Viibryd Reviews (Page 51)
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Going to start it tomorrow. Anyone else taking it, and if so, how do you like it?

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I just got put on viibryd after my last med, pamelor, made me tachychardic. The pamelor worked with topamax to cover both migraines and gad, so when I got on the viibryd and started having daily headaches, red flags galore! Neurologist said to talk to shrink, shrink said wait another week to see how I feel.

I just started the 20mg dose a couple days ago, the side effects are wearing off it seems but it's been a trip. I've had nausea, headaches, abdominal cramping, vision issues, etc. I haven't had this much trouble with one of these drugs since I tried to get on cymbalta.

If anyone is having headaches or eye pain, I think it has something to do with muscle tightness. I started taking a low dose of baclofen, a muscle relaxer, at night before bed and that seems to clear up the head pain.

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The reason I asked about the Wellbutrin was because I thought that maybe the V would work by itself. I have been taking it for a long time on and off...mainly on. I just go off it cause I would rather not take meds...course when i do...like I said a couple of weeks out...everyone is telling me to take my meds...lol... I started taking it years ago, with lexapro. I for some reason just was crying and upset and nothing would work. Went to a great Christian doctor and explained to him what I was going through...course there were a lot of things going on in my life...seems that is the usual...lol.. I have been taking it since then..on and off...like I said. Didn't like the lex so I took myself off it. Just been on Wellbutrin for many years...except the xanax..that is for panic attacks while driving...I wish I could just drive like I used to!!! I want to take off on the highway and just go...but I stick to regular streets for the most part. Am hoping the V helps with that too..that is why I was wondering if the Wellbutrin could be causing more anxiety and maybe just the V would be good.

Shannon...sure hope you get to feeling better!! Prayers are with you!!
Other than that...this is so far a great med for me... :)

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I know exactly how you feel Shannon. Was there something that triggered your sadness or did it just pop up? For me, there are endless thoughts that cause overwhelming sadness and anxiety. My doc won't prescribe Xanax, but gave me klonopin. About the only time i'm at peace is when I sleep. Sorry for your setback. You're not alone.

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Hey all, I am at work, so can't type much today. I am feeling pretty great! Have had some strange dreams...ect..NOT bad though like sleep drugs do to me...lol.. I do seem to wake up too...but I immediately just go back to sleep and start dreaming again..I dan live with that..I think...Wonder if stopping the Wellbutrin would work for me laura. I have gone off and on it a thousand times. I don't do the taper thing...lol..might try it. It usually doesn't hit me that I am off it til about two weeks out. It would be great to only take One dep med along with my other meds. Go back to the doc Friday. Everyone keep your heads up and hope all of you that are having problems start feeling better. Will check back later! :)

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This is my second month of taking Viibryd. I went straight from Lexapro to Viibryd with no weaning etc. I felt fine until about 2 weeks ago, then I had a total meltdown. These last few days have been spent pondering how to get rid of myself in the easiest possible way. My dr gave me Xanax and I am now to see a PSY, but I've never felt do uttterly black before. I've taken everything. Lexapro, paxil, prozac, effexor, wellbutrin, pristiq....blah blah blah. I'm just plain out tired from feeling crazy. I hate everything and I am so sad & angry. Like I said this has only been happening for about 2 weeks. It's like something inside me broke and I can't find the leak. I just want it to stop.

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When i went off wellbutrin i had horrible body aches for about a week or two and then they went away...i hope it goes away for you too :) youre body coming down off of norepinephrine will cause you to experience pain differently.

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Hey Laura. Glad you're feeling better. I'm still here, feeling better and haven't turned into a mutant or zombie...yet! I think the anxiety may be diminishing a little and believe it is from stopping the effexor and lexapro. (From what I've read, it takes some time to get the old meds completely out of your system once you stop.) I'm finishing my fourth week on Viibryd now and actually had to get a prescription filled as I have only two sample pills left. (Doc had a certificate for a free 30 day supply so I took advantage of that for sure!) All in all, I would say the Viibryd is definitely helping. Thanks for continuing to post. I look forward to hearing how all us guinea pigs are doing on this new med!

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ls- Thank you for the kind words and encouragement. You're right, it took about three days on the 40mg to feel okay, but the first few are a bit rough. Yesterday was a very stressful day, and I handled it without turtling up, or freaking out, so yeah Viibryd! I also feel like I'm thinking more clearly.

I stopped taking that topamax, although I hesitate to call it that because the generic is as much like the original as I am Cindy Crawford.

I also have to be careful with the adderall because I've noticed that anything above 30mgs in a day and I start getting rather paranoid....sort of that feeling like everyone is watching me, waiting for me to do something crazy, which sort of makes me both really really want to, and really really scared I will, lol.

I'm still taking 150mgs of Wellbutrin with the Viibryd. I cut a 300xl in half since I don't have a current prescription for 150. Probably not the best idea, but I've had worse.

****Also, a hearty welcome and hello to our new posters***

Passion- I haven't noticed any sexual side effects with Viibryd, but I've been married for eons so sex is a bit scarce in these parts. MY desire isn't affected at least.

FracturedPrune- Congrats on the surgery, and I hope you're recovering well. I had a few days of some stomach issues, but not anymore. Your stomach is very tender right now, so I'm sure your cramps feel much worse, plus you're entire body is going through changes so you're going to find certain medications you could take, you can't take anymore. I lost a lot of weight, and as I was coming down, it was amazing how differently medications were metabolized from when I was larger. Also, If you recently went off the Lexapro, you might be having some lingering withdrawal affects. It was a tough one to get off of as I recall.

Increased hunger for the first two weeks- yeah, but honestly, it was the first week that was really bad. The second wasn't nearly as bad, and now I'm just the opposite and my appetite is gone. I'm just really thirsty. Trying to be good and drink water instead of sugary drinks.

Muscle cramps- a few, but I have other health issues so I barely take note of them anyway. Even without the Viibryd, my joints are swollen and painful, so there's not much the Viibryd could do that isn't done already.....knock on wood.

Headaches- yes, migraines in fact. Now that I'm on the 40mg, they've gone away, but the first two weeks I noticed an increase in them. I think it has something to do with blood pressure, because I also noticed my pulse was up a bit and I was feeling flushed.

Hair loss- slacked off since stopping the generic topamax. I'm confident that was it. I'm glad I stopped because in addition to that, it wasn't helping at all, and I think it was contributing to the Viibryd not working as well as it could.

There's my update. So far so good. I'm toying with the idea of going totally off the wellbutrin. Like you LS, I've been on it forever, so there's a bit of attachment to it since....well, frankly it's worked alright (most of the time). It's like a security blanket. I think it contributes a bit to my anxiety.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Please keep me updated on how everyone is doing....Chuck, I know you're out there! Everyone check in- I think this is the only current thread about this medication and we've probably been on it as long as it's been available in the US. It'll be good to have a record of how it goes in case we all turn into zombies, or mutants or something!

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Is anyone having body aches from Vybriid? I am going off Wellbutrin and incorporating the Vybriid in daily and I'm just so achy. Feels like a bad virus. Maybe Wellbutrin withdrawals cuz I've been on so long??? I feel much better mentally though. More calm. That's been a good thing.

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I'm still on the first week of the titration pack. I think I have a unique case in that I had weight loss surgery 9 weeks ago and every time I take the Viibryd it gives me really bad stomach cramps. The amount of food I can eat at one time is limited. The cramps are so bad, I dont know if I can continue to take the medication. I may go back to lexapro.

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I have been weaning off of Wellbutrin XL and putting in 10 mg of Vybriid in the AM. Eventually I'll be up to 40 mg of Vybriid and no longer taking Wellbutrin. The Wellbutrin seemed to lose it's effect and i was constantly negative. As I take Vybriid I'm noticing a better look at things. My body aches and I having headaches but I think it's because I'm withdrawing from Wellbutrin. Some diarrhea too. Today was a bad day for that. I told the Dr I won't take a med that keeps me from having good sex so this Vybriid will hopefully stick to it's word on that. Oh yeah I do notice I'm a little more hungry. Hope that will subside. I'll keep everyone updated and please do then same for me since this med is suchna mystery. Thanks

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Yeah...that first 3 days or so upping to 40mg was a little much for me too....thought maybe 30 would have been better..lol..but I came out of it and am so far happy with the 40mg...I was 20mg 10 days and now 10 days on 40mg. Course you know I am on the Wellbutrin also, and that isn't something I think I would ever want to get rid of...course already discussed that before.

Hope you get to feeleing better!!

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I went ahead and started the 40mg tablets a day early. I had a good breakfast and took it at 9am. It's 3pm and for the last several hours, I've been in a definite down state. I don't know why, or if it has anything to do with upping the dose, but today is the first day that I've not felt good- in fact, I feel really, really not good. I've got that waterlogged feeling in my chest, that heaviness of emotion, like someone has died, and I've been on the verge of tears all day for no good reason. Ugh...anyone else notice something like this after going from 20 to 40? Maybe 40 is too much? Maybe taking the wellbutrin and 40mgs of viibryd is too much? i'm going to stick it out a few more days and hope it improves. .

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ls-

I've had some thinning, my hair certainly isn't what it used to be but nothing like what I've seen over the last week, and especially in the last two days. I mean handfuls of hair. However, I'm nearly 100% certain that it's the GENERIC topamax that I'm on now. When I was on topamax before, it was the name brand and I didn't have any issue with hair loss until I was weaning off, then I had hair loss (but I was also weaning off a few other meds as well). It's been a few years since my last Rx, and since then, it's gone generic. Apparently, the generic is notorious for causing hair loss as noted by many patients that used the name brand and never had that issue.

Since I've only been on it a few weeks, I'm going to stop it. My migraines aren't bad enough to put up with this much hair loss, especially since it's already thin from other underlying conditions. I've started taking my Hair, Skin, Nails supplement as it's highly recommended to slow the progression.

As for the anxiety and viibryd, I've had a few days where I was a bit edgy, but mainly it's the lack of sleep that's wearing on me. I'm having two nights a week where I literally don't shut my eyes, and that's taking the viibryd in the very early morning (like 6am). Lack of sleep is a big migraine trigger for me.

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Chuck, so far so good on the anxiety....just started driving again this week...lol...my son has been doing all the driving (probably said that before) this summer, so I figured i better get back in practice. Driving is my biggest downfall for my anxiety..I take my xanax, which is a lifesaver, but that doesn't mean i can just take off to another state or something. I avoid highways until I get used to where I am going. I am hoping so much for this to help out!! We will see...

Laura, was your not falling out before this med? Just curious, it would be weird for this kind of med to make your hair fall out...wouldn't it?? LOLOL...ok...I will go back to the thyroid thing...that is another symtom (hair falling out). I know you said your numbers were "normal", may check the stop the thyroid madness site and read up a little. Very enlightening!!

Hope yall get to feeling better...!! I seem to be doing fine so far. :)

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Okay, so my dosage doubles again to 40mgs on Thrs, but I'm a little worried about this hair loss. I can't tell if it's the viibryd, or the wellbutrin (which I've knocked back to 150mg) or the topamax (100mgs/day). I just don't know what's doing it, or if they're all contributing. It's not only my hair, but my eyelashes are falling into my eyes constantly. This is beyond the normal summer shedding. I'm fairly confident it isn't the wellbutrin now, so it's either the topamax or the viibryd. I was on topamax before for several years and it never caused hair loss, only after I weaned off it (then it was awful!!!) but not when I was first starting it.

The viibryd seems to be working just fine for the depression, aside from a few alnighters were I swear I could not go to sleep to save my life, overall I feel fine- not super- but more "normal" than I have in a long time. I would hate to stop taking it just because of the hair loss thing, but too much more of this and I'll be bald. Is anyone else having this issue? If it's the topamax, I'll bite the bullet and just go back to excedrin or something!

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Just finishing my third week. Seems to be helping the depression, but my anxiety is off the charts. (Lot going on in my life right now.) Doc gave me some Klonopin, but it makes me fuzzy-headed. Anyone else experiencing anxiety?

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Soooo, how is everyone doing? Laura, I missed your other post before I posted. You got me scared and had to look it up. Don't have an answer....did you find anything else.

Anyone else feeling good/bad/indifferent? I am actually doing really well!! :)

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lolol...I know what you mean!!! Seems like the little people get the worst when it comes to pot smoking...it just kills me!!! There are sooo many reasons to legalize it...geez..there is a liquor store on every corner!!! Are you making sure that you eat witht he med> I hate eating breakfast, but I have to have some major food in my stomach with this med. Gonna have to cut something else out. I think I have gained a couple of pounds and it isn't the meds fault...I just think eating with it and feeling good has made me just enjoy myself toooo much!!!...lol...So far, it is great...going to start back driving next week before my son goes back to college...that is the real test for me....hopefully the anxiety reports from so many won't be the case for me. Say prayers for me and I will for all of you. Glad we are all on the ride and hopefully this will be a great one!!! Have a great weekend!! Going to see family and friends today...gonna be a great one!!!

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Oh my....

I was just looking over the Rx drugs that I take and yikes! I'm surprised I haven't fallen over from seretonin syndrome yet.

Viibryd
Adderall (although I'm not using this everyday)
Wellbutrin XL
Topamax

Does anyone else think I should be looking for parts of my kidneys next time I use the potty?

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