Posted by Prefect on September 4, 2012, at 19:36:22
In reply to Re: THE MONSTER HAS AWAKENED... » Prefect, posted by phidippus on September 3, 2012, at 22:37:52
Eric,
I appreciate the advice very much.
Actually my life had been great until this happened, no stresses at all. This is the only source of my stress. And it wouldn't have happened if I hadn't been arrogant enough to think 50mg of Luvox I've taken for 7 years got nothing on my hard-earned-coping-skills! But boy was I wrong. I've been back on 50mg for 4 days and I can already tell the difference. All I have now is managable fear when I'm out reclaiming all the territory I took 7 years to gain and 3 weeks to lose...Last 3 weeks what I felt was close to madness, odd thoughts, severe loneliness, thinking I'm about to lose control...And be launched out of this earth into space and nobody would be able to grab me. Try explaining that to someone who's not in your head...
The craziest thing is normal life stresses don't phase me much, let alone cause me to have a relapse. I deal with them in a pretty calm and collected fashion and must say I'm pretty successful in most of what I do. This is the first relapse I've had since I've had the condition, and it's the first time I dropped below 50mg.
Which is why I wonder if I may have a chemical problem. I've developed newfound respect for Luvox when only last month I suspected it might be freeloading off my hard earned success and just giving me GIRD. I looked up the technical material you wrote on Luvox and it was still over my head. Perhaps my behavioral approach is the reason I can manage on only 50mg, and I hope this dose will do for a long long time.
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