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 |
| 3 | OCD, Depression, Anxiety | Weight loss - food went straight through me. | Really cured my OCD. I'm a counter - and it even took care of that. But the extreme stomach problems and weight loss made me stop taking it. It looks like she had me on too much at 300 mg per day. I'm about ready to go crazy here and feel I need to get back on. I think I will ask for a smaller dose than 300 mg. Maybe my system could handle it. Again - this stuff really knocked the OCD, counting and depression out of me. Had to have other help for anxiety. | M | 49 | 3 years 100 3X day | 9/20/2014 | 2 | Ocd | Dry mouth, dry eye, nightmares, worse ocd, memory loss, peeling skin on hands. After a month since stopping still have some memory problems | M | 20 | 1 months | 8/11/2014 | 4 | depression | increased appetite, sleeping more 9-10 hours | after years of being on luvox started to have dry mouth | F | 52 | 18 years 50 1X day | 4/8/2014 | 4 | OCD | Memory loss, insomnia, libido reduction | Despite side effects, which are under control form me this medcicine stops my thinking and I get more regulated temper. It has been a relief for mi since I take it | M | 43 | 360 days 100 1X day | 4/5/2014 | 4 | OCD,anxiety,depression | Dry mouth. I can feel it wearing off at about the 22 hour, so the CR version may level that out. | I take the generic fluvoxamine. This medication has calmed me down and cleared my head. Some memory difficulties. I take this with Anafranil to get rid off harmful thoughts...combination works well. | M | 57 | 4 months 100 MG 1X day | 2/28/2014 | 4 | anxiety, depression and ocd | Nausea, vomiting, trouble falling asleep and weight loss. | F | 35 | 1 days 150 | 2/27/2014 | 5 | OCD Depression Anxiety | Constipation (chronic...all the other symptoms are occasional), forgetfulness ("what was I just saying?"), restless legs, insomnia, takes a long time to reach orgasm (but it IS eventual) | This drug is my lifeline. With having OCD, a "regular" antidepressant missed the mark (I tried many...Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil, Celexa). With Luvox, my obsessive thoughts are so much more under control. It also helps a bit with the anxiety that goes along with OCD. Without Luvox, I am irrational, short-tempered, super impatient, off-the-charts anxious, with horrid obsessive thoughts for days. | F | 45 | 14 years 200mg 1X day | 1/23/2014 | 3 | Pure OCD | Very tired all time (12 hours sleep not enough), paranoid at times, reduced creativity (felt like my imagination was suppressed), Sugar craving ( I don`t know if this drug caused this but I was always wanting to eat candy, and was never like that before taking the drug), I gained weight over time and used to be extremely slim which was a bit upsetting (Also, do not know if I can blame luvox only as it was probably a combination of that, being tried all the time and playing too much xbox). Also this drug increases aggression drastically, and it has been proven to be associated with an 8.4 times increase in violence compared with other antidepressants (check out wikipedia). | Probably the most effective drug for OCD, but comes with side effects. You can avoid being tired all the time by not drinking caffeine! My psychiatrist did not tell me that this medication inhibits caffeine by 5X. Check it out at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluvoxamine So drinking one cup of coffee is like drinking atleast five. Avoid any caffeine at all costs! I have done a lot of research on this drug, and it also acts like an antipsychotic, by reducing dopamine in certain parts of the brain. So yeah, it has antidepressant and anti psychotic effects which both help for OCD. It does this through being an agonist of the o1 receptor agonist. Also, start the dose at 25mg for a week, then 50mg for a week, and then 100 mg. I went above 100mg and there is not any additional benefit, so going all the way up to 300mg just seems a bit like a waste of money. Up to you though. This is strong medication but when used with care can work really well for OCD. It also has quite a lot of side effects and drug interaction which you might want to look out for. Also, withdrawal is horrible. Makes you feel detached from reality and cannot concentrate or even think clearly. So yeah, good luck. | M | 16 | 7 years 50mg X2 2X day | 9/22/2013 | 3 | OCD and very vivid imagination | Helped with my very vivid OCD thoughts, yet decreased my emotions and imagination and in the long term took a toll on my intelligence. | M | 16 | 7 years 100 MG | 7/7/2013 | 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 | 3 | OCD | Slept away entire morning | M | 71 | 1 months 50 MG | 4/10/2013 | 2 | OCD | Immediate side effect was stomach discomfort. Went away within about a week. After two weeks, had great difficulty reaching orgasm if at all. Dropped to 12.5mg on days expected to have sex. Still could not orgasm. Extremely frustrated. I want my OCD GONE but I want my extremely gratifying intimacy with my husband back. PLEASE....can't science do any better than this??! | F | 51 | 3 weeks 25 mg | 3/26/2013 | 5 | OCD, Anxiety | The primary drawback I have experienced is reduced libido and difficulty with orgasm. It is definitely something to take into account if you need more than 100 - 125 mg per day. However, maintaining a high level of physical activity (weightlifting and walking for me) seemed to offset the side effects significantly. | The side effects worsen with dosage increases. Fortunately it actually does what it says it does. For me at least, it eliminated all anxiety issues and reduced compulsive thought patterns by at least 75%. Even under significant stress I can still get through really bad days w/o anxiety attacks and minimal compulsive thought patterns. | M | 55 | 15 years 150 mg 1X day | 3/7/2013 | 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 | 5 | Depression | After trying four anti-depressants & experiencing terrible side effects, this was the only one that made me feel normal again. | F | 37 | 16 years 100 mg. 1X day | 11/28/2012 | 4 | depression and OCD | Nightmares nearly every night. Low sex drive, hard to climax. For a while it reactivated my Tourette's Syndrome. So tired for the first year. | A hard medication to become accustomed to. Should not be given to anyone under 21, in my opinion. One of the Columbine shooters (Eric Harris) reportedly was on it. Helpful, although I still have bouts of depression (have had ECT in the last two years) and OCD increases with stress. | M | 53 | 10 years 300mg 1X day | 11/27/2012 | 5 | OCD & Depression | A little nausea in the beginning but didn't last long. | F | 42 | 6 years 100 | 11/23/2012 | 5 | Depression | Every known drug was tried to treat my depression. The next step was shock treatment. This drug took a while to work but it did and has for 12 years. I have tried to go off of it just to see if I need it. It's a horrible withdrawal. | F | 59 | 12 years 100mg 1X day | 11/21/2012 | 4 | Depression | Insomnia only | Took it back in 07 after other initial ssris became gradually less effective (ie zoloft, lexapro). It made my mood at least a 9/10 and my libido skyrocketed. Not only no sexual side effects compared to the other ssri (this is documented in literature), but actually enhanced it. Had to go off due to getting severe insomnia on it. I just could not get to sleep and would have to take medication each night to initiate sleep. I rated 4 instead of 5 only due to the insomnia and apparently this is not a common effect. Rather, its more common to get sleepiness and hence PM dosing is suggested. So its definitely worth a shot. | M | 28 | 30 days 150 1X day | 11/20/2012 | 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 |