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 | Very bad OCD | I felt like a Zombie, my OCD has seemed worse, I'm very figedty and nervous. I've been sleeping constantly, haven't had the energy to even get out of bed, and haven't had interest in doing anything. I haven't had much of an appetite. | I would never take this again, I have wasted a week in my life of just doing nothing because I've had absolutely no energy to do anything but stay in bed. I would not reccommend this to anyone, it was a bad mistake to start taking it and has made me feel absolutely awful. | F | 19 | 4 days | 6/26/2009 | 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 | 3 | Depression, Obsessive thoughts. | Tiredness, loss of sexual desire, weight gain, increased suicidal thoughts, an overall emotional "numb" state where you do not feel full of energy and life. | I stopped taking Luvox one year and a half ago, and the obsessive thoughts and depression have become worse. My doctor has recommended that I begin taking the meds again. | M | 24 | 5 years | 6/8/2009 | 1 | anxiety/depression/panic | Increased anxiety causing panic attacks. Feeling like a zombie and a weird feeling of shaking on the inside of my body. Felt generally very "strange" and depressed. | Anti-depressant pills don't work for me. Effexor caused full on panic attacks and others caused me to feel like a zombie. They also inflame my stomach which then leads to Leaky Gut and other health problems. I believe they contributed to the onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis I now suffer. | F | 44 | 5 days | 6/6/2009 | 2 | OCD, depression | the worst so far is that ive been sweating ALOT more than normal, even get cold sweats, excessive itching, costantly tired and depressed w/ suicidal thoughts (which worsened since before i first started luvox). | as far as my condition goes, well, 2 weeks and nothing has changed. things are only getting worse with my depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. oh, and not not mention my anxiety is so very sky-high, and the xanax im also taking had to be raised. the only reason this rating isnt at a 1 is because its only been 2 weeks since i started on this luvox. | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 6/4/2009 | 4 | Anxiety | feeling much better, more relaxed however sexal problems with erctile and orgasm issues. | M | 55 | 3 days | 5/30/2009 | 2 | compulsive habits, depression | Gained 20 lbs. in a couple months, excessive sleepiness at higher doses | I am not sure if the weight gain is due to Luvox or to my not being employed since graduation, but I have been in Weight Watchers for 2 months with only 3 lbs. lost. Other than that, it has cut back on the severity of my mood swings, but not really by much. I recently experienced thoughts of suicide, which I believe is not due to the drug but to some marital problems and the underlying depression. My psychiatrist had me double my dose from 100mg to 200mg until he could see me (about a week), and during that time I was always tired, even if I slept 13 hours. However, my husband said that my moods seemed level during that time, but I think was just due to effort on my part to avoid further alienating him. I am going to ask my doctor about switching to a different drug because the lower doses aren't working well enough and the higher doses make me too tired. | F | 24 | 4 months | 5/29/2009 | 3 | Panic, Anxiety, Agoraphobia | Nausea, tremors (mostly in hands), constipation, insomnia. | I've only just started this. I don't know if the nausea is due to the medication or my anxiety. I suppose I'll find out the longer I take it. It seems to work great for some and horribly for others. I can only hope it works for me. | F | 24 | 5 days | 5/19/2009 | 1 | OCD, depression | no sexual drive or desire, weight gain, exhaustion, always feel tired, sleep 15 hrs a day and still tired, severe vivid nightmares daily, night sweats and twitching in my sleep | I have been taking Luvox for 7 years, 200 mg a day to treat my OCD/depression. I thought it was a good supplement to my mood disorder medication as I am bipolar. Just recently it occured to me that maybe all of these weird things going on have to do with the medication, so I read all of your comments and sure enough it's dead on. My Dr. is taking me off of it now. I started decreasing today, to 50 in the morning and 50 at night. My hands are shaking already. I just hope that if I can wean off of it and handle the withdrawal I will be a normal person again. | F | 24 | 7 years | 5/12/2009 | 1 | OCD DEPRESSION | TIREDNESS HEARTBURN UPSET STOMACH SLURRED SPEECH | VERY ADDICITVE DRUG | F | 46 | 15 years | 4/27/2009 | 5 | Ocd | Sleepy in the beggining..none other | I have been taking Luvox for 5 years now. I started on 50mg and now I take 300mg at night. I was also taking seroquel 25mg. I just stopped that today. If you have ocd...do not take seroquel. It makes you feel weird. Please let me know if it's okay to take 300 mg all at night or should I split it. My doctor says to take it all at once at night. I just started taking all of at night to cut serquel and I take 1 mg Ativan to sleep. Some doctors say that I should split it...I'm confused. | F | 37 | 5 years | 4/20/2009 | 5 | Obsessions and depression | For the first week, increased anxiety and insomnia. Obsessions also increased. However, it all went away in about 2 weeks. It is really worth sticking to it during the initial phase. | It is incredible how well it works. Obsessions completelly went away and I could no longer even believe I have had them before. Luvox got me completelly cured, at least for now. Side effects are minimal. It is really a wonderful drug. | M | 31 | 10 weeks | 4/15/2009 | 3 | depression,anxiety,panic attacks | NIGHTMARES | IS ANYONE HAVING NIGHTMARES FROM TAKING THIS DRUG? | F | 48 | 1 months | 4/15/2009 | 5 | OCD | nausea the first night, on & off dry mouth | i was just diagnosed w/ OCD about a month ago. i suffer from extremely intrusive thoughts about death, sex, and violence, as well as checking behaviors. since i have started taking luvox, my thoughts are able to be "shut off" & i don't worry about my apartment burning down or harm coming to myself or family. i recommend this medication to anyone! | F | 22 | 1 months | 4/14/2009 | 4 | Generalised anxiety & OCD | For the first 2 weeks, very tired and lacking energy also a little nausea. Then felt great but I wonder if it makes me act a little too uninhibited and inappropriate at times - I have lost my weariness to a point and that seems to attract trouble... | I love how it makes my scary thoughts go away. | F | 32 | 4 months | 4/3/2009 | 2 | OCD, GAD, TTC | Horrible headaches; tingling in face, arms, hands; nausea; reminded me of migraines I used to have. Definately doesn't mix well with caffeine. | I'd been on Effexor XR 225mg/day and klonopin 2-3 days/week for about 6 years and began seeing a different MD because of changing my insurance. This one wanted to wean me down on the Effexor and start me on Luvox to see if I could get better results. I got down to 75mg Effexor and tried the Luvox twice; 2 weeks the first time and 1 week the second. I had high hopes and I probably wasn't on it long enough. But my head hurt so bad it was difficult to not call in sick and I couldn't do that. Constant nausea too. I could take phenergan and sleep through it on the weekend but couldn't do it during the week. Went back to the Effexor. I never had a problem with side effects from it like I hear most people do. Maybe one day the docs will figure out how this stuff works and why it affects everyone so differently. | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 3/23/2009 | 5 | anxiety and mild OCD | 40 pound weight gain, bloating, retaining water | I take 200 mg/day. It works great except for the weight gain. I continue to gain weight even though I have always worked out 3-4 days a week and have always watched what I eat. I'm thinking about weaning off because I can't stand to buy bigger clothes again!! | F | 31 | 2 years | 3/21/2009 | 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 | 3 | Anxiety, PTSD, OCD | My stomach gets upset when I take luvox. I have only been on it for 3 days though. Also, I wake up earlier in the morning. | I forget about doors locked or things I did in the same day. Thoughts feel like forever ago. I am going to stick it out. | M | 31 | 3 days | 2/16/2009 | 4 | OCD, GAD | Emotional numbing, headaches, inability to focus (vision), tingling feet and hands | Took zoloft for 1 year, did nothing. took lexapro for several months, HORRIBLE. This actually worked for me. The only downside is the emotional numbing. I no longer do anything, and don't really care about my life. MUCH better OCD symptoms though | F | 16 | 5 weeks | 2/7/2009 |