Posted by Vincent_QC on July 4, 2013, at 8:04:34
In reply to Re: Luvox users here?, posted by joef on July 4, 2013, at 6:44:20
> has your dr. taken the time to explain the caffeine interaction with luvox
Yes... and I don't drink coffee or tea or soft drink... nothing with caffeine inside... don't even eat chocolate. Since my anxiety is extreme (2009), I avoid all caffeine drink and foods... I'm also careful about using products to put on my skin that contain green tea extract for example and avoid those products as well... I have no problem with the no caffeine since I withdrawal it since a long time now... Did try to drink some coffee again recently and I had tachycardia and panic attacks so it's the way my body told me that caffeine is not for me anymore... I was a heavy coffee drinker, 8 cups a day before 2009... I had no problem at all to stop, but I find out my energy level drop A LOT since I stop the coffee but well I can't drink it anymore...even can't eat a piece of chocolate, even milk chocolate... white chocolate don't contain cocoa but I still react badly to it, so I guess the cocoa butter contain trace of caffeine...
He also told me that since i'm a smoker, that it will maybe lower the blood level of fluvoxamine...
Same for the benzo interaction, the luvox affect the metabolism of the diazepam, alprazolam and some other benzo that I don't remember very well... but i'm on clonazepam and I think it's not affecting it... I use very low dose of Xanax once in a while when I have to get out of the house but the effect will be an increase of the level of xanax in my blood so will be able to take even less to have the same effect...
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