LUVOX Reviews (FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE)Average Rating: 3.2 (319 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LUVOX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LUVOX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | anxiety, ocd | At first, dryness of mouth and sleepiness. Seemed to go away after a few weeks. | My anxiety was always accompanied by constant plaguing irrational thoughts. Luvox was the only SSRI that seemed to deal with both the anxiety attacks and pretty much entirely remove the obsessive thoughts that fed the anxiety. It has been an incredible blessing. | M | 8 years | 1/6/2007 | 5 | DEPRESSION | SLEEPINESS | BEST SSRI ON THE MARKET !!!! | M | 8 years | 12/9/2004 | 4 | | 2/25/2005 | 3 | | 12/26/2001 | 3 | | 1/21/2005 | 3 | depression/anxiety/slight ocd | The first two months were great and even life changing but after that I felt tired All the time- had no energy and Very strange and vivid dreams/nightmares. Tried to go off of it/reduce it a few months later and felt extremely strange; "brain zaps"/dizziness, tingling in my arms and mouth, sweaty and Could Not concentrate. | All medicine has some sort of horrible side effect I am now on herbal remedies for all of my previous disorders (my sister is an herbalist). If you're having side effects like me take Skullcap to help you get off of it. I drink it as a tea morning and night and it really helps with addiction as well as depression and it is natural so no hideous chemical side effects. | F | 5 months | 8/20/2009 | 3 | | 12/22/2004 | 2 | OCD | Increased anxiety, drowsiness some days, insomnia others, when drowsy a sense of "detachment" | I wanted this to work so badly. Saw all the glowing reports from fellow OCD sufferers. No go. I was taking Prozac for 17 years before it pooped out. Tried Lexapro and now Luvox with little luck. I seem not to be able to handle high doses needed for OCD. | M | 4 months | 5/28/2007 | 1 | ocd | excessive hyperactivity in my 6 year old son | 30 days | 11/3/2001 | 4 | OCD, Generalised Anxiety | None | My 8 year old daughter has been prescribed Luvox by psychiatrist. She has 50mg at bed time but we about to increase dosage to 100mg. Sleeps throughout the night (first time ever)and has 'lovely dreams'. Definitely less anxious and less obsessive. Stopped pulling out her hair. Generally getting on better with everyone at home. BUT she has become quite destructive. Started doing things like cutting up my bed linen and her clothes, drawing on furniture with kokhis. This is not normal behaviour for an 8 year old. Could Luvox be having this effect ? She is not a naughty child just extremely anxious and obsessive. Anyone had a similar experience or any ideas ? | F | 8 | 3 weeks | 12/3/2009 | 2 | OCD | increased anxiety, hostility, constipation, headaches | Luvox worked for a while but then seemed to just stop helping my daughter. Now we have all these new symptoms and the OCD running wild with NO relief. They say she needs to increase. I am VERY hesitant. Been taking for over one yr. Are there any other young children having these same issues? Please help! | F | 8 | | 5/1/2008 | 5 | OCD anxiety | Sweating | F | 11 | 4 years | 7/28/2012 | 1 | Social Anxiety | Memory loss, loss of focus, could only think of the thing I was seeing at the moment or doing at the moment. Nausea became a side effect as long as increased pulse for no reason. | I was given this during a visit to a hospital, which later, decided that they would just drop it off cold turkey though it is advised to slow dosages down slowly. I suffered withdrawal side effects for up to two weeks. Not good medicine for younger patients. | F | 12 | 9 days 2.5 1X day | 2/28/2012 | 5 | ocd | At first I had no side effects but later acquired bed wetting and drowsiness. | I told my psychiatrist and he gave me medicine to stop the side effects he gave me medicine which stopped it i am now off the side effect medicine and doing great.(still taking luvox) i am extremely afraid of germs, to the point that i would wash my hands raw and bloody, and that is not the worst of it. now if you met me you would have no idea i have ocd. i got it through the tradegy of my grandpa dying when i was seven and i take 150 mlg a day. :) <3 | F | 13 | 6 years | 2/26/2007 | 1 | OCD | Hallucinations, Insomnia, Agitation | I'm allergic to this. I had to go to some program that didn't even help, but it was all because of this damn Luvox! I still have bad memories of this, 5 years later. | M | 14 | 7 months 1X day | 7/5/2011 | 1 | Severe Depression | Aggression, Nausea | I went from a shy polite girl who loved animals to kicking my dogs and swearing when I saw them. I also kicked a hole through our kitchen wall for god knows why? I felt nauseous for the entire 5 weeks and was just so angry at the whole world. I felt withdrawn and sad becasue of the depression before starting Luvox so it wasn't the disease that was making me aggressive, it was this horrible drug. I have now been on effexor for 7 years and haven't looked back. You have to find the drug that is compatable with the patient. | F | 14 | 5 weeks ? 1X day | 8/19/2011 | 1 | Depression | I took it when I was I think in 5th grade. At first it seemed to help, then it started having the opposite affect. I started crying more frequently and at one point almost committed suicide, then my sister walked into the room and I didn't do anything, which is why I am still alive today. Now I am on a different medicine that I think is helping me more. But like most medications, they have different affects on different people. | F | 14 | | 10/29/2008 | 5 | OCD | Originally none. Then, as I got older and increased the dose, I got dry mouth. | It does miracles on my social life, helping me do things as simple as use a public restroom on a road trip. Dry mouth is a horrible bother, though, and I need to talk to my psychiatrist about it... | F | 15 | 3 years | 1/1/2009 | 5 | Chronic OCD | Young age aggression. Mild insomnia. | I started taking Luvox when I was 7 because I used to obsessively count my steps between stopping, pull my hair out and I also used to brush my hair 50 strokes with one brush in the morning and 50 strokes with my comb before bed. Once I started on this, I used to get a little aggressive with my older sister but when I reached about 9, I started to calm down. Luvox continued to help me throughout puberty, although we expected things to get worse because of the hormones, but all was well. When I was 11, I started to come off Luvox, gradually, so as not to face withdrawal symptoms. There weren't any withdrawal symptoms. By the time I was 13, I was off Luvox entirely, but my I started to feel stressed out and became a little depressed. I also became socially awkward and spent all of my free time online, because it felt better to be roleplaying as a mystical creature, rather than stressed out me. I preferred my online pets to my real friends and I stopped wanting to go out. My OCD returned. I got back on Luvox and now I'm better again. :) | F | 15 | 8 years 150 MG 1X day | 3/14/2011 | 2 | OCD, Anxiety, Depression. | Clenching my jaw, not myself, I'm really quiet now, I only feel really depressed and worthless or nothing at all. I'm putting on weight, losing my temper more, I'm really moody and I have worse episodes than usual. I'm just as anxious and I'm having really strange dreams. | I hate this chicken shit man. | F | 15 | 7 days Not sure, 1X day | 6/29/2012 |
LUVOX (FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE): Fluvoxamine is used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It helps decrease persistent/unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and urges to perform repeated tasks (compulsions such as hand-washing, counting, checking) that interfere with daily living. Fluvoxamine is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). This medication works by helping to restore the balance of a certain natural substance (serotonin) in the brain. FDA Approval Date: 1994-12-05 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)