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 | Anxiety and Depression | Loss of sexual drive ,inability to reach climax,jaw clenching,teeth grinding,knee and muscle tension,loss of appetite,extream insomnia,constipation,dry mouth,jittery mood,dull headache,bruising easier,delayed word retrievel,and night sweats. | seemed to greatly improve my overall mood and anger issues,anxiety has not improved greatly but can get up in the morning after not sleeping all night and get my kids to school(although a little scattered for first hour or two) | F | 25 | 8 days | 11/15/2007 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Anxiety | Drowsy, zombie feelings, dialated eyes, the first night my mind was sharper, overall my heart has slowed down. | I have had severe problems with all SSRI's putting me into panic attacks except for luvox. I am at 50 mg a day. I use to be shakey...gone now! I still have headaches but I haven't been on the drug long enough for it to subside. Email me for encouragement please! | M | 22 | 10 days | 1/2/2009 | 4 | OCD, Depression | Tired, detached, stomach cramps. | I'm switching from Effexor to Luvox. My doctor informed me that it would help me to sleep. And he's right. I sleep through-out the night now, and my dreams are normal, not nightmarish. I switched to hopefully find something to help with my minor OCD rituals. After 10 days, and not performing as many rituals. I'm hoping the side effects go away with time. So far so good. If anyone wants to talk about Luvox and OCD, feel free to send me an email. | M | 46 | 10 days | 9/6/2007 | 3 | anxiety/ obsessive thoughts | none... so far | I have only been on luvox for 10 days at 50 mg working my way up to 100 mg. I had been on Lexapro for 3 months, but discontinued because of side effects and I was not getting a response from it. I will update my progress. | M | 27 | 10 days | 7/18/2007 | 3 | OCD/Depression | Nausea, headaches, sleepy most of the AM and early afternoon, | I took a week off work to start this drug, as I knew it would make me tired. Which it did, I yawned alot and took a nap everyday, but evening time was great. It really got my OCD thoughts under control. It made me so relaxed my friends thought I was drunk. The headaches were my main reason for stopping. I was only on my 3rd day of 150mg and still had to get to 300mg. I really couldnt deal with the headaches. But, it made such a more relaxed person and my OCD thoughts went away. I was even a better parents, calmer with my kids. It elevated my mood. I hated to stop it but the nausea and headaches are something I cannot deal with. I think I want to try it agian, but only if I do not go any higher than 150mg, which I see people do. My sex drive was down, and appetite was fine. I also do not like to hear anyone is gaining weight or having trouble losing it!! If you have any advice let me know! | F | 36 | 10 days | 9/13/2009 | 3 | obsessive thoughts, anxiety | panic attacks, tremors, slight headache, paranoia, nausea, slight loss of sex drive & difficulty obtaining erection | switching to luvox from celexa, which made me hyper. sex drive improved when switching to luvox, and anxiety decreased. other side effects have been slowly fading. overall, i think luvox is making a difference in obsessive thoughts and depression. the first few days were rough, but each day is getting better | M | 32 | 10 days | 2/25/2007 | 3 | depression, obssessive thoughts | nausea in the first week, gained 10 lbs in the first week!!! EXTREME constipation, difficulty having an orgasm (but still have desire), confusion at times, more anxious, agitated and nervous, insomnia in the first week | Actually I'm taking Faverin which is generic 4 Luvox I really can't say I see any benefits thus far. I have been taking Xanax for the past 2 years for anxiety but I started feeling depressed and having obssessive baseless thoughts which led 2 depression so my Dr. prescribed me faverin.The few side effects I mentioned went away in the first week like insomnia and feeling sick. I still feel a bit confused at times but not as much.THE WEIGHT GAIN and CONSTIPATION is driving me mad.I'm taking stool softeners no response,a castor oil cleanse which has been the only thing to work but I can't do that everyday.I feel bloated all the time, I can't fit my regualr clothes anymore, I have to wear loose clothing to cover my weight gain.Even when I don't eat much I still don't go down on my weight.If anyone has any advice about how to lose weight on this drug and have normal BM's PLEASE let me know.Also about the difficulty with orgasims, it's botering me and I want to know from anyone else if that subsiding with time? I specified 2 my Dr that I didn't want anything that caused sexual dysfunction.She said that all of them do but that Faverin usually to never has that side effect. So any information would help. | F | 30 | 11 days 50mg 1X day | 8/5/2010 | 4 | Depression | Stomach pain (slightly muscular in nature), nausea, decreased coordination and tiredness. | Have only just begun taking this drug recently. I'm on a relatively low dosage (50mg) but am beginning to notice decreased depressive state which is positive. | F | 27 | 12 days | 8/26/2005 | 5 | OCD & Anorexia Nervosa | Dry mouth & delayed orgasm | The delayed orgasm is worrisome as I am normally multi-orgasmic and I wonder if it will continue to worsen to the point where I cannot reach climax. My biggest worry is that I do not want to go off of Luvox as it is the only drug that has truly worked for my OCD and anorexia nervosa. | F | 21 | 14 days | 3/20/2009 | 4 | OCD depression | tiredness, lethargy, jaw clenching, mental fogginess | This drug is the only medication that has ever worked for me. Have tried other medications with no real benefit. Would definitely recommend this medication, but need to give it time to get the full benefit of the drug. It has given me my life back. Definitely much better than living with the OCD | F | 36 | 14 days 100mg 2X day | 6/10/2012 | 3 | OCD, depression, and anxiety | Seems like it put a dent in some of my anxious/obsessive thinking..too soon to tell (2 wks.)After just 2 days on a minimal dosage my ability to and quality of orgasm was GREATLY diminished.I'll just stop taking it if that continues but they say to give it at least a month(as with most antidepressants) before you get an accurate concept of its efficacy and after the intial side effects wear off. | The problem w/ all of these drugs is that everyone's systems are so unique that even the Drs.don't know how you'll react..trial and error until you find the right match- which may be mixing different meds.Don't give up.Most everyone eventually finds the right meds that turn their lives around.After a month if you're not sure it's working then it's probably not.Try another.Worst case senario you realize it really had helped after all and you can go back on it.I've wasted yrs. on pointless meds. thinking that I'm just doomed to be depressed.Neurontin helped for anxiety.Am going to try adding Tegretol to Luvox soon.So far Luvox has stopped my OCD. | F | 32 | 14 days | 9/20/2006 | 3 | obsessive thoughts/depression | Have experienced headaches, night sweats, insomnia, when I do sleep, I have vivid dreams (not too bothersome), decreased sex drive, and difficulty reaching orgasm. And this is only on the lowest dose possible (25mg)! | Have noticed a decrease in obsessive thoughts although not completely. Haven't really had improvement with the depression. Maybe need a higher dose or a combination of another antidepressant? | F | 29 | 14 days | 4/20/2005 | 1 | anxiety, mild depression | dry mouth, insomnia, bad dreams, increased anxiety after 10 days, restless sleep, increased anger, fevers and sweats, sometime felt ok others not so, feel heart rate all over,starnge thought patterns of revenge, jittery,tired,, first time on meds for these feelinggs and did not like the feeling at all. going to stop | have never been on meds for this before but have tryed hipnosis which was good and hepled but with incresed stress and bad break up symtoms returned. have tryed a herbal form of meds from health store which i felt worked much better. kinda feel docs are too quick to prescribe meds without hearing all the story. | M | 28 | 14 days 100mg per 1X day | 4/14/2010 | 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 | depression, ruminations | Took Luvox for 2 weeks. Was told to discontinue because of severe side effects: constant crying and screaming. impossible to stop. contortions and screaming "ow" from terrible anguish and emotional pain. In agony with sadness. torture. Have been off for ten days now. I still can't stop the screaming. Can't live like this. Despair setting in. I have become cynical and mean. No hope. my vocal cords have been torn from screaming so much, at the top of my lungs, unable to stop, all day and into the night. | M | 26 | 17 days | 6/23/2009 | 4 | Anxitey, OCD, Depression | None that I can tell. | Seems to rock for Anxiety. Depression starting to come along. | M | 52 | 20 days 50 2X day | 2/15/2022 | 1 | OCD/Anxiety | VOMIT, VOMIT, VOMIT. That's all I did. I couldn't keep anything down even after breaking the pill into halves, quarters, and eights. Threw the entire bottle in the garbage. | This is a horrible medication. Do not take it. | F | 44 | 20 days | 7/26/2007 | 5 | OCD | None at this time. | Works very well when taken with Risperidone. | M | 47 | 21 days 200 1X day | 9/8/2010 |