Viibryd Side Effects (Page 14)
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What if any side effects are people experiencing on viibryd

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I've been on Viibryd since September. I started slowly, 10mg, 2 weeks later, 15 mg, and so on up to 20 mg. I have never in my life experienced such bad side effects from a drug, headaches, nausea, increased anxiety, dry mouth, tingling in tongue and lips, numbness in face, bad dreams, insomnia. After three months of giving this mediation a try that was suppose to be so wonderful, I have finally gradually tapered off and today took my last 5 mg. I'm hoping that the coming week is not awful with any withdrawals. My doctor decided he didn't want to put me on anything new/different right now(though I have tried pretty much everything). I looked at him like he was crazy. I've only been on antidepressant/anti-anxiety meds for 12 years. I'm not sure what he's thinking but I'm going to trust him for now. In the meantime, he told me to take Xanax if I'm feeling anxious though I am concerned of getting addicted to this medicine. Bottom line, I wouldn't recommend Viibryd to anyone and wonder why so my doctors are prescribing it as I have found very few people with positive results.

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I've starting taking Viibryd in Aug 2013, after being on 40 mg. Celexa for a few years. I started with the starter packs until leveled at 40 a day. Wow, I hated it! Cold turkey'd it two weeks ago with nearly zero withdrawl. Can actually say that this is the first time in 20 years I haven't been on a antidepressant. My hope is to stay this way.

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stop taking it now!

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I have been on VII for about 2 weeks and the same stuff is happening to me. I am also having some joint stiffness in my knees but not anywhere else. My doc did tell me to only do 20 mg daily, not to go up to the 40 mg tab.

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I've been on this drug several months and the longer I 'm on it the worse all the symptoms get! Last night I dreampt all night and I am worn out! I too wake up seeing dark figures moving around in our bedroom. Then they stop and stare at me. I have the aching joints. Feel like I am developing arthritis. I have constant diarreha. I shock myself at the degree of anger I am capable of! Not my normal demeanor at all! Experiencing paranoia. My memory is deteriorating at an alarming rate! My mouth tastes like it does when you have bad breath all the time. When I don't take it on time in the morning I start yawning and can barely stay awake. Then if I take it later I can't sleep at night. If I don't take it I have very detailed emotional dreams. If I wake up and go back to sleep they start right where I left off. I have wakened my husband kicking my feet on the mattress or making enough noise to wake him up. I am right back where I started as far as the depression and anxiety goes plus I now have all these other things wrong. I feel like it is disconnecting me from my old self. It started off with a bang-I thought I'd found the best solution to my problems with depression. Almost felt like taking Speed. I should have known better-it was too good to be true! I will be calling my doctor tomorrow to get off this drug! Thank you all for sharing your experiences! I thought I was going crazy and you all validated it was this 'devil' drug!

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About the 10th anti-dep Iam taking. Getting sides effects like confusion, unsteady on feet, forgetting things, more depressed. I'd say this one goes in the NOT pile.

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I am still only on the starter pack but once I started to take the 20mg dose, I began having severe pains in my knees, ankles, hands and feet. I had alot if trouble sleeping because Of the severe pain. This kept occurring every night I took the medicine. Even with Advil, the joint pain was severe. I am now titrating back off if it because my depression was actually better than this awful pain.

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my vision is all f-d up- I was on for 3 weeks- off for two and I can't see normal- no one can help me- it's a nightmare

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Thank You Dave!!! That was what I needed to hear. I felt so happy with the energy. But now will the tiredness I really don't feel any different than I did before I started the meds...kind of back to square one. UGH! I will definitely speak with my doctor about the med you mentioned. I was hoping someone could give me a suggestion. You're awesome!

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I have been off of it now for 3 months and I am still having inflammation in some of my joints.... Do you think eventually we will be free of this joint pain? I am still taking prednisone for the inflammation (20mg) and it helps some. When I try to come off of the steroids it really flares up! This is the oddest most frustrating thing I have ever experienced! No answers to any of this as no one knows! And well the pharm co will not give any info at all!!
Everyone that has had problems with this medication please report it!!! We need this off the market!

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I agree, it's the worst I've ever felt in my life.

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Steph,
I had positive energy results from Viibryd for a few months, and then it lost its effectiveness for me. No long term side effects and it was easy to quit. The depression came back along with the apathy and lack of energy (desire) to do anything. Just based on your short message, you might research and then talk to your doctor about Concerta. There are more and more doctors willing to give these ADHD meds a try when nothing else is working. It has improved my energy but also completely alleviated the depression. I'm getting no negative side effects. Crossing my fingers it will keep working. Good luck.

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Im still having issues with horrible aches....5 months later. This drug needs yo be taken off the market. Plain and simple.

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I was on Viibryd for just 3 weeks- 1 week on 10, 1 week on 20, 1 week on 40- vision was screwed up the the three weeks. I came off it- it's 2 weeks later and my eyes are still bad- they have not gone back to normal. The company wont give me infor- I don't know if this is permanent. FDA can't help either

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Ok so when I started taking this (a little over a month ago), I loved it. Felt great, getting happier and way more energy before my starter pack was done. I was waking up early (5am or before) and ready to start the day. I wasn't complaining about that side effect. But after I got my regular Rx refill the first week of the start of my 2nd month, the energy went away and I got extremely tired and drowsy all the time. Has that happened to anyone else? Oh and I read someone was having "brain zaps"...me too. They are a little scary and annoying. But I just want my energy back. Any advice???

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My 84 yar old mother has ben on Viibryd now for one month. She is now taking the 40 mg. dosage once per day and overall, seems much improved over her pre-Viibryd days. She is in a better mood overall and the times when she has become very agitated and angry have both been times when she was then diagnosed with a severe UTI, which causes dementia-like symptoms in elderly women.

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Patina, are you still taking Viibryd? If so, I'm interested to see how you're doing with it. I started it about 2 weeks ago and just started on the 20mg, and so far I like this drug, but I'm worried about it losing its effectiveness and/or getting these horrible side effects.

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Vibrid Is The worst medicine I have ever experienced in my life from the Brain Zaps that I still have after being off of it for over a month to the being so angry at the world . It turned me into the meanest awful person you can imagine in 72 hours . I started off with the starter pack then I made it for almost 15 days taking the 40 mg pills . After calling an leaving message after message with the receptionist finally my Dr got my message that I left on a Sunday crying an begging for help he called me an had me come in on a Monday an apologized for his receptionist not giving him my messages . My legs hurt so bad an the Brain Zaps an the Anger from this drug is SO BAD now everyone I talk to about it says how bad it is . I'm trying to fix a marriage that this Drug caused me to act like the devil ,,,, An the BRAIN ZAPS I'm still having after stopping it

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I did great the first two weeks. good luck I've been put through the mill just to find out its was viibyrd that made me as if I had a stroke. very distraught on the side effects I've experienced.

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My doctor stressed that Viibryd should be taken with food. I take mine immediately after breakfast. Had slight nausea when first starting on 10 mg, I'm on 20 mg now with no nausea.

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