Viibryd Reviews (Page 9)
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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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Raven, you are courageous in the face of adversity. You deserve better healthcare. Empressou, thanks for sharing and caring eniugh to wish everyone else well.

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I actually spoke to my pharmacist about it. He said its actually anxiety triggered by Viibryd. It feels like a severe panic attack, with someone standing on yr chest. I've had those. No fun!

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@empressou--hehe--my doc didn't cut me down to 20mg of viibryd--i did that myself, as did stopping completely. it sucks, because the "insurance" i have only entitles me to a "clinician" every two or three weeks and the psych every 2 months or so--and that just to write scrips. now, the one i had before had suggested buspar, but not this guy. i see him on the 7th and i'm going to discuss this with him. you know, before i got to even see the psych at this facility (i started there in early may and didn't see the doc until august 26! i had to rely on my previous facility to continue writing my meds--nice of them, huh?), i asked my clinician if he wrote stuff down re: our visits and the doc got to know me that way, and he said, "no, i speak to him". well, when i finally saw the doc, he said he hadn't discussed my case with my clinician. nice procedure, huh? anyway, that's why i decide my doses myself, according to how i feel... and i'm no mental health worker... i know different meds work differently according to person, but i really need to find something that helps with my anxiety and does not make me hypomanic. before i was on anything, i had trouble motivating to even shower or leave the house, so there HAS been SOME improvement (due to the seroquel, i presume). there's gotta be something that will help short of highly addictive benzos, which he won't give me anyway...

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Seroquel is one drug I haven't been prescribed, so I don't know anything about it. My Dr just added Buspar to the mix for me as an anti-anxietal. I think its making me feel edgy though. I fly off the handle very easily which is not good in my line of work. Anyway, I think I'm going to call my Doc & try to get off it. So, since your Dr reduced your dose of Viibryd down to 20 mg, are you still experiencing hair loss? My Dr told me its stress, age, heredity, etc. But I've been under this much stress before and never lost hair. And no one (incl the men) in my family ever lost hair. So again, I think its the Viibryd.

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i was on--as i have previously posted. first on seroquel nightly (xr 200), pristiq daily, but that seemed to make me hypomanic in the evening, so swapped for viibryd, which was okay, but it also seemed i was experiencing hair loss to some extent. well, i lowered myself from 40mg to 20 of viibryd, and after a week or two, just stopped taking it. no 'discontinuation syndrome' (which, incidentally, with seroquel, was downright WITHDRAWAL just after one day when i ran out between scripts! itching like you wouldn't believe and sounds made me want to scream). anyway, i digress (but that's part of my strangeness)--so, just about the time i lowered the viibryd to 20, i started breaking the seroquels in two--which changed it from xr200 to regular 100. seems to be working fine, but since i'm off the viibryd, i seem to be hypomanic quite a lot. maybe i do need the extended release seroquel, but the idea was that i don't want to be dependent on meds. will see the psych in a week and see what's what... any thoughts??

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I agree. My dilemma is that Viibryd has saved my life, but the side effects ... Well, isn't that why we're trolling these forums/ fora(?) ? I've tried other meds, with varying success and side effects. Telling others that drug x or drug y is BAD could actually hurt someone. Ultimately, it's a journey finding the right medicine, and a patient doc who'll work with you and not force you to stick with one medicine. I'm truly happy for anyone who has found the right medication that wirks for them :-)

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Don't take it..........

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Wow! So many side effects! Congratulations to those of you for whom it is working. As for hair loss, I would prefer to not be depressed than have hair, but I lost all mine once to chemo once so I probably have a unique perspective. The doctors I know have found Viibryd intolerable because of the gastric side effects, but the hair loss is news to me. Sounds like the FDA does need to hear about this. I thought the emotional side effects would end up taking it off the market, but they just keep on coming. It is an interesting drug. When it works it really works ad when it doesn't it is a nightmare...literally.

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I've taken Zoloft (didn't work), Prozac (stopped working), Effexor (weight loss), Wellbutrin (spontaneous rage), Paxil (serious weight gain), Pristiq (stopped working) and now Viibryd. Initially 20mg worked to pull me out of an acute clinical depression (I have a 20 yr history with depression). But after 3 months, started to feel symptoms again.

Dr increased dosage to 40mg. I just realized within the last couple of weeks that I feel normal again -- experiencing joy, excitement, handling stress and work much better!

So what's the issue? Well, I found this chat room by googling Viibryd & hair loss. I started to notice about a month ago that I was losing hair by the root...a lot of it. I starting thinking about what changed in the last couple months and all I could think of was the increased dosage of Viibryd. I now have 2 bald spots on each side of my head and my bangs are so thin you can see through to my scalp. Not very happy about it. I started using Rogaine, but it clearly states that if hair loss is due to medication, etc, it won't work.

But I feel so much better. So the question is...do you sacrifice your quality of life for alopecia?!? I have a Dr's appt coming up in 2 weeks. I'm going to discuss the hair loss with him and see what he says. I remember he didn't know alot about Viibryd when he prescribed it, but that I had been on so many others that he thought it would be worth a try. He's pretty conservative about medications, so I feel I can trust him in his assessment. I'll let you all know what I find out in a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, I hope you are all getting the treatment you need and your lives continue to improve!

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I have just switched from Lexipro to Viibryd and upped my dose to 20 mg .I am experiencing severe facial tics which are getting worse day by day.
Do these tics go away if you stop using Viibryd?

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do NOT take this medicine!!! there is a link on here with many complaints, including mine. Did you know this is a black label drug? It barely passed with FDA..has many warnings. It has affected people's brains, bodies (muscular) etc.. DO NOT TAKE!!! Research. This drug is scary and dangerous.

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I had weight gain on vii too. I tried diet pills, and the combo had a very bad side effect. Don't take vii & diet pills. I even changed eating habits and it didn't help. What did help was v8 juice. I noticed not eating(or eating less) caused tummy aches. The v8 helped with tummy aches and hunger pains(when eating less) I wasn't hungry I just felt that way on vii. Hope this helps.

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I've only been taking the med since May and I've gained 40 pounds! I've only experiences weight gain through pregnancy and it ain't that! It's the med. I feel great on it otherwise. I've been almost every med and I've found one that works, it's sad that the only problem is the weight gain.:(

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I've been taking it since May. I feel great! My depression is pretty much gone. I do experience anxiety from time to time, but it's not as intense. The only thing that bothers me is the weight gain. It's not listed as a side effect, but from what I can see, I'm not the only one. I hope it helps you!

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I've been taking the Viibryd since May. I've gained forty pounds since I started. No thyroid problems. Doc refuses to believe that Viibryd is causing it. I don't take anything else. I feel great and I'm actually happy! Haven't felt that in a long time, but now the weight gain has for me down and buying bigger clothes. :(

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well, thyroid is fine--it's time to start reporting the hair loss as a side effect to the pharm co. and the fda...

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Still taking Viibryd with great results...but just figured something out! Yay!

I just figured out something I think. I have had brusing problems in the last couple of weeks. One of my arms looked like I had gotten beat up...lol..Course just playing with my dog. Anyway I heard a commercial on another medication about taking aspirin and could cause more bleeding or bruising! Whalllaaaa....Now I know what the easy bruising is for. I had forgotten that brusing if taking aspirin was one of the side effects. I have been taking bc's quite a bit the last couple of weeks. I haven't had one in a couple of days and my bruises are going away....So glad (or I guess anway) to know that's what it was. I have noticed it before when taking bc's.....just never figured the connection.

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re: the hair loss--i seem to be experiencing it as well. i do understand the thyroid thing--but WHY would i only experience hair loss AFTER taking viibryd??? THAT'S what i'm confused about. well, have appt. w/primary on the 30th--hopefully i'll remember all the things i need to ask...

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I had the same problem but only the severe knee pains. Joint pain resolved after weaning off the med.Been off for about a year.

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Absolutely agree with hair loss side effect. It was incredibly bad for me. I was taking Viibryd not for a long, maybe for 2-3 weeks in October 2012. It worked as a chemotherapy for me - unbelievable rate of hair loss, diarrhea. I wish my hair grew back after I stopped it, but no... Now, on June 2013 my hair stay thin and scare that I can see my scalp easily. I am still so mad at it! I reported this side effect to my psychiatrist and since then I even stopped seeing her or other psychiatrists so that not to get into trouble like this any more when they prescribe NEW CRAP like viibryd and you trust them and take it. Loss of at least 1/3 of my hair - nothing like this made me so depressed and unhappy before. Be careful!!!

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