Guest guest Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 Okay I just got off the phone with the doctor and she said that maybe upping the dosage on his Luvox caused him to get out of control. Last Monday she upped it from 50 mg twice a day to 50 in am and 100 at bedtime and since he started to act up on Wednesday that this may be what did it. Does this sound right to anyone??? I have an appointment now tomorrow at 11:00 with the therapist and 12:00 with another doctor in the office. I got off the phone with the lady who's home he is at for respite and she said that on Saturday he was very emotional and yesterday and today his moods have been on and off. I really think I am leaning more towards bi-polar along with the OCD. Any advice on what other questions I should ask the doc while I am there tomorrow? Thanks, Carol in Arizona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 Hi Carol, yes this has been our experience...a too-quick increase in dose (Prozac and Luvox) twice caused our daughter (five or six at the time) to become extremely activated, irritable, overreactive, prone to meltdowns and hyper-emotional. Many of us have found that " starting low and going slow " (when titering up on SSRI medications) can avoid these types of reactions. I hope you have found a piece of your son's puzzle! Some of the SSRIs come in liquid (not sure about Luvox??) which makes it easy to make very small and gradual increases toward the therapeutic dose. Take care, Kathy R. in Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: momof3inaz upping the dosage on his Luvox caused him to get out of control. Last Monday she upped it from 50 mg twice a day to 50 in am and 100 at bedtime and since he started to act up on Wednesday that this may be what did it. Does this sound right to anyone??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 I made a mistake in my post. I said he was on Luvox but it is actually Fluvox that he is taking. Kathy wrote: Hi Carol, yes this has been our experience...a too-quick increase in dose (Prozac and Luvox) twice caused our daughter (five or six at the time) to become extremely activated, irritable, overreactive, prone to meltdowns and hyper-emotional. Many of us have found that " starting low and going slow " (when titering up on SSRI medications) can avoid these types of reactions. I hope you have found a piece of your son's puzzle! Some of the SSRIs come in liquid (not sure about Luvox??) which makes it easy to make very small and gradual increases toward the therapeutic dose. Take care, Kathy R. in Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: momof3inaz upping the dosage on his Luvox caused him to get out of control. Last Monday she upped it from 50 mg twice a day to 50 in am and 100 at bedtime and since he started to act up on Wednesday that this may be what did it. Does this sound right to anyone??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2002 Report Share Posted July 29, 2002 > > I made a mistake in my post. I said he was on Luvox but it is actually Fluvox that he is taking. If memory serves, Fluvox (fluvoxamine) is the generic name for Luvox, so it's all the same thing. was on Luvox for about 8 months and did VERY well on it. Joni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2002 Report Share Posted July 30, 2002 Carol, With who also takes Luvox, I have found that when we had to go up with the Luvox, he would start to get a little aggressive, angry, etc (even more than he already was). The last time he became that way after an increase, he was old enough to recongnize that it may be the Luvox, and I immediately lowered it a bit. We had to up his dose this spring due to spiking anxiety and depression, and this time, instead of going from 75mg to 100mg 2x a day, I increased it only 12.5mg 1x in am, and not at all at night for several weeks, and then up another 12.5 in am. I didn't need to increase the pm dose at all, and this time Chris and I both noticed - nothing - he felt better, but no aggression, rage, whatever. So titrating up verrrrry slowly is what worked for him. also had really huge problems with tieing shoe laces (meaniing I tied them over and over until he had pain by the end of the school day - but if they weren't tied that tight, he wouldn't have been able to go to school.) I had never heard of SID back then. Same with socks - they all had " bumps " - we have finally found Payless socks that are essentially seamless, and they aren't an 'issue' anymore Anne in CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2002 Report Share Posted July 30, 2002 Anne, I'll have to find those Payless socks. Thanks. Carol AnneGinCT@... wrote: Carol, With who also takes Luvox, I have found that when we had to go up with the Luvox, he would start to get a little aggressive, angry, etc (even more than he already was). The last time he became that way after an increase, he was old enough to recongnize that it may be the Luvox, and I immediately lowered it a bit. We had to up his dose this spring due to spiking anxiety and depression, and this time, instead of going from 75mg to 100mg 2x a day, I increased it only 12.5mg 1x in am, and not at all at night for several weeks, and then up another 12.5 in am. I didn't need to increase the pm dose at all, and this time Chris and I both noticed - nothing - he felt better, but no aggression, rage, whatever. So titrating up verrrrry slowly is what worked for him. also had really huge problems with tieing shoe laces (meaniing I tied them over and over until he had pain by the end of the school day - but if they weren't tied that tight, he wouldn't have been able to go to school.) I had never heard of SID back then. Same with socks - they all had " bumps " - we have finally found Payless socks that are essentially seamless, and they aren't an 'issue' anymore Anne in CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2002 Report Share Posted July 31, 2002 Carol, The socks are sold at all of the Payless Shoe Stores - it is their own " house " brand of socks - and they all are seemless - low cut, crew, tube etc. Good luck. Anne in CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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