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Fluvoxamine Tapper off
My doctor made diagnosis of OCD. currently I am on Fluvoxamine 50 mg 1-0-1 and clomipramine 25mg 0-0-1. I want to tapper off only Fluvoxamine 50mg.Beacause first thing fluvoxamine is expensive and second is that fluvoxamine stops me to visualise any thing like equations in my textbooks.Means when my classmates learn formula in mathematics very easily I also remember formulas very easily before I was ill.But after taking fluvoxamine I feel that this medicine does not allow me to visualise simple eqns like (a+b) whole cube.
Whenever I recall formulas and diagram of electronic circuit then I think due to fluvoxamine I never can learn or find hard to memorize and recall circuit diagrams.So I want to take only clomipramine 25mg and I want to tapper off fluvoxamine 50 mg...So what are the doses of tapering off fluvoxamine?
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Hi... Usually OCD requires a higher dose of Ssris for treatment. If you are facing difficulty with fluvoxamine better discuss this with your treating Psychiatrist and adjust the doses..
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Upi can reduce it to 25 mg morning and 50mg night for 1 week, then 25 mg morning and 25 mg night for next week and see how things are and taper down. But ensure you do this with a psychiatrist consultation. Good luck
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Dr. Gyan Nihal N
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7 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
Probably Fluvoxamine was advised to combat OCD so much as Clomipramine. Yes it is very expensive compared to Clomipramine. At the same time less side effects too compared to Clomipramine. So it is your choice to decide and tell your doctor.
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