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 |
| 1 | Depression, repetitive thoughts | Severe constipation | This drug made me feel calm and confident almost immediately, even at a very low dose. The visual world was extra vivid. It alleviated my depression. But I had to stop taking it due to constipation so complete it would have put me in the hospital sooner or later.. | F | 61 | 7 days 25 mg | 5/16/2020 | 1 | Anxietyandconstant skin picking | F | 50 | 1 years 200 mg | 12/15/2018 | 1 | Panic | Experienced shortness of breath, suicidal thoughts, panic attack. Quit after 1 day. | F | 33 | 1 days 50 1X day | 9/5/2018 | 1 | OCD, Anxiety, Fibromyalgia | Panic attacks, brain fog, difficulty breathing, heart palps, major increase in food cravings. | F | 40 | 3 days 25 1X day | 12/26/2017 | 1 | OCD/ depression | Even though i took it at night, i experienced nauseua and upset stomach every morning, no appetite at all and worsening depression. | F | 28 | 3 weeks | 8/23/2017 | 1 | Depressed, anxiety. | I do not like it. It is worse when I am not working,/ days off. I have no motivation. | F | 52 | 3 months 300mg | 7/3/2017 | 1 | obsessive thoughts, ruminations | panic attacks | I was prescribed Luvox for obsessive, negative thoughts. Things I had said or done years ago were crippling my thoughts. I took Luvox and after 2 days these were gone. After an initial dosage of 50 mg for a week, I was told to increase to 100 mg. When I did, I had a panic attack so severe, I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the emergency room in an ambulance. I stopped taking it and went to my doctor who said it couldn’t be caused by Luvox because it treated panic attacks, so I started back on the Luvox. Two days later I was back in the emergency room with what I thought was another heart attack. I'm not taking this any more. | M | 45 | 14 days 50 1X day | 5/21/2017 | 1 | OCD, Depression, Anxiety | Just felt terrible after trialling this going straight from Celexa onto it. Low, hopeless mood and I swear my appetite increased - probably WOULD have gained weight if I'd stayed on it any longer than 3 days. | I do have bad OCD but depression where you feel like ending it all is probably more serious than the daily inconvenience of OCD. I am now happily back on Celexa (or Cipramil as we call it in Australia). Give it a go by all means, but get off if you are feeling really bad! | F | 49 | 3 days 50mg 1X day | 12/30/2016 | 1 | Panic Disorder | Was fine on starting dose of 25mgs for four days. Went up to 50mgs thereafter and had insane panic attacks way worse than before up to 8 a day. Absolutely terrifying. Ended up in the emergency room. Got told this was a normal reaction. After two weeks of pure hell I am now tapering off this drug from hell!!!!!! Thank god for valium as it was the only thing that saved me during this time. Couldnt work. Couldnt get out of bed. Destroys lives. Stay away from it!! | In the bin it goes! | F | 32 | 3 weeks 50mg | 11/1/2016 | 1 | Ocd/depression | Severe allergy,bruising,bone fractures,adenoids due to dry mouth,sinus,nerve pain,cognitive impairment,sleeplessness after stopping,withdrawl,stomach ailments,headaches | Terrible medication,will make you life hell dont ever take it for mare than 1 month otherwise several life threatening diseases will occur which you can't ignore even if you want.the dry mouth it causes by acting on nerves will give you adenoids. I tried doing suicide myself by eating poison but it was vomittes,you will experience serious muscle weakness and it takes away real happiness from your life.when suffering from withdrawl i would remember that before taking this i was so happy which was real happiness.Never take this devil's liquid i would remember and cry what was joy in my life before taking it cant even imagine condition of those who take it for long its not leaving my mind even after8 months now i am 17 and a half and couldnt study for this time please i request never to take these shitty medications live a natural life and dont disrespect the natural biochemistry of your body otherwise u will suffer | M | 16 | 3 months | 5/23/2016 | 1 | OCD and Anxiety | Terrible stomach ache, felt like someone blew my stomach up with gas. constant full-feeling, threw up a couple of times, nausea, diarrhea, weird spinning feeling in head, increased heart rate temporarily, chills, lack of focus | Was on Effexor 225 plus propranolol for severe anxiety and some mild depression, put on Luvox for more of OCD thoughts during test taking which coincided with my anxiety. Doctor thought this pill would be perfect for me but instead ruined me. I don't want to say this pill won't work for anyone because I'm sure there are success stories with it, my body just so happens not to like it! | M | 17 | 2 days 1X day | 3/20/2016 | 1 | OCD, Anxiety | Panic attacks, Extreme OCD, Fixation on specific thoughts or objects, Extreme blurry vision | At first it worked wonders for me. Helped my OCD greatly. I was finally not afraid to shower, I don't have a water phobia or anything but the way water felt on my skin was always gross like a creepy crawly sensation. I hated getting wet and feared my overly annoying OCD shower routine anyway. So that went away with this med and so did the need to repeat actions 3 times or have labels facing a certain way but my 100% perfect vision went to being so blurry I could not read a street sign 10 feet away from me. I felt high, floaty, spacey, like I was in a daze. Then things returned to normal, vision returned, no more high feeling but I started getting 3-8 day long panic attacks every time I took this. I would literally sit in my bed for 3 days straight repeating a thought over and over like one line of a song would be stuck on repeat like a broken record to the point I was catatonic, could not answer people's questions, It would take me five minutes to say "uh...uh...are....are.....weeeeee.....uh.......going to........walmart?" I checked myself into the psych ward for 5 days over this crap. | F | 29 | 3 years 100mg 1X day | 5/6/2015 | 1 | OCD and Depression | Frequent suicidal thoughts, worsening of depression, anger, irritability, uncontrollable fits of rage, anxiety. But my OCD totally went away. | This drug is dangerous. I went from having OCD and some depression to having crippling anxiety, uncontrollable fits of rage, frequent (3-4 times a week) serious thoughts of suicide. My doctor added CLONAZEPAM 0.5MG TABLETS to help control the anger and rage but it only took the edge off. My OCD went from a 9 to a 0 on a scale of 1-10 but it wasn't worth it. Finally, after 9 months of being completely out of control, my doctor suggested I have a mood disorder, like bi-polar disorder. Now I know that's not true so I suggested he take me off these evil pills immediately. I have been tapering off these pills for 1 month so far and have been sick the entire time. Moods are better, but tapering off as my doctor instructed has led to vomiting, nausea, brain zaps, dizziness, depression, uncontrollable crying, fatigue, hallucinations, and more (but less frequent) rages. I'm finally completely off of both prescriptions now and am back to having only slight OCD (about a 1.5 on a scale of 1-10). My stomach is still iffy and I still cry easily. I wish I'd never heard of this medication. I have also lost all faith in my doctor and won't be seeing him again. This has been the worst experience of my life and I no longer trust SSRI's. Shame on the manufacturers who've given this to us. | F | 40 | 9 months 200mg 1X day | 11/15/2014 | 1 | OCD, depression, anxeity | I took Luvox Cr for a coarse of 7 months, september 2012-april 2013. While on luvox I felt every sedated and apathetic. While I was on 100mg I would sleep most of the day .I experienced emotional blunting side effects. And stopped caring I eventually dropped out of college due to fatigue and my inability too keep up because of the mental problems with luvox .I am now weaning off luvox and I am on 25 mg and still deal with sedation and mild emotional bluntness. Before taking ssrI I believed medication. Was going to help me greatly but now I believe Erp therapy to be the way to deal with ocd (pure o) sexual obessions. By the way withdrawal is horrible luvor has yhe shortest half life 15 hours. | F | 19 | 7 months 50-100mg | 4/28/2013 | 1 | anxiety | Nausea, gas, bloating, so tired during the day,but needed ativan to sleep at night, agitation | F | 30 | 1 months 150mg | 11/16/2012 | 1 | OCD, anxiety | Manic episodes, insomnia, anxiety, hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, anorexia, weight loss, dry mouth, amnesia, fatigue, lower extremity muscle spasms, upper extremity tremors, nightmares, vertigo | F | 28 | 3 months 100 MG | 10/21/2012 | 1 | Depression | Nausea, headaches, mood swings, bloaty, palpitations, achy teeth, weight gain of 8lbs, bouts of anger & hostility Had been on effexor for 8 years, recently off effecor & started luvox... Would not reccimend for depression | F | 40 | 7 weeks 100 | 4/18/2012 | 1 | OCD | From running , working , happy, out going,cooking for my love ones To Cannot do any of those things anymore !!!Simple MY FUNERAL WOULD OF BEEN CHEAPER !!!! | F | 35 | 9 days 100mg | 4/15/2012 | 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 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | Worst couple of weeks of my life, cant focus, cant think clearly, constantly groggy, itching constantly, depression got worse at times, crying, anger (never had it before) violent dreams... etc, etc.... feel completly awful. Am coming off this medication myself as i literally cant function. | F | 41 | 3 weeks 100 2X day | 2/12/2012 |
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)