Klonopin, Abilify, Luvox

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I have OCD, Anxiety, and depression. My pdoc raised my Luvox to 300 mg's for about 2 weeks now. With Luvox it seems to work then fizzles out, then seems to work again, and fizzle out. Before trying a new AD my pdoc wants me to try going to 300 mg to really see if we should consider a change. He also augmented it with a very low dose of Abilify. I started taking Abilify at 1/2 pill of .5 mg for 1 week. Then increased to a whole pill. Worked great at first, but then started to make me feel like I have ants in my pants and anxiety went back up. Of course it could just be in my head. So now my pdoc told me to decrease the Abilify back to 1/2 pill and started me up on Klonopin - very low dose. I am very hesitant to take it because this class of drug is habit forming. The doc has reassured me over and over it is okay, especially considering the low dose I am on. I started taking it Saturday night. Does it take a while for it to kick in? My pdoc said to increase it to 1 whole pill after a week once we know how my body adjusts. I'm sticking with Luvox for at least another 5-6 weeks to see how it works at the 300 therapeutic dose, but I may have to change. Then of course I read all the side effects of Klonopin - and it makes me nervous, again my doctor tells me to stop reading them because they put every little ailment possible. Even if a person in studies had these ailments in no relation to the drug they still put it on the label. Oyyyy, I could go on forever here. I'm so sad that my Luvox isn't working for my OCD - it is suppose to be the best. Any feedback is appreciated.:wave::angel:
 
Yes, I started it on Saturday. It is now Wednesday. I'm taking .5 total every day and may go up. Overall, I feel okay, but makes my eyes feel a little droopy. Again, this could just be because I am tired - I'm always tired. It's hard to decipher whether side effects are caused by the drug or your making them up yourself because you read about them.
 
klonapin starts working in about 1 hour and is safe and helpful for sensible people

its risky for people with an addictive type personality, but these seldom are anxiety sufferers
 
I have been on .5mg of klonopin for about 5 weeks and am now starting to taper off of it. Yesterday I took 1/2 of the .5mg in the morning and 1/4 of it in the evening. I will continue that for another few days and then cut a bit more. I do have an addictive personality, but I can say the med has helped my anxiety greatly.:angel:
 
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