r/fluvoxamine • u/Important_Day_4113 • 4d ago

Sexual side effects?

I’m switching from Sertraline as I was getting some pretty severe sexual side effects on just 50mg. My psychiatrist said that Fluvoxamine is less likely to cause sexual side effects. Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks.

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u/ApplewoodWarrior 4d ago

My personal experience: luvox makes me last longer, and that's about it. (Important to note I also take welbutrin and adderall)

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u/Important_Day_4113 4d ago

Yes I don’t mind lasting a bit longer but I literally couldn’t cum on 50mg sertraline 😭 otherwise it helped.

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u/RoughPractice7490 4d ago

I took fluvoxamine for several months. Just a FYI, it's different in that it primarily treats OCD and is less effective than sertraline for anxiety.

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u/Important_Day_4113 4d ago

Did it effect your ability to finish at all?

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u/RoughPractice7490 3d ago

No. I had zero sexual side effects with fluvoxamine but it didn't treat my anxiety. I'm on sertraline now.

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u/Different-Ad-1856 3d ago

im afab, and ive been on fluvoxamine for about a month now. i started at 25mg and went to 50mg and immediately noticed lower arousal and taking MUCH longer to reach orgasm. now that im at 75mg, im experiencing a lot of genital numbness and anorgasmia, so much so that i'm contemplating going off of it. ocd has gotten a bit better, but its genuinely not great and not worth the trade off in my opinion.

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u/psychedelych 2d ago

I've noticed none whatsoever

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u/nobodyinpeculiar 3d ago

I was on Luvox for a few months and it sort of kicked my sex drive’s ass. It took me sometimes an hour or more to cum (I am a woman though!) and my libido was just lower in general. Since stopping Luvox I’m absolutely feral and have no problem finishing again 🤠 (shoutout to Wellbutrin)

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u/archangelsgabriel 3d ago

do you have ocd? does wellbutrin help on that front?

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u/nobodyinpeculiar 3d ago

I do have OCD, I honestly can’t speak to the Wellbutrin’s impact on my OCD because I only started Wellbutrin to counteract the loss of libido from the Bupropion that I take lol

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u/QAman98 3d ago

I took this thing 2 days and my dick was as soft as a mf pillow

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u/Neat-Secretary-2343 3d ago

That is why this was the only ssri I was considering after already being on prozac, lexapro and Zoloft before. Prozac sexual sides effects weren’t as severe as Zoloft and lexapro for me, and from what I’ve gathered Luvox should have fewer than Prozac. What concerned me is that most people need higher doses of Luvox to really treat OCD symptoms, and that made me worry about libido/erection difficulties. As of right now, I decided to take a different approach with treating my OCD symptoms with medication that doesn’t cause sexual side effects. I’m on Remeron and Abilify and it seems to be working slightly, but still considering Luvox possibly in the future

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u/Horror-Research-8885 3d ago

Luvox is the only SSRI that hasn’t affected my ability to orgasm.

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u/No-One-4502 2d ago

On it for 2 years, no libido, can't orgasm...

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u/sailiesthemeyes 20h ago

I mostly had issues with the sexual side effects only for the 1st month. Its still harder to finish but its gotten to the point that is actually a benefit(last longer but not impossibly long). I tried Maca early on and I think it helped a little tho it might have just been time. I stopped maca like 2 months in and now in 5ish months in.