Viibryd Has Anyone Else Had A Positive Experience? (Page 2)

I am starting to get a little nervous with all the negative feedback in this forum. I was on Cymbalta for a couple of years, but when my doctor increased the dosage I started gaining a lot of weight. He decided to put me on Viibryd. I just finished my trial pack and feel like I have much more energy and can get up earlier in the morning. I feel more focused on things and I feel like my libido is finally working again. The only thing that has happened negatively is the last two days I have been under a lot of stress and have been crying. But I don’t quite know if it is the medication because I may have just had a couple of bad days. I just increased to 40mg today. I am hoping to feel even better. I have not been as hungry since I started the medication so I was surprised to see that other people said that they gained weight on the medication. Has anyone else had a positive experience on this?

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I have been taking 60mg, and it is working for me. Problem now is that I changed jobs and insurance so there is no coverage. It is not generic yet, correct? Anything on the same lines I could try? I have tried them all for my major depressive disorder & am anxious to start all over again.

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You can sometimes get the drug companies to send you your medication. One had a cap of income of $21K a year if you had no other health insurance.
It is brand new and it takes 17 (?) years for patent to expire so you could be waiting a while.

Glad it is helping you.

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In response to kroster - my appetite hasn't increased either, but I have gained about 2 pounds a month since starting Viibryd (up to 40mg after the first month) in spite of dieting and exercising and doing all of the things that usually help me to lose weight. No telling how much I would have gained otherwise.
Until I read all of the comments, I didn't realize that dreaming was a side effect, but I have definitely been dreaming up a storm. Used to dream all the time but haven't remembered hardly any dreams for the past 5 years or so, but I'm guessing the Viibryd is what is bringing them back. Dreams are just weird, not necessarily bad, but I'm getting off - can't handle the weight gain!

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in reply to 'fat from viibryd', i have been on it for several months and haven't seemed to have gained any weight at all--i do have very vivid dreaming, but i always thought that was my nighttime seroquel. i was originally on pristiq and seroquel, and was definitely having very vivid dreaming then as well--that's why i had chalked it up to the seroquel.

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Look up free prescription card on the internet. I just got one in the mail. It gives you about 65% off of Viibryd, it says....worth a shot. NPSN is the name.

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I have been on a number of antidepressants for years, the last and best one... Prozac. I tried Viibryd about 5 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the results. Im more active, social, anxiety is almost gone, and no sexual side effects. I have had no GI upset or any number of other side effects reported. I think the majority of folks read the side effects and expect them. This is the best antidepressant I've ever been on. I'm extremely pleased with the results.

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I just started Viibryd a week ago. I have suffered form depression most of my life and been on numerous meds. Like you, I am getting nervous reading all of these negative comments about this drug. Especially the weight gain. The only thing I have noticed so far is some nausea. Other than that I guess it is too early to tell. I just went to this from Pristiq as it was no longer helping. I too wish there were more positive feedback regarding this new med. I have a high profile job and can't afford wild side effects.

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I have been in viibryd for over a year. The only side effect that I don't like is my ears will start ringing at night when I miss a morning dose. But not any thing that would keep me up and I love sleep. :) But other than that I am fine. It's definitely helped me manage my emotions positively. I used to get super frustrated if I was trying to explain something and I thought the other person wasnt getting it. Now..I say eff it!

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I was on Cymbalta for a couple of years and really liked it. Liked it so much that they put my 21 year old daughter on it. Very quickly she started having problems urinating. It just wouldn't come out, she had to strain to get it started. Her dr took her off of it right away and problem resolved, however, I had been being treated for interstitial cystitis for years, a very painful urinary issue. Same complaint of delayed start of urination, but I had to go back and match dates to see if it could have been cymbalta! I did and lo and behold, my urinary symptoms started shortly after beginning the cymbalta. I told my doctor what I thought and she switched me off. My symptoms have drastically improved! I only wish I had seen the correlation earlier. I could have saved myself some expensive and painful testing at the urologist's office.

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I have only been on viibryd for a week now. I already feel better. I have been on Latuda 40mg, Klonopin 2.5mg, trazadone 100mg and vyvanse 40mg for about a year but about 3 weeks ago my depression and and panic attacks got out of control. I have a high stress job and things got so bad I almost quit. I was constantly down and worried about everything. It was awful to live with. I could hardly get out of bed. I didn't shower or shave for days at a time. I begged my Dr for something that would help me quickly because I really didn't think I could survive a month of waiting for something to work. She put me on the starter pack. In a few days my worries and depression are all but gone. I have not panicked in days. I have stopped cutting myself and just have an all around feeling of well being. Will be starting 20mg tomorrow and I can't wait to get to work and see what the day has in store for me!

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Glad you are feeling better, but if there is any way you can ditch that job, please do it. I had a nightmare job situation a long time ago, and when I finally let go and escaped, I felt so much better. Have never regretted the decision even though it meant a LOT less money! Take care!

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Are you still on it how long did it take to work please let me know

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Are u still on viibryd how long did it take to work and for you to feel better did you just wake up and feel good one day

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took about a week. Things just got better

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Did u really feel better that quick did u just wake up feeling better please tell me

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Hi r u still on viibryd

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I have been taking viibryd for appx. six months now. It is the best medication I have taken. It helps me to be sociable. And not be nervous around people. No negetive side effects. I don't know how I lived without this med. for over 50 yrs. It is truly my life saver.

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So, after taking Viibyrd. My dr thinks I have Serotonin syndrome. Caused from taking this med. I went from being a very healthy, active 42 yr old to a 70ish yr old acting old woman. Did the med help ,my depression, yes in the beginning. I thought I had found the miracle drug. It even helped with my pms! But, then I began to to have restless legs. My joints ached. I was dizzy, my vision was blurred. I had severe confusion, not being able to complete my sentences or hold conversations. I gained a bunch of weight. I had night terrors... Blood hurling scream nightmares. I would wake seeing images standing over my bed. I would have these bad dreams and wake up, when I would go back to sleep It would start right up where it left off. I can't walk up and down stairs like I did. I am weak. I am in pain very often. For almost two weeks I was barely able to get out of bed. My limps are swollen. My lymphnodes are swollen. I was also very angry. I have lost my strength. My muscle usage. I was a very strong woman that there wasn't much I couldn't do! I can barely hold my coffee cup now. I can't focus well.. . IMy short tem memory is damaged, my vision is damaged. My new dr thought I had some type of cancer. I've been checked for everything under the sun. He has now come up with I have "maybe even permanent" damage from the viibyrd. My old Dr. Didn't want me off the meds, When I called ten days into taking the meds telling her something wasn't right, she up'd my dose to the 20mg. I had to get my pharmacist to help me to ween myself off the viibyrd. It is a drug of the devil! The worst I have ever heard of. I'm still in shock of the person it has turned me into. And the damage it has caused!

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how is it going with welbutring and viibryd? any weight gain?

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Stop using facebook... or at least avoid those posts. I would even consider unsubscribing to the senders of the posts.

You have control here.

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