Question: Hi doctor,
In case you recall, I had asked you a question regarding my case a couple of months ago. However, I could not really follow up on your advice since my health took a turn for the worse recently. At the time I messaged you, I was under the process of tapering off levosulpiride, which I had been taking for about 8 years (with doses varying from 50-300 mg). The reason for the withdrawal was that the levosulpiride (I had been taking 75 mg for a while) had caused a decrease in my testosterone levels and an increase in my prolactin levels beyond what is normal.
However, since I completely stopped taking levosulpiride (Dec 26, 2016) I have been experiencing severe anxiety for apparently no reason. I am experiencing symptoms of nausea, dyspepsia, nervousness, palpitations, muscle tension, with a severity that makes it almost impossible for me to function normally.
The psychiatrist I am currently under has put me on sertraline and clonazepam to combat these symptoms; and bisopropol 2.5 mg for the palpitations/increased heart rate in consultation with a cardiologist. However, nothing really seems to be helping at the moment.
My main question is that, can levosulpiride withdrawal cause such severe symptoms (especially since I have been taking it for so long)? I am not finding much literature/information about this on the internet, and most of the doctors I ask say that it should not be affecting me, but I am really perplexed as to the cause of my severe anxiety symptoms. Keeping in mind that the dyspepsia, nausea and IBS symptoms have actually increased, I am wondering if the anxiety could also be a result of this?