First week on Luvox... It's been weird!

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I am a 23 year old Male who has experienced Depression, Anxiety and OCD for about 6 years. I started out on 20mg Prozac 5 years ago which did wonders for my depression. About 2 years later, I had a few experiences that kick-started my anxiety which I have been dealing with for 3 years. It got to the point where I was never able to relax, I was short of temper, angry and very difficult to be around... I was put on 20mg of Paxil which did not seem to help at all.
So I was prescribed 100mg of Luvox and have been taking it for 6 days... To say the least, I have just felt really out of it... I am very lazy, deppressed, can't seem to focus, have trouble communicating with people... It's weird. I am home on Thanksgiving break and I am seeing my frienRAB from home and have kind of erabarrassed myself just because I'm kind of loopy and weird. I don't really want to tell them that I'm being like this because I've started a new medication... I just feel very crazy, easily aggitated and overall bizarre. It's gotten to that point where I am not interested in doing things I used to do, stupid things bother me and there is just no positive thoughts in my head. It's reminding me of how I felt 6 years ago before I started taking Prozac... It's a horrible feeling. Does anyone know about Luvox and if it has been successful? Does what I explain sound like general anxiety?

I would love any feedback you may have. This kind of stuff can be scary and I appreciate any help!

Thanks so much
 
I started Luvox about 12 days ago for panic/depression/ocd and yesterday I couldn't take it anymore so I quit. It seemed to make me so much more depressed and very jittery and scared. My doctor said to continue for two more weeks but I just couldn't because I was feeling so bad. Of course now my anxiety and panic are through the roof and my normal dose of benzo's aren't enough. I have had a hard time trying some other SSRI's so I may go back to Celexa if it will work again for me. I quit though because I was still depressed on it. This anxiety is just horrible and I want so badly to feel ok again. I start to think that I never will and it makes me panic even more. I wish there was a magic pill for this.
 
how horrible - I don't know if it too late to get back to you but I just saw your post. - Luvox was actually the first AD I ever tried. I did think it had a lot of side effects, but at first it was a relief as it did help my obsessive thoughts greatyly - but after several months I actually ended up having an incredible amount of anxiety and panic on it and had to switch - tried one thing for a week i don't even remeraber that didn't work - horrible side effect - then went to zoloft. that while it had other side effects i found it the most calming of anything. but as you know - sadly we are all different and there is no cure-all. Unfortunately I'm back in a panic zone myself right now from a variety of reasons as well I think what i'm on now (lexapro) might no longer working...but I know where you are coming from.
 
I'm on Luvox CR 300 mgs (2 of the 150 mgs capsules). It took about 4-6 weeks for them to kick in, but they work great for my anxiety and OCD. Of course, medicines effect everyone differently, but I would give it 4-6 weeks unless you have an extreme reaction to it.
Hope you get to feeling better.
 
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