Posted by Brainbeard on August 31, 2010, at 13:36:01 [reposted on September 3, 2010, at 18:58:50 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Trk-b sigma-1r » Brainbeard, posted by Phillipa on August 31, 2010, at 10:33:17
> Brainbeard how did you find the fluvoximine and you've discontinued it? Once it worked for me doesn't seem to any more but my body seems to like it. Phillipa
Yeah, I know you're hooked on that stuff. ;)
Well, I didn't DISLIKE fluvoxamine.. It made me feel rather well. But it did make me apathetic; when I came home after work, I would only care for watching TV, while normally I'm a little bit more active and ambitious.
For anxiety, it didn't do terribly much.Fluvoxamine inhibits the breakdown of melatonin, the sleep hormone, which means that on it you will build up high levels of melatonin. I slept like a rose on it. But it also made me groggy and drowsy sometimes.
Did you know the kids of the Columbine shooting were on Luvox? I suspect this has given the drug a bad name for some time. Oh, and did you know that Luvox was created by a Dutch chemist? And that Luvox is the first SSRI, apart from zimelidine, which was discontinued because of a rare but serious side-effect?
Did you know that the brand name 'Luvox' is simply part of the chemical name, fLUVOXamine? Neat, eh?
I take the Luvox for the way it alters clomipramine's metabolism, boosting the OCD-busting mother drug and decreasing the side-effect ridden noradrenergic metabolite.
Current meds: clomipramine 187.5mg, fluvoxamine (Luvox) 50mg, bethanechol 25-50mg.
PRN: modafinil, oxazepam, dextro-amphetamine, Concerta/Ritalin (methylphenidate), gabapentin (Neurontin).
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