Posted by Christ_empowered on February 22, 2014, at 7:42:08
In reply to Re: why is luvox taboo » joe f, posted by Phillipa on February 21, 2014, at 22:03:27
Well...I briefly tried low dose luvox. I felt weird. Too Serontin-ey for some people, I think. I felt too tranquilized and apathetic. It doesn't play nice with a lot of other drugs. I don't think it was pushed hard depression and most anxiety disorders. Sedating.Who knows, really? I think Luvox is pre-Prozac, European originally...American docs are very ethnocentric in their Rx habits. Look at Remeron. Very effective, usually tolerable, plays nicely with other drugs (including other AD drugs)...not very popular in the US :-(
Also, the market changed *after* Prozac. A lot of what used to be called "anxiety" was later called "depression," as more and more docs tried to use sri drugs instead of benzos (with not so stellar results over the long haul, btw).
So...I dunno. I didn't much care for luvox. I have ocd-ish tendencies, but I don't like sri drugs, either. I'm on Tofranil now, and its remarkably effective.
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