Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | anti-depressant, Luvox, Lactulose, Gas X Dilema

Hi.
I have posted before, but I need some advice as this is critical.
I need to be on an SSRI at a big dosage, because of my OCD tendancies.
This the medical drugs, the only kind, that can do the job.

The problem is, there are only three options.
1) Celexia
2) Lexapro
3) Luvox

All of the other SSRI are unavailbe for reasons we don't need to explore.

Celexia caused me to be so restless, I could not sleep.
Luvox worked fine at 50 mgs, but when raised to 100 mgs I had noticably more C, Gas, and for the first time in a long while, d.

I have these two options, Celexia or Luvox.
That's all, because Lexapro is the same as Celexia.

I have spoken with my dr.
He told me that all medications have side effects, that my C problem SHOULD go away in a couple months with Luvox.
However, he wrote me a prescirption for Lactulose in case in didn't.

I want to know if any of you have had this experience, and what you can recommend.
I obviously want to treat my anxiety and OCD, not only because it would make things calmer for me, but it can help IBS.
Contrarly, I do not want to unbalance the pendulum, helping one at the expense of the other.
Nothing will frustrate me like being C or having bad IBS with all the time and dieting I have put into this.

I want to know
1) Should I go with Luvox?
-Will the C go away, normally within a month

If I do go with option 1
1a-Should I take Lactulose?
The dr. said being lactose intolerant would be irrevelant, because it is meant not to be digested
1b-Should I take Natural Calm instead?
1c-Should I take Gas-X.
1d-Should I take Lactulose or Natural Calm and Gas-X

OR

2) Take Celexia

if (2)
-Is there anything which can take care of the restlessness and not cause C?
-Most things designed to sedate cause C, and thus this would undermine the whole purpose of Celexia.
This is not to mention I am already on 50 mg of Luvox and thus it would set back the medication treatment.
Thanks.

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