Re Sleep Paralysis W Hallucinations While Taking Viibryd

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After reading the post sleep paralysis w hallucinations I felt omgosh Iam not the only one, also scared to be on this med anymore. I have been on viibryd for four months now. After talking to my doc about how I have been feeling and feeling like "I just can't handle things at times" and crying while talking with her. She decided to put me on viibryd, with the starter pack. I am at 20 mg which I take at night. I have children to take care of and can't afford to b sleepy n the day.

When I first started this med. I did not tell my husband because I wanted to see if he will notice a change in me. After being on it for three weeks ( which it took two days for me to see a difference) I told him. We both could see I was happier calmer. Handled things better and my libido was better. But after about six weeks it so. That all stopped. It seemed all the good from this med just stopped. Since I have been taking viibryd , I have experienced the brain zaps, weight gain 35 lbs especially in my belly area, sleep paralysis, vision is blurry, unable to sleep thru night, libido down now. The brain zaps scares me as well as the sleep paralysis. Zaps feel like it starts deep within my brain and extends to my head the feeling is like an electric buzz a loud humming vibration which if I don't get up wake up it magnifies greatly. To where I feel like my brain will overload and I will die. Or it goes into the paralysis. The sp. is very scary. I fall asleep and the zaps are in my dreams. I try to wake up but Iam paralyzed. I try to talk but only my voice is very quiet slow motioned. And my words can't come out. There are times I'm asleep but I awake in my dream. Which I think Iam really awake. The room and my husband and child are exactly how they r when I actually wake up. In my dream I feel like my soul is being pulled. And the vibrating Hum is in my head. I feel a wicked presence I the room. I try to speak but can't I turn to get my husband bit my arms are like noodles.

Waking myself out of those dreams is hard. It takes all my strength and I call out to Jesus. When I wake out of it I still feel the effects of the dream and zaps. One night it was so bad I really thought I was dying. I have many if those dreams and zaps. It is every week but when I do have them it's several in one night. I will pray sleep with my bible but at times that doesn't help. What is with this med that it does this to people. My stomach area is bigger. When I turn to the side Iam thicker in that area. I look like Iam five months pregnant. When I talk to my doctor about this she wants to add more ssri meds ie pristiq and cymbalta I tried pristiq at night and viibryd in day. Only for two days. It made things worse. Not only that I read mixing those meds with viibryd is a major drug reaction which can cause serotonin syndrome. So I stopped those and went back to taking viibryd at night. After reading the same effects viibryd is having on other people which are the same as mine I want to get off this med. is there anyone who has successfully weeded off this med and been ok afterwards? Meaning no side affects.

How do you feel being off the med after sometime? And are you on any other ssri? I want off and not take anything anymore. Viibryd. I first thought was great. And I felt so happy wanted to take care of things could handle life's situations wanted to be intimate with my husband. I felt wow I didn't realize I needed this med in my life! Now, that's all gone. Sometimes I want to cry but it won't come out. It's hard to sleep anymore and weight still slowly increasing.

If anyone reading this has started or going to start viibryd, don't. Please reconsider. It's not worth it after the honeymoon wears off.

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Has anyone weened off viibryd and the weight from viibryd came off? How did you ween off it? Anyone stopped and not taking anymore meds and how do you feel now-brain zaps sleep paralysis or anything else still there?
After reading the post sleep paralysis w hallucinations I felt omgosh Iam not the only one, also scared to be on this med anymore. I have been on viibryd for four months now. After talking to my doc about how I have been feeling and feeling like "I just can't handle things at times" and crying while talking with her. She decided to put me on viibryd, with the starter pack. Iam at 20 mg which I take at night. I have children to take care of and can't afford to b sleepy n the day. When I first started this med. I did not tell my husband because I wanted to see if he will notice a change in me. After being on it for three weeks ( which it took two days for me to see a difference) I told him. We both could see I was happier calmer. Handled things better and my libido was better. But after about six weeks it so. That all stopped. It seemed all the good from this med just stopped. Since I have been taking viibryd , I have experienced the brain zaps, weight gain 35 lbs especially in my belly area, sleep paralysis, vision is blurry, unable to sleep thru night, libido down now. The brain zaps scares me as well as the sleep paralysis. Zaps feel like it starts deep within my brain and extends to my head the feeling is like an electric buzz a loud humming vibration which if I don't get up wake up it magnifies greatly. To where I feel like my brain will overload and I will die. Or it goes into the paralysis. The sp. is very scary. I fall asleep and the zaps are in my dreams. I try to wake up but Iam paralyzed. I try to talk but only my voice is very quiet slow motioned. And my words can't come out. There are times I'm asleep but I awake in my dream. Which I think Iam really awake. The room and my husband and child are exactly how they r when I actually wake up. In my dream I feel like my soul is being pulled. And the vibrating Hum is in my head. I feel a wicked presence I the room. I try to speak but can't I turn to get my husband bit my arms are like noodles. Waking myself out of those dreams is hard. It takes all my strength and I call out to Jesus. When I wake out of it I still feel the effects of the dream and zaps. One night it was so bad I really thought I was dying. I have many if those dreams and zaps. It is every week but when I do have them it's several in one night. I will pray sleep with my bible but at times that doesn't help. What is with this med that it does this to people. My stomach area is bigger. When I turn to the side Iam thicker in that area. I look like Iam five months pregnant. When I talk to my doctor about this she wants to add more ssri meds ie pristiq and cymbalta I tried pristiq at night and viibryd in day. Only for two days. It made things worse. Not only that I read mixing those meds with viibryd is a major drug reaction which can cause serotonin syndrome. So I stopped those and went back to taking viibryd at night. After reading the same effects viibryd is having on other people which are the same as mine I want to get off this med. is there anyone who has successfully weeded off this med and been ok afterwards? Meaning no side affects. How do you feel being off the med after sometime? And are you on any other ssri? I want off and not take anything anymore. Viibryd. I first thought was great. And I felt so happy wanted to take care of things could handle life's situations wanted to be intimate with my husband. I felt wow I didn't realize I needed this med in my life! Now, that's all gone. Sometimes I want to cry but it won't come out. It's hard to sleep anymore and weight still slowly increasing.
If anyone reading this has started or going to start viibryd, don't. Please reconsider. It's not worth it after the honeymoon wears off.

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I'm weening myself off now. Try taking 20 mg in the a.m. and then 10mg in the evening. I felt better splitting the dose anyway...even before starting to ween off. I just feel more level throughtout the day/night. Ween yourself slowly.

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Thank. You carol for replying. I was taking 20 mg. but four nights ago I split the 40 to make it a 20. Then shaved off some for three days. Last night I took ten mg viibryd. So far so good. I plan on doing this for a week then to five for week then off. I still need to talk to doc too which I will. Any advice experiences will b helpful. Also. Lol. I seem I put my story in twice here. Lol. Sorry. ;)

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Prozac helped me wean off of Viibryd. Then I still had crazy things happen like Essential Tremor diagnosis. Here I am 1.5? yr. later & still feeling emotionally & physically scarred from Viibryd.

My husband has been encouraging me to look into class action lawsuits on Viibryd. So this is the starting process. Continued discussions on a potential lawsuit will be on the Viibryd with Sleep Paralysis thread. See you there?

Viibryd warning: Class action lawsuit in the works due to it causing SLEEP PARALYSIS & other serious side effects. Especially a severe form of discontinuation syndrome!!! Forest Labs (now under a new name?) refuses to acknowledge the sleep paralysis, but it is a problem for many. More to come!

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Vyybrid was my worst nightmare. No pun intended. I weaned off over 6 months. The last 3 months I took 1/4 of a 40 mg tablet. I was going to wean off for a whold year but realized that even when I took this small dose twice a week, I still had all the same problems. I have been off for about 2 months and I am doing fine so far. Currently not taking anything.

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Re: Marie (# 4) Expand Referenced Message

Did you pursue this? My brain chemistry remains different to this day despite stopping the med in 2012. I'd love to hear from you!

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