Posted by terrysb on June 16, 2009, at 23:21:31
In reply to Re: Luvox for Depression, posted by Brainbeard on June 16, 2009, at 8:43:37
I am following the same course - building up slowly. I started at 12.5mg for the first 3 days. Now, I am at 18.75 and plan to increase to 25mg after two more days.
At first, it made me noticeably sleepy in the morning but that is now subsiding. I did notice the flatulence for the first two days but that has now disappeared. The nausea is very mild and tends to fade quickly.
I've had a couple of anxiety peaks. Usually, they lasted for an hour or two. One was bad enough that I took some Klonopin and that settled it down.
I have had no caffeine since I started on Luvox as I already knew about the effect - even at very low dosages of the drug.
I was on 50mg/d of imipramine and it was effective at this dose. However, instead of hypotension I was hypertensive. After reducing salt intake and taking diuretics without effect we decided that imipramine was a factor. Sure enough my BP dropped to normal soon after I weaned off.
SSRIs are a dilemma for sure. Its a trade off between feeling depressed or putting up with the baggage.
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