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Posted 4/10/2007 6:17 PM (GMT 0)
 Hey Porridge

Finally got around to putting up number 3 here lol

I took long enough EH

Hoping you see this and post here hun

I am so proud of you and what you have done tongue

I have learnt much from you as well       

 Hoping we do see Jaymay here as well and / or anyone else on the journey with this med and what it has or is doing for them

Look back thru the last 2 threads and see the great journey of at first "up" and " downs" and now on second one ( thread ) the good that has all come about with you and your hard work

I believe these threads are very important in showing ppl IT can be done and you have helped so many including self .........I would like to see them continue ......Asset and Inspirational for sure IMO 

Keep posting my friend and I will be here to reply ........ yeah .

Stay srong

 

Posted 4/13/2007 6:10 AM (GMT 0)
Here I am Lyn

Making great progress. Up to 250 mgs. of Luvox. I am able to spend most of the day "Talking a leap of faith" from not obsessing about thoughts creating anxiety. It's a willingness to live with uncertainty. That's the key to getting out of OCD rut. My only difficulty is when the side effects hit me in the evening. Sometimes intense agitation that can cut through the small amounts of Klonopin I take in the evening. However, when you know it's just side effects no biggee.

You wanna hear something funny? Tonight when I was getting the agitation I was obsessing whether the phenomenon of anxiety is true. Even though I know it happens to me do I believe it is a real phenomenon? Meaning other people have the same thing happen to them. How can one read this forum and not get that? Shows you how silly OCD thoughts can be. Do other people have scary thoughts that create anxiety? Anyhow, all is well.

David
Posted 4/13/2007 12:10 PM (GMT 0)
David
I do have those kind of scary thoughts but like you I know it is my a/p playing games and ya know I am tired of playing lol

I am so pleased you are doing so good

Keep up the great job and keep posting
Like I said you have helped ME out more than you know

Luvs
Lyn
Posted 4/17/2007 7:04 AM (GMT 0)
Great day with CBT Doc. We are making great progress. Luvox seems to be dealing me fewer side effects too. Coming well.
Posted 4/17/2007 10:34 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Dave for keeping me in the loop
I am so happy this is all coming together for you
You do deserve it my friend
Posted 4/19/2007 5:52 AM (GMT 0)
Lyn

Have you picked up "Brain Lock" yet? I can't recommend it highly enough.

Today was rough with agitation. But, feel great now. I told the CBT doc I can't wait until this Luvox kicks in. It's been 13 days on 250 mgs. 300 mgs is max dose. OCD requires high doses. If Pdoc isnsists I will go to 300 mgs. However, I don't see where another 50 mgs can make that much difference.

The CBT doc + "Brain Lock" is an awesome combination.

Best,
David
Posted 4/19/2007 8:33 PM (GMT 0)
Yes dave have picked "Brainlock " up and will be reading it as soon as I get Cait to Toronto Saturday so actually start Sunday ..........
I think the 50 mg increase just might help I know it doesnt sound like much at all but I would go for it if Doc says to as well

I am having a real hard time too right now with cait leaving for a month for the page program in Toronto.....never been away from me for that long ever.......I know I will be lonely BUT at least I will have the book to read and here to come to ........

Take care my friend next week we should be able to compare notes or thoughts on "Brainlock"

Be well
Posted 4/21/2007 5:00 AM (GMT 0)
Lyn

Hope everything goes well in Toronto, eh.
Did I mention my Ex Wife is from Toronto? Met her in Florida when I lived there in 1980. We were divorced two years later. No muss no fuss. I still love Canadians. She was great. We just didn't belong together.

Anyhow, happily married now for 17 years. Got it right this time.

Pretty much status quo. Plenty of progress. Still some very strong agitation. I don't take as much Klonopin as I should. Prescribed 1.5 mgs. per day. I usually take .50 never more than 1 mg.

You will appreciate "Brain Lock."
Posted 4/23/2007 3:37 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Dave
After dropping Cait off I had the ole tummy rumblings and pains that go with and finally got home and into bed spent my whole yesterday in bed with self pulled up in fetal position my crohns is really adcting up prolly the stress

I am going to start reading" Brain Lock " tomorrow just got on to answer a few threads and head to doc's
I am the same as you with the meds I dont overdue as if it comes down to it and you ( anyone) did then they would not have same effect......IMO
Hoping to yak tomorrow .....
Take care and glad you Finally found the " love of your life"
Posted 4/24/2007 5:32 AM (GMT 0)
Lyn
Sorry about the Crohns. My niece is afflicted with it. Only 19 yrs old. Had to quit school for the semester.

I went ahead and jumped from 250-300 mgs of Luvox. I see the doc in ten days and I already know he would up it then so i got a head start. This after 16 days at 250 mgs. Feel great today. I think Luvox and I are going to have a nice long relationship.

Hope you feel better soon.

Best
David
Posted 4/24/2007 8:31 PM (GMT 0)
David
I am so happy for you
Crohns is a horrid disease I feel so bad for your niece being so young at least I was able to do much living before I was DX with this horrid DD
Keep me posted on the doc's visit please I will be on and off all week.......
Have just started to read "Brain Lock"
Be well
LYN
Posted 4/25/2007 5:19 AM (GMT 0)
So far so good with the Luvox. Feel better and i didn't expect that at all.
Sometimes it's tough to put into action everything I have learned. However, CBT Doc says OCD is alway hard. But, for the most part, making great progress.

Best
David
Posted 4/25/2007 1:37 PM (GMT 0)
I agree the OCD is a hard nut to crack but I am learning too lol.......
Pretty sad when you lay in bed and a whole list of "DID I's" go thru your head all night long
That was back then .....I am alot better now though

I am so pleased you share your progress David I am not the only one that reads I do the most communicating but I think thats cuz we are so alike lol
Be well my friend be well
Posted 4/26/2007 4:25 AM (GMT 0)
Lyn
Glad to see things are better for you.
Here too. I seem to be tolerating the increased dosage well. All seems to be working for the best. In fact, i notice less agitation. Not more.
CBT is hard work, but worth the effort. be well my friend.

Best
David
Posted 4/27/2007 1:46 PM (GMT 0)
Hi my friend ......
I was glad to see you posted........
I go for day surgury today I have a sore in my insides and they have to go in and cauterize it so I will be away today and hopefully I will be okay to post to you over the wknd
Started Brain Lock
Thanks so much for the recommendation

Be well my friend and I am happy the meds are working for you
Talk soon
Luvs
Lyn
Posted 5/1/2007 4:53 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck Lyn. You are in my prayers.
I am doing great. better all the time. Some rough days from side effects, but that's getting less and less.
You will appreciate "Brain Lock."
Posted 5/1/2007 3:49 PM (GMT 0)
Hi
I am appreciating so much ALREADY and I devour books believe me this is the best thing you could have suggessted for me
Like 2 peas in A pod we are lol

THanks my friend for your thoughts and prayers so much appreciated as well

Glad you are still doig so great and seems better everyday

Be well
Stay Strong and know I am thinking bout you
Blessings
Your friend
LYN
Posted 5/3/2007 5:57 AM (GMT 0)
Lyn

Others got me to read "Brain Lock." So don't give me any credit. It's a very popular and effective book. I actually put a picture of the devil over my desk to represent the OCD chemical messages.

The Luvox seems to be great, albeit with plenty of side effects. CBT doc is fabulous. We use the book in the program. With Pure O we call it a leap of faith and not "refocus" which is better utilized by those with compulsions.
Posted 5/4/2007 4:51 PM (GMT 0)
WEll you told me about it so I do appreciate it ....
I am so glad to hear you are doing so great and have a fantastic doc by the sounds of it
be well and take care
Am reading Brain Lock A liitle more later have read some but I like to make sure it SINKS in ya know so I double check .......what I have read

be well my friend be well
Posted 5/6/2007 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
How you doing my friend
Hoping you have had a great wknd and all is well let me know okay
Luvs
LYN
Posted 5/7/2007 4:36 AM (GMT 0)
Doing well Lyn
Tonight a lot of side effect agitation, add to that a paradoxical effect from the Klonopin and you have quite the recipe for anxiety. However, i am so far along with CBT and awareness of the drug side effect routine I see right through the anxiety and know I'm right on track.

Hope all is well on your end.
Posted 5/7/2007 10:50 PM (GMT 0)
Kudos to you for being able to do that '

I am SO pleased to have you post YOUR SUCCESS it means the world to me ......
I believe we can all do something / anything to battle this DD .......you have proven it and me I fight the fight everyday
Missing cait and not too well but I will be okay
Just tired out with all goings on ...lol
Family and other stuff

Be well my friend

YOU HAVE MADE MY DAYYYYYYYYYYY

Luvs ya
Lyn
Posted 5/8/2007 6:11 AM (GMT 0)
Great day!
CBT Doc. Making great progress. Only light side effects from Luvox. Feelin great. We will probbably be moving soon. That will pump up the stress levels.
Posted 5/9/2007 12:37 AM (GMT 0)
Happy for you my friend I did too sat in the sun and now a nice brown color lol
Not good for the CD n meds BUT it is good for the PG
UV rays actually heal the sores faster

Danged if I do or danged if I dont lol ....GT ...........love it

Keep me posted on how you are doing
Luvs
Your friend
Lyn
Posted 5/9/2007 6:23 AM (GMT 0)
Lyn
Well. learned today the move is on. It's going to get hectic around here.
Everything great today. Not that much agitation and great CBT use.
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