Viibryd Side Effects (Page 17)
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What if any side effects are people experiencing on viibryd

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Too all those that are taking it..it almost killed me with serotonin poisoning..it is also being investigated into ties to cancerous tumors in the stomach..oddly enough I had to have surgery this week to remove a cancerous tumor on my stomach..4 hours and 23 stitches later..I will never take ant-depressants again..they are dangerous and there are organic alternatives that work without side effects.

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Ditto! I stopped using this "drug" 3 months ago after my doctor INSISTING I stay on it for at least a year. A month before my year was up, I took my self off of it. Doctor said all the side effects were "in my head." HEEELLLLLLO! ..... Much to my surprise, I began doing better within just a few days. I had to tell all my family and friends that put up with me during that year of HELL, "I just cant explain to you how much better I feel!" No one can understand how this poison makes you feel unless you have used it.

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hmm,,,,wondering who would think my post wasn't helpful. Maybe a drug company who wants to keep poisoning the trustful, unsuspecting people like us who have our bodies and minds altered by these horrible drugs that should be off the market?!

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I have been on viibryd for about 2 months....I had the worst dream of my life last week. I felt like something was trying to take over my body I could see a black mass I was trying so hard to move or yell for my husband and nothing would happen I felt like I was fighting for hours to move and get up and make it stop. By the time I go over to my husband I was shaking him awake and crying almost hysterically....I NEVER want to go through that again I was so scared I still was so up set the next day. My stomach has been upset since I started to take the medicine and has progressed to where I stopped it three days ago I have been super agitated, weepy and then on the other had very aggresssive for no apparant reason anything sets me off.

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I am tapering off of Viibryd completely because I ended up in the hospital with serotonin poisoning from it. I also couldn't stop sweating excessively..this started out of nowhere. Since I have gone from 40mgs to 10mgs over the last 4 weeks the sweating is not as bad, but the irritation and depression has increased. As for joint pain, I already was in so much pain from surgery on a shattered ankle, falling down 17 stairs and damaging my spine permanently as well as having degenerative bone disease. I am also tapering of oxycontin...I stopped the soma completely and that's when I realized the oxycontin wasn't controlling the pain as I am still taking 80mgs a day..the soma was controlling the pain...all pain is caused by chronic inflammation, so I am checking into organic pain medicine..I can't take anymore of these dangerous drugs the doctors prescribed that almost killed me..never mind the side effects.

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I have been off Viibryd for months now, and still have severe joint and muscle pain. Hard to walk at times. I wish I was never put on the Viibryd. Never had any of this prior to med. I don't feel any improvement at all. I hope they pull it from the market and quit making people miserable.

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I have been on 40 mg of Viibryd for close to a year now. I, too, have muscle/joint pain and weakness. A week ago I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and now I have to see a sleep disruption specialist because of restless leg syndrome. I also sweat profusely when I'm not sitting still.

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OMG I was on 40 mg after a starter pack of 10 then 20 then 40mg for 2 wks and had a huge week of blow ups with agitation ... I was 3 times more depressed and thought I was psychotic and am surprised my family did not leave me. My psychiatrist gave me the choice on the phone tonight to discontinue it and I see him tomorrow to discuss a new medication option. I thought this was my answer. Viibryd is EVIL. Glad you are okay now tool

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I am now experiencing bouts of forgetfulness... today, in the middle of an interview going VERY well...I forgot my train of thought, what their question to me was... TWICE....this has never happened to me before. I just KNOW this is a result of taking this poison

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DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE IT IS POISON and will only make your body and MIND WORSE! If you take it after this warning..it's on you. Doctors are in with the pharmaceutical companies. Gotta love Western medicine. Why do you think drug reps have jobs and get paid so much?! Get off it now before you get worse!!! And remember doctors are NOT God and it's YOUR body NOT theirs!!!!

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I am a 54 yr old woman. I am on my 2nd trail pack of viibryd. I just started taking 20mg. I have started having major pains in my shoulder. I thought it was stiff joints from a fall I had in Feb of this year. Now I think it maybe from the medicine. My taste buds have changed and I was smoking a lot. Now I don't want to smoke (which is good). I take it along with Tegratol and Klonopin. I slept like a baby for the first few nights...now I sweat and freeze at the same time at night to where I can not sleep. I was on Prozac for years to where the Doctor thought I had got to used to it and was not working anymore. That is why I was changed to the Viibryd. I don't know what to do? Whether I should keep trying it for awhile or get off it. My shoulder has really hurt to where I had to take Bufferin or another pain medication. I have also had to use a heating pad. I never dreamed the pain in my shoulder was from the Viibryd.

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Sailboat53, yes i know what you mean about it not being for you and i just want you to know that you are not alone. Also great job on being sober. Not an easy thing to do at all. Seems like majority of doctors just don't care when you tell them what you're going through or they look at you like you're just another mental case.

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A nocturnal panic attack that lasted 18 hours? and, came on suddenly during the day? never heard of that

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I ADVISE EVERYONE WHO IS NEW TO READ ALL THE POSTS THOROGHLY.

I have said it before and I will say it again, do not taper off Viibryd, STOP IT INSTANTLY before the damage is permanent. Viibryd almost killed me.

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Jen....not sure if my new tingling numb arms that seem not to work when I try to type or drive are a result of the Viibryd but never had them until taking this stuff. Wonder how much study has been done on the effect of this drug on the liver????

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I am 60 and have never been on an antidepressant. Have been a mom and professional business woman who over a 40 year period sometimes drank too much. This past 8 months my dog died, my mom died, I moved into a new home and on Easter I quit drinking. After a few weeks I was agitated, still experiencing grief from the loss of my mom, not having my glasses of wine and tons of stress at work and went to my PCP in June. He popped out a starter pack of the Viibryd and told me to follow the instructions. This docs visit lasted all of 5 minutes and I explained to him my sometime off and on alcohol abuse. Course he said there would be no problems. It went well with the 10 mgs, had a few brain zaps and stomach problems but having never taken an AD I just figured this was part of the game. Went to the 20 mgs and began having horrendous ringing in ears, horrible balance problems, confusion and the feeling I was sitting in the corner looking at myself. Called the doc, he said it would take some getting used to. Well the 40 mgs sent me over the realm of reality. I missed two weeks of work as I could not wake up, come out of the fog or balance myself to stand. Called the doc and he said cut back to 20s. Well I stayed on the 20s thru July and around the first of Aug my depression and anxiety got worse but the side effects multiplied. Bruising easily everywhere, extremely irate, balance way off, foggy all the time and ringing in ears enough to deafen me, extreme insomnia. Driving 50 miles to work and never remembering how I got there, coming to a stop sign three blocks from my house and forgetting how to get home and falling also reared their ugly heads.These were just a few of the side effects. Since then I have started cutting the 20s in half and then those in half taking about .5 two times a day with lots of food. I may have drank in the past but this drug presents a whole new meaning to the words dazed and confused. But doc says keep taking them....... I am either going to change pcps or try and see a pdoc. I know I need something for depression and anxiety but this pill is horrible. Going thru alcoholic withdrawal symptoms is no where near as bad as this. Since cutting back I am experiencing more crying and panic attacks but have tried to pray thru it. I am going to continue cutting back until hopefully this is a done deal for me. Oh yes, one of the side effects of cutting back is burning, itching skin, fever spurts and headaches. I am not manic depressant and have always been upbeat but I do not feel this drug is for me. By the way I am 141 days sober and do not want to trade one addiction for another. I think the Viibryd added to the memory loss I had suffered from the alcohol. I will continue to follow this page and hope everyone who is happy with Viibryd does well but it is not meant for me.

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CVS refusing to sell Viibryd? In which state has this allegedly occurred? I asked the CVS pharmacy here in Dallas today if there were any notifications regarding them not selling the drug. She said absolutely not and that if there had been, it would be a corporate wide mandate and would have shown up on her computer. Doing a Google search reveals NOTHING about any pharmacies refusing to sell Viibryd. I'm all for useful information, but this reeks of being something made up.

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Yeah i used my pill cutter and cut all my 40s in half and went to 20mgs about 3 days ago. Doing alright so far. Had a super realistic dream last night but it was a good one. Dreamt i got to see my dad and their were happy tears. he passed away almost 10 years ago when i was 20 from a accidental overdose of prescription meds (for severe panic and anxiety and other stuff). I was the one who found him. Went in his sleep. He was on ALOT of stuff though so I don't want to scare anyone thinking they might have the same issue. Sucks having to wait so long till my doc appointment.

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Seriously happy for you as far as your sex life is concerned...LOL!

The pharmicist at CVS Pharmacy told me that they refuse to sell Viibryd. I'm off of it now for about 2 weeks. 50 mg of Zoloft is my choice again even though it did not work for me before, so last two days, I started on 100 mg. I would never go back to Viibryd, no matter what.

Getting off of it was not difficult for me. I went down to 10 mg after being on 20 mg. Did it myself without a doctor and had no problems.

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On a SUPER positive note... My sex drive is amazing and I haven't felt like this since i was a teenager (Cymbalta really destroyed my labido for so many years).

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