Be Very Cautious Mixing Alcohol With Viibryd!! (Page 3)
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This is a warning to you all... A little bit about me first: I'm 6'3" and only 130 pounds. Naturally I am very susceptible to side effects of any drug. I also didn't have my first taste of alcohol until October 2011, which is when I turned 23.

Throughout November 2011 I took Cymbalta. I also drank occasionally, but not often and not much. Cymbalta gave me a lot side effects such as an upset stomach, dizzyness, inability to sleep, etc. About mid-December I switched to Prozac, and took it through February. Throughout this time I drank a lot. Very often, and sometimes I'd get incredibly drunk, but I didn't have any bad experiences with mixing Prozac and alcohol. At the beginning of March 2012 I started taking Viibryd because Prozac wasn't giving me the results I desired. The first time I drank while taking Viibryd was on March 14th. That night was also my first and only ride in an ambulance. I drank a good bit of alcohol that night, but it wasn't the most I've ever drank. I also drank a little too fast. I ended up throwing up everything, then stomach juices, then dry heaving all the way to the hospital.

Since then I've only gotten drunk once while on Viibryd, and I did it slowly. I took about 10 shots of vodka but over a four hour period. I didn't feel any bad effects that night, and thought that maybe if I was just careful with my drinking that I could still get drunk while taking Viibryd. But the next day I was miserable. After havingstopped drinking at 11pm the night before, I was still drunk at 8am and unable to drive. The entire day I was sick and on the verge of passing out. I couldn't function at all. And the effects even carried over slightly to the following day.

I would just like to warn you all. It wouldn't suprise me at all if someone could end up dead due to an accident of mixing Viibryd and alcohol...

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I really find it hard to believe when I see the amount of alcohol being consumed by some of those taking Viibryd. I drink, but rarely more than a couple of glasses of wine at a time. Not lecturing, just cautioning, once again, that this is extremely dangerous. Hasn't your doctor told you that you should not be drinking at all on Viibryd, much less the amounts that you say you are drinking? Please be truthful with your doctor. There is no point in taking meds is you don't go by the rules and you could end up really sick or even dead. Please take care of yourself.

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I'm not a drinker AT ALL but on 2 occasions since I started taking viibryd I drank and no matter how much I drank I did not get drunk. Yes, very very strange. I'm older and yes I've been drunk and know what it's like to feel tipsy/buzzes etc. I got tired and my eyes were bloodshot but I NEVER felt impaired. I also take lamictal. Has anyone heard of this????? (Yes I know I shouldn't drink on medication)

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I have been taking Viibryd for a long time now. I am a junior in college and I have never drunk whatsoever but suddenly I want to go out and get drunk. Maybe it's because I have so many people around me drinking alcohol but I just want to experience alcohol. Viibryd has always worked for me but I don't know if it has created a craving for alcohol or if it is just the college environment.

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I am 60 a d have been on a plethora of SSRI's
After being weaned off of Sertraline, I started the gradual increase to 40 mg. of Viibryd.
Now I have been feeling lousy after drinking, and have verywired dream. Not nightmares , almost repetitive rambling dreams (delusional) that one gets with a high fever. I wake up like I'm suffocating and my heart races
Having atrial fibrillation that kind of cocerns me. I don't feel quite as bad psyche wise but not that much better that I would continue unless these effects dissipate.

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I had the same feelings! Are you on a full 40 mgs? If so talk to your doctor and maybe decrease the dose! I had colonipin to help, but still had the shaky feeling, so I dropped my milligrams down to 30. If you have never tried any other meds you might want to give Effexor xr a try!

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This response is to Daniel. I am so sorry that you got sick and had to go to the hospital, but a person could end up dead mixing 10 shots of Vodka with a lot of different drugs, not just Viibryd, so please be careful. Not here to lecture because I drink too, but 10 shots is a lot, especially for someone your size. Please consider tapering off a bit. It seems to me that maybe Viibryd isn't working all that well for you if you are still feeling the need to drink that much? Just a guess. Take care!

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I find that if I sleep in or forget to take my 20mg dose of viibryd first thing in the am, that it interferes with my sleep at night. I usually take it around 7am, but if I take it even as late as 10 am I will not be able to fall asleep at night. The stomach issues have subsided after a month on the medication. It's still not perfect but much better than it was. I sometimes feel like if I drink it doesn't affect me as much and I don't feel it until the next day. My alcohol intake seems to increase when I've been on ssri meds vs. going down to almost nothing when I was on Wellbutrin which was the WRONG med for me. Viibryd has done wonders for me, working immediately after my first 10 mg dose. I'm now managing great on only 20mgs and not gaining weight like I did on Zoloft. I love it.

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Does anyone know if the bad alcohol effects lessen or go away after taking viibryd for a few months? Or will it be the same after taking this medication for a year or more?

I would appreciate answers from people that have been taking this for awhile. I just started today and am a bit concerned because I like my beer.

Thanks

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I have gained weight too, and this drug was supposed to be weight neutral. I am almost positive the drug is to blame because I have been exercising and staying strictly on Weight Watchers and the weight keeps inching up instead of going down which is really unusual for me. Gained about 10 pounds in 6 months and I am going to quit taking it (gradually). Don't think it is helping that much, and I hate the weight gain! (on another site someone said they gained 85 pounds in six months - hard to believe, but I do believe it puts on the pounds).

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Hey everyone, my name is Stephen, I've been taking viibryd since March 2011, I started the 10mg for a week, then went to the 20mg for a week then the 40mg tablets. I know sooo much about this medication. Before I got on viibryd, I had extreme anxiety from smoking spice. Thats a whole different subject :)..But anyways, I Do experience stomach nausea, I havent vomited ever, I figured out that a lot of the way this medication works is the type of food you eat determines how your body metabolizes the medication. Also you must eat atleast 300 calories with the medication or your body will not absorb properly. Also fruits and vegetables act as a natural serotonin inhibitor. Your body needs to have the proper nutrition to minimize side effects. I found this out when I got a job at whole foods market. I eat nothing but healthy foods and do not drink anymore, I had a severe hyperventilation attack the day after I drank only a 6pk of budlight in 3 or so hrs. Alcohol strips your body of nutrition, and strips the viibryd from your body, so that's why the next day you feel do bad. Its like not taking the medication at all for a day. I have zero side effects since I changed my diet. I used to get bad stomach cramps, dizziness upon standing, irregular heart beat, heart palpitations, cold sweats at night, and trouble sleeping. Now im so happy:).. Again! You must eat atleast 300 calories with viibryd or you will definatly have stomach pains. Food and water minimize the effects, the reason for this is, your brain draws 80 percent of all serotonin from your stomach (Gut). Your body can only produce so much serotonin without food, once it runs out, your stomach starts to hurt because its lacking serotonin, serotonin also controls vomiting!! I read a lot on wikipedia and learned quite a bit about serotonin and dopamine production in the body.

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Kelly, I also have a panic disorder, and have been looking for feedback. I started this med today and It is good to hear something positive. Do you have any side effects?

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Anyone who drinks 10 shots in 4 hours will still feel drunk the next morning. That is a BAC of .194 which is more than double the legal limit for driving. I'm not contradicting your opinion that mixing alcohol and Viibryd is dangerous, but you drank a dangerous amount for any person.

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My son is 23, 5ft 11inches tall and weighs 145 lbs. He is on 20 mg of viibryd. He works full time and goes to school 3 evenings a week. He started drinking about a half a pint of rum per night about 2 months ago. Tonight at about 1am he was at his desk and passed out and was unresponsive, I called an ambulance and he was taken to the hospital, his blood alcohol was 258, is it possible that the Viibryd somehow elevates the alcohol content? The Dr said that if he had consumed much more alcohol death would be a real possibility. I no longer allow alcohol in my home. He also suffers from severe hangovers the next day, when he gets hungry, he has to eat immediately or he is in agony. We are going to keep a close eye on him to be sure that he does not drink. This was a very scary situation for my wife and I and I hope someone reads this and realizes the danger, it's no joke

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With the d_ope'rative word being "mixing"! Many folk nowadays are as equally "mixed-up" in their thinking as are their thinks..err..drinks! Why do people consume alcohol? Presumably to place themselves into a state[stupor?] of feeling better in themselves, exactly where the alcohol -- once consumed -- ends up, in themselves. This same desire of wanting to feel better is the reason that people feel the need -- and are advi$ed -- to consume drugs[whether they're prescribed or not], so why doesn't every container of alcohol have a wise warning on its label clearly stating that consumers of alcohol should not in any circumstances take any drugs whilst they are consuming alcohol? If the alcohol is going to make them veritably feel better then there'll be no need to throw any drugs into the "mix"! If either one[alcohol or drug] was a necesssary adjunct to the other then they'd be already premixed for you in the right proportion to save you the bother of having to concoct it yourself, then when you started to feel a bit down in health, and thought that by taking a "ground powder" you'd soon come good, you could just take some "t_alc'ohol"[reg.] instead...to prevent any possibility of your ever biting the "dust"!

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I have been on Viibryd for a few about 4 months now, only 10mg (combined with 75mg of Wellbutrin taken 3x a day) and I absolutely love it. I don't feel foggy. I don't feel "fake" happy. I just feel completely normal again.

I also feel like I actually CRAVE alcohol way more than I used to. I'm not skinny... 5'7 and like 165lbs (I'm a female) and I can easily drink a 6pack of beer or an entire bottle of white wine a night and feel completely fine the next day. Has anyone else actually wanted to drink MORE since starting Viibryd?

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I just started taking Viibryd a few days ago. Havent had too many side effects. Just an upset stomach. That may be because I take it on an empty stomach. I tend to go out drinking 2-3 days a week. Everything you guys are saying is really scaring me : ( Also, I have epilepsy and I keep reading you are not supposed to be taking this medicine if you have a seizure disorder. I was prescribed this by my neurologist who diagnosed me with epilepsy. I am confused by this....

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I too wake up in the middle of the night extremely hungry. I have actually goten up in the middle of the night to have a piece of toast. I also found that this medication made me feel foggy. Needless to say, I decided to discontinue Viibryd and change to Lexapro.

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I can't take it in the morning - I have to eat a lot of food before I take it and even then I feel sick for hours.

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I've been taking Viibryd for about 4 months now, and I love it! I'm using it in a combination with Wellbutrin XL 300mg.

For those just starting Viibryd, I'd recommend asking your doctor for a starter pack, it gradually increases the dose to let your body get used to the new medication.

I've drank occasionally while on this medication but always in light amounts. I'm a small person anyway 5'0 and 115 pounds, so I watch my alcohol consumption. I haven't had any problems with hard liquor or wine, I think the key is moderation.

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I have been taking Viibryd for 19 months now. I didn't have a single drink for the first 15 months, but have begun to drink again in the last 4 months. I have not had any kind of reaction that everyone is talking about! At worst, I have a hangover that I would have from drinking too much anyway, and at best, I've actually had a good night's sleep. I am wondering if people are taking the medication in the morning, or at night. My doctor said to absolutely take it in the morning, and I'm wondering if that is the difference? I feel fine, and am surprised to read other peoples' accounts of having such trouble with this medication. I am taking 40 mg. daily for panic disorder, and it has worked very, very well! Please let me know if you are taking this at night, because you might want to switch to daytime.

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