Viibryd Nightmares (Page 5) (Top voted first)

HI I am on Viibryd for 4 months now and i have these terrible horrific nightmares that i am dyng or sufficating a kind of sleep parasis and it happens a few times a night to where I am aware this drug is causing it. However it happens maybe once a week or once every otherweek so should i just stay on 20 mg i decided to bring it down and go on prozac but i want to make sure i am making the rght dec w doctor of course. I have been on cymbalta 2 years and ristiq 2 years prior and they were terrible to get off i notice that if i am 2 hours late for viibryd i have a night of hell with the nightmares. Does anyone else? Is viibryd going to be a nightmare to get off im very nervous. ;/

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Yes, I had very scary and threatening nightmares. Not only those but absolutely horrid other side effects. I gradually weaned myself off . I think that medication was never tested fully..... it almost killed me.

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Beth, my experience with vibryd was the same as yours. It literally almost killed me! I could not eat, (I lost 22 lbs while on it). I could not sleep, I was so angry, so paranoid, and my anxiety was uncontrollable. I was so hyper manic that for the first time in my life I contemplated suicide. I had nightmares, scary ones that woke me up shaking. An average nights sleep for me was 2-3 hrs. Depression was all consuming but the anxiety was the worse.

I don't think that medication was properly evaluated and I don't believe it ever should be marketed.

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I started taking Viibryd for my chronic depression. I looked up Viibryd side effects because I started experiencing terrible nightmares that I had never had before. I also experienced highs and lows in bed of either freezing or sweating and cold sweats out of nowhere during the night (it's May.) This started during the third week of being on the 40 mg. These nightmares have been unlike any that I've experienced before! I dreamt of people drowning me, chasing me, trying to kill me. The feelings and emotions have been so surreal and vivid that it's actually terrifying. Like many others posting about this, I felt paralyzed in the nightmares, tried screaming and nobody could hear me or help me, tried slapping myself awake but nothing worked. Today (after being on the medication for almost four weeks), I endured the worst series of nightmares all in one nap! It was so horrific that I can't explain it. It was like scenes from a horror movie like Final Destination, people being brutally killed and myself being chased to near death, people trying to drown me. This was so unbearable that I seriously am afraid to sleep now and I woke up crying. I am so relieved to know that this hasn't been happening to just me! I made the decision to week off this medication immediately!

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GIRL, I started a trial for this medication and then missed my appointment which resulted in me missing a few doses of it. AND LET ME TELL YOU, I nearly went insane from the horrific, awful, overpowering, dreams. I just went back to the doctor today for more samples and I'm going to slowly stop taking it because honestly I cannot mentally handle these dreams any longer. They're taking a serious toll on my health, and they only been happening for 3 days.

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Wow, that sounds terrible. I still can't believe how crazy my nightmares were. I'm so glad we both made the connection!

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I understand why experiencing such a thing would be so terrible.

There have been many reports of people experiencing odd things from taking Viibryd.

Learn more Viibryd details here.

The best suggestion I can make is to contact your doctors and make them aware of these issues as you might need to try a different medication.

Are you both still taking it?

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In response to your question about whether or not I am continuing Viibryd, the answer is yes. It really has reconnected me to my creative spirit which has been AWOL for way too long. I am thrilled with that part and if I can reduce it enough I will stay with it.
But I am also clenching my jaw. That is another effect. I called it a "side effect" but my chiropractor today pointed out that it is and effect and he is absolutely right. Clenching has been an issue with other SSRIs. I do think that my pain levels have also been reduced.

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Hi Battle Medic...

I am having to debate Viibryd now on the Sleep Paralysis & Viibryd thread. We had similar experiences. Read back on my posts if you want. Would you mind checking out what a couple of the individuals have to say about Viibryd & tell me if you think they could have connections w/ Forest Labs? I say this because this site is #1 on the Internet for Viibryd discussions. And most people like to read up on their prescribed meds. Thx!

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Dr(?) Beth.
My main concern here is that people who use the title Dr. before their screen name, are , in MEDICAL CASES, REAL DR'S. If you are a real Dr, I am sure you would agree w/ me, and if not, PLEASE, in order that people take your advice with all the seriousness it deserves (and not more), please either change your screen name or make a note in your msg that you are not a real M.D. There are very good reasons why it's illegal to impersonate Dr's.

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I've been following another thread on Viibryd ... discussing more of the Sleep Paralysis side effect of the medicine. Everyone...take a look...many more stories there than in this thread.

So anyway, I wanted to add that I think this person is on to something. When I stopped the Viibryd, I stopped going to church. I've had no desire to go. And suffer from extreme fatigue, rheumatoid arthritis? (at a young age), anxiety, & I guess depression goes hand in hand with the other things.

I am Spiritual....and just want to feel normal & happy again. I had to go on Prozac to get off of the Viibryd. I stopped it & then restarted, because I felt so awful. I can tell that I don't feel positive, like I was on the Viibryd, b4 the side effects hit. Ho hum.

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I was replying back to #21 or 22.... about spiritual experiences.... :)

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I also have had very vivid dreams on Viibryd. I've been a vivid dreamer my whole life, but these are something else! A couple times, I have had dreams within dreams within dreams -- and then I realize (while asleep, within the dream!) that I'm three levels down and could be incepted at any moment! And I wake up, terrified. Lol! In general my dreams feel like action movies, and even when they are scary, they're more like horror novels than nightmares - they're not about me, just something I'm watching happen in my brain? If that makes sense? Anyway, I used to kinda of like the dreams, but I recently went back on Adderall and now the dreams are even more tiring and restless. I'd like to just sleep all night for once.

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned visions, sounds, and falling/spinning sensations before sleeping. These aren't anything to worry about, they aren't crazy. I've had them my whole life. I think they just go along with being a vivid dreamer.

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