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 |
| 4 | Obsessive thinking, GAD, depression | Initially some nausea and headaches, but tolerable. Went away after a week. | Where all other AD's failed, Luvox managed to stop the obsessive thinking dead in it's tracks within a few days and lifted the depression. For anxiety it lags a bit behind and I had hoped for more, but you can't have it all I guess... I can't tolerate a higher dose than 50mg because upping to 100 made me -still after a month- feel suicidal. Not a miracle drug but it definitely made me feel better. The good news is that it doesn't mess with sexual function at all. I tried to quit recently, but after two weeks I felt just as bad as when I started. So now I'm back on it again for a week and I already feel the benefits. | M | 58 | 6 months 50mg 1X day | 2/11/2013 | 4 | Depression,OCD | Fatigue,teeth grinding | Always feel exhausted especially late afternoon, grinding teeth has become so normal I don't even know I am doing it. However, the good of this med outweigh the side effects. | F | 48 | 6 months 200 1X day | 10/5/2012 | 4 | Anxiety - Panic attacks | Nightmares, Sweating during sleep, weight gain, feeling tired. | My anxiety is now manageable. I started on 25mg and now taking 50mg. I still am anxious but i can manage now. I am also having cognative therepy which also helps alot. | F | 34 | 6 months | 3/13/2008 | 3 | Anxiety | Upset Stomach for a few days, still feeling drowsy as ever. I can pretty much sleep 10-12 hours a night without a problem. Sex drive is still there, although I can lose an erection just as quick as I get one. But it's nothing that's a show stopper. I do notice that I sweat more and also that it does not take well to caffeine or alcohol. Two beers is 100% intoxicated. A cup of coffee will trigger a mild anxiety attack. | While on this med (6 months so far), I've become more aware of things going around me. It's allowed me to focus more on bettering myself as a person and really look at what I want out of life. Something I've been looking for awhile now. While it's got its negatives, I think the positives slightly outweigh the negatives. I would, however, strongly suggest it as a last alternative. | M | 28 | 6 months | 8/23/2008 | 3 | depression | M | 34 | 6 months | 9/19/2003 | 1 | Depression, GAD | Titrated reduction over 5 weeks from 75mg down to complete cessation 9 days ago. Admitted to accident and emergency with unsteady gate (was lucky to make it to hospital in time as i could no longer support myself standing, nastergens (eyes shuddering side to side), blacked out - woke up in resusc! jitteriness, loss of co-ordination, loss of concentration. | I followed Psychiatrists advice to stop taking this medication. He advised to reduce over 4 weeks though i reduced over 5 weeks. 9 days after completely stopping i ended up in hospital with the experience listed to the left. HAD I KNOWN THIS I WOULD NEVER HAVE STARTED TAKING LUVOX!! i have now been placed back onto this medication as i have an overactive receptor that requires an even longer titrated reduction. First thought of going back on this was "No way!" though the Dr explained i would need to start taking this again (12.5mg) along with valium 5-20mg as needed to try and control any withdrawal syndrome and prevent any re-admittance to hospital. Am now 2 days back in to taking the medication and cannot sleep. I just want this all to stop! Its going to be a couple of months to completely stop taking luvox | M | 27 | 6 months 75 1X day | 10/13/2010 | 5 | Panic,Depression,Anxiety,Obsessions | Jittery syndrome for 1 week only. Occassionally some mild nausea, but a tub of yoghurt fixes that. Occasional headaches too, but paracetamol is effective enough. | Have been very happy with it. 7 months later I have fully recovered from Panic Disorder, and am doing well with regards to anxiety and depression and obsessional thought. This is a good drug for anxious depression, and especially those on the obsessive side or with insomnia. Not for minors. Anxiety disorders and depression are best treated with the right med IN CONJUNCTION WITH cognitive behavioural therapy from a good psych. | M | 28 | 7 months | 9/23/2004 | 3 | OCD, depression | Sedation, slight initial nausea, mild apathy, prone to erotic fantasizing (have it with any SSRI). | At first, I wasn't very enthusiastic about fluvoxamine (Luvox) - it was antidepressant but not anti-obsessive/anxiolytic. Now, on a higher dose (200mg instead of 150) I feel that fluvoxamine is a worthwhile antidepressant, even when it doesn't beat obsessions for me. It isn't one of the activating SSRI's, but rather has a somewhat calming/stabilizing effect for me. In comparison to Paxil (paroxetine), which I have used before, I prefer fluvoxamine - the side-effects are milder; on Paxil I used to have horrible dreams, while on fluvoxamine my dreams are more often pleasant. Also, Paxil made my sweat smell like hell - this doesn't happen on fluvoxamine. The weight gain is still mild as well. Sexual side-effects are practically none - just takes a little longer to achieve orgasm, which I consider a pro. I think about upping the dose some more to see if the drug might help with my obsessions after all. | M | 32 | 7 months | 8/16/2008 | 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 | 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 | 5 | OCD, Anxiety, Depression, Panic | Today, bruxism and, as a consequence of it, sensible teeth. I have to sleep with a "teeth case" to stop the bruxism. But I think it is not because of the medicine, I think it is because of my condition. | Wonderfull medicine for OCD. If you are very out of your mind, wait, at least, 6 months. Don't worry about the initial symptoms. Most of them are because of our conditions. If you give this medicine to someone that does not have any condition, that person, probably, will not feel any colateral effect (my brother is an example of that). The best thing of it is that it affects almost nothing the libido. In my case, it increased. Because I was with a lot of obsessions thoughts about sex in general. I was hypochondriac about being affect by some disease in a relationship.. I'm still increasing the dosage until I find the best for me. I will wait more to see if 125mg is the perfect dosage for my case. | M | 28 | 8 months 75n/50d 2X day | 7/5/2015 Patient History | 4 | OCD | Inorgasmia/Delayed Ejaculation/ Decrease in sexual apetite | 3-6 week reduction in stress leval. 12+ weeks signifigant reduction in OCD symptoms | M | 34 | 8 months | 5/29/2002 | 2 | Pure-O ocd | Hardly any side-effects, besides minor insomnia. Mild jaw-chattering went away after a couple of weeks. Absolutely no effect on libido. Nothing else either. | This drug is magic! It didn't have any effect initially but once I augmented it with olanzapine all my obsessions went away miraculously! I never thought it would be possible. It's as if I have woken up from a horrendous nightmare. I am now on my way to rebuilding my life and, psst..., becoming super rich and successful. Thank you fluvoxamine :) | M | 26 | 8 months | 6/25/2008 | 2 | Oppressive Depression, OCD | Repetitive negative thoughts, reduction of libido. | At first it seemed to not do to much, but then I slowly started focussing on random negative thoughts and I would think about it over and over again, often all day and into the next. Just this week I decided I could not go through that any longer and I cut the dose in half, I will go to a quarter on the weekend, then stop taking it completely. I also noticed a reduction in my libido, joint pain, dizziness, heart palps. | F | 50 | 8 months 50 MG 1X day | 4/16/2020 | 5 | OCD | Delayed orgasm (fixed with small dose of Wellbutrin), Increased Appetite (2 weeks) | This medicine greatly relieved the anxiety and rituals of OCD. Took me from my breakdown to as close to normal life as I could get in a very short time. This med has saved me! | M | 33 | 9 months | 6/27/2008 | 4 | OCD | Increased sweating, very hard to reach orgasm, heavy period, easily bruised, tiredness- could sleep 13 hrs and not wake up. I am on 40mg of adderall and could still take it and fall asleep. | It does help my obsessive thoughts, Anxiety and skin picking. So far the most normal I have felt. The sexual side effects suck though | F | 29 | 9 months 150mg | 1/27/2015 | 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 | anxiety, obsessions, mild depressio | none | Did not work at all. Almost as if I was taking a sugar pill. I was up to 200mg for several months and I still regret spending so much time on it. | M | 29 | 9 months | 1/27/2009 | 4 | eating disorder/depression | Recently began experiencing night sweats/vivid dreams, but this seems to be associated with being at a higher dose (300 mg). | This has really helped with obsessional body image related thoughts and purging. Effects on depression have been as good as any other anti-depressant I've been on (Prozac, Celexa, Zoloft, Effexor, Lexapro, Amytriptaline, Desipramine,). | F | 29 | 15 months | 3/13/2007 | 4 | ocd/gad | none really | I see this drug as the average good drug for ocd. works semi-well for ocd. not very much for anxiety. yet no sexual dysfunction compared to paxil and other ssri's/ it's good while you find something better. | M | 22 | 16 months | 3/31/2004 |