose and cough continues though it seems to be slowly getting better.

My family doctor did a urine test and found that all levels were normal except my ketones which he marked at his highest level on the uranalysis chart. He said this was due to the fact that I had only had very little food today. He said my glucose or whatever the sugar part of the urine test was normal.

The last wrinkle in all this is that I discontinued my luvox cold turkey from 300 mg to 0 for about 3 days because I was worried that the flank pain was due to the luvox and I was feeling better from psychotherapy and prayer (and without realizing it; the luvox was helping me too because I got obsessive again). I did take one 100 mg dose somewhere in there over the three days of not taking the medicine at the behest of my mother and did resume normal dosing today 10/30 at the request of my family doctor. This is the same day that he did the urine test.

So I guess I'm just wanting your oppinion if I should go back and get a liver blood test or anything like that due to putting my body through stopping the drug cold turkey like that or even due to taking this drug for two months at the level indicated below or should I simply try to stop worrying. I know you can't really diagnose over the net and that ultimately this is up to me to decide. I just would love any insight and appreciate any help.

Does my medication affect ketones because my GP said that I had very high ketones, glucose was ok, and that I was dehydrated on a urine test which is odd because I had drank a lot of water that day. He thought the high ketones were because I had not eaten very much food that day. But it seems I feel sick often and have increased cravings for sugar.