Tuesday, August 19, 2008 watsthematerwithme asks

Q: hey my docs increase my lovan to 2 a day im nearly suicidal now! and cant get oitta bed - help

i have bbeen taking lovan for about 6 moths and in the last 3 months the doc haas increased my dose to 2 a day - im not functioning at all and i told the doc that he said i was a fat slob and should get off my butt and do something the prob is im so tired i cant get off my butt also im completley suicidal and really if i copuld get up enuff energy i would do myself in & im so spaced out i can hardley drive the car without running iit up the gutter - So should i stop taking these tabs - cause i have had some anxiety aND i been going thru a really nasty menopause - and no amount of positive thinking is stopping the hot flushes so some nice hormones have fixed that - really any help i can get would be appreciated

well thanks anyways and have a nice day

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ihope

8/22/08 3:53pm

NEW DOCTOR. CRISIS INTERVENTION . NAMI IN YOUR TOWN. 911. possibly report doc later. Call another doc who might be able to advise over phone (?) how to wean off med, if in fact that would help.....and make appt to follow up.

ihope

8/22/08 3:59pm

I feel like I gave a long answer to this question already, so maybe I answered the wrong person. BUT, you need a new doctor. . . and fast. Tell someone - at a different practice or same --- what is going on. "first do no harm" is what the doctors are supposed to live by. That was harmful. Make sure its a psychiatrist with decent credentials. Ask on the phone from your couch if you have to: how long in practice, specialize in depression or what?, where did he/she go to school, and how much of a "CRISIS" this feel like it is. . . SUICIDAL..get to the hospital. call 911 or a friend. Don't let them blow it off. Don't get ugly. Just get respectfully insistent that you need help. If the intake person does the thing about "thinking of suicide...active thoughts? Plan?" And if you really need to stay there until you get a doctor to help you...sometimes you have to say something indicating you may have a plan. If you have a plan....spell it out!!!!! Your pain is not because you are lazy if in fact you do suffer from depression. I don't recognize the medicine, but second opinion, fast, seems in order. Probably hospital admission.

Vicki M

9/ 1/08 10:57am

Hi there,

The drug Lovan is Fluoxetine (also sold under the brand name Prozac.) You can read about it here. It is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSSIs) generally prescribed for depression, OCD, anxiety disorders among other things. It specifically states that you are to let your doctor know in the event you exhibit the following:

"Tell the doctor immediately if you notice worsening depression/other psychiatric conditions, unusual behavior changes (including possible suicidal thoughts/attempts), or other mental/mood changes (including new/worsening anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, irritability, hostile/angry feelings, impulsive actions, severe restlessness, very rapid speech). Be especially watchful for these symptoms when a new antidepressant is started or when the dose is changed."

Since your doctor changed your dosage, it is apparent that it is not working for you and it is the doctor's responsibility to listen to you and not berate you. Get another doctor and when you are back on your feet, lodge a formal complaint about this one.

Take care and please stay in touch!

Vicki M

martymuso

4/ 9/10 9:57am

Lovan is the same as prozac, and you are not the first person to feel this way on this medication. Google 'prozac suicidality' there is a lot of information there. The drug manufacturers have a lot to answer for. You have to get of this drug but DONT stop all at once!! If your doctor put you down like that, go see a new doctor to oversee your withdrawal from this drug.

I also became suicidal on Lovan and there are many, many horror stories on the net. Most of these stories refer to Prozac, Zoloft or Effexor but they are all the same, just different names.

Hang in there- I know how disappointing and difficult it is when the thing you thought would save you makes you even worse, but if you ride out the bad times, the good times will be waiting for you!!

watsthematerwithme

4/19/10 8:38am

thankyou everyone who replied - the doc changed me to effexor - and i feel a hole lot better - ty sincerley for all your help

Alysha//

9/ 1/11 12:05am

My doctors just put me on this, ive been scared what it will do because ive had a friend who takes it, and it only made him worse. i dont know what to do.

Q: hey my docs increase my lovan to 2 a day im nearly suicidal now! and cant get oitta bed - help

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