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What Do You Suggest For Sleeping Issues With Depression,DID,PTSD And OCD When On Luvox?

Hi. I suffer from DID, PTSD, OCD and a few other things. I was just put on Luvox for helping with the OCD and sleeping. However, I have been on it for 3 weeks and I am wondering about side effects. I have been having great difficulty sleeping (I use to take trazadone and lamictal, now I am also taking klonopin as well as vistiril). I have a significant decrease in appetite, suicidal thoughts (with plan...as always, right?), I have acted on dangerous impulses - though I do not know if this is a DID symptom. My depression is not better and I almost think that at times it has gotten worse. My energy level is poor, but that could also be because I am having a terribly difficult time sleeping...sometimes it is less then 4 hours. After several days of this, it is hard to know what is real. My balance seems to be off at times, though again, this could be a symptom of something other. Sometimes I feel like I have a fever though that could be from anything. Often it feels like my hear will pop out of my chest and it incredibly hard to breath...but this is probably anxiety. These symptoms are new. I guess the ones that I am most worried about are the maintaining the suicidal/ wanting to hurt myself thoughts. And the sleeping. I am not sure how much longer I can keep this up. I am not working at this time...taking time off for me to get myself together. Will these go away in time? Are these something I should worry about? I am also concerned about the large decrease in appetite.
Tue, 11 Feb 2014
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I would suggest to increase the dose to 300mg of Luvox and lemictal ,Mirtazapine for sleep problem and appetite, , klonopin 1 mg sos if anxiety is worse .I would suggest behavior therapy as well, I hope you should be better in 4-6 months. I suggest you to screen your self for ADHD on scales available on internet. this is how I would have treated a person with similar complaints.
DR SAATIISH JHUNTRRAA
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What Do You Suggest For Sleeping Issues With Depression,DID,PTSD And OCD When On Luvox?

Hello I would suggest to increase the dose to 300mg of Luvox and lemictal ,Mirtazapine for sleep problem and appetite, , klonopin 1 mg sos if anxiety is worse .I would suggest behavior therapy as well, I hope you should be better in 4-6 months. I suggest you to screen your self for ADHD on scales available on internet. this is how I would have treated a person with similar complaints. DR SAATIISH JHUNTRRAA