Viibryd Side Effects (Page 19)
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What if any side effects are people experiencing on viibryd

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Hi all! Male 32 - 3 weeks in- here is my experience so far. I have been on the starter pack, I tried the 40 last week but felt like I was high. Legs were like jelly and felt wired for about 3 hours ( I take it a few hours before bedtime). So I spoke to my dr and he gave more sample packs and said to stick to the 20s for now. I have had no noticible side effect, I clenched my jaw all day on Zoloft and lexapro and it seems to have gone away. Also have not had the diarrhea that others mentioned. Everything was mostly fine until tonight... I thought I had taken the pill and laid down for bed as usual and all of a sudden it felt like someone whacked me in the forehead with a pipe. It actually jolted me out of bed. I then had some smaller ones every few minutes and fell asleep. It was then that I proceeded to have the scariest nightmare of my life. It felt like a Freddy movie that you can't wake up, and the same horrible dream kept repeating like a filmstrip about 6 times before I was finally able to wake up approx 3 hours later. I then proceeded to cry like a baby for a few minutes once I saw my pill set on the table. Now I'm scared to go back to sleep, but even more scared what will come if I continue on viibryd. I welcome and appreciate any comments.

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Mario, I am wondering the same thing. Seems pointless to suffer through some of the above mentioned side effects only to have it stop working well in a year. I am on my 4th wk. Did a wk on 10, last 3 on 20. My doc told me to stop at 20. I have a really bad head-ake pretty much every morning and diarrhea. Had stomach cramps first wk but not so much now. I do feel this drug is helping lift my depression. I have been on all kinds of A.D. For 20+ yrs. I have high hopes that this drug will work well for a long time. I am waiting for the head -akes to stop! I take my pill every morning with peanuttbutter toast, milk, and an apple. I am having a little agitation from time to time but hoping it will pass also. I am going to continue this drug because for me the lift in depression out way the side effects. I have had no weight changes but have had an increses in libido, yea! Everyone's different, but I know from taking meds for as long as I have that you really have to give these drugs time and wait out the side effects, if there not to severe for you. The side effects have always past for me. Blessings to everyone in this battle we are all fighting together.

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I am 49 and I have been on Viibryd for 2 months now and have been having terrible feelings when I go to sleep. I feel like my heart is sinking and then wake up with rapid, irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath and fear. Just 2 nights ago I was jolted out of a sound sleep and I felt like I was having a stroke! My daughter called 911 and was told in the ER I had a panic attack. My pcp is now weening me off of the medication but I'm still scared to sleep. I hope no one ever experiences the side effects I have!

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Good idea..I was doing that and I was getting the brain zaps extremely bad. I told my doctor about it and he that's when he told me about that. Then it kind of made sense to me. Those zaps are no fun at all. I was doing it for the same reason you were. Let me know what they say.

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Oh wow. That's a good point. I do think most of us are cutting our Viibryd in half due to the cost. I'm going to call the Manufacturer tomorrow, but having called them in the past, they are not the friendliest to have a conversation with. I'll post their answer. But that is a great point. You aren't supposed to cut anything with a split line.

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Do you not know that this medication does not have a line on it and IS NOT suppose to be cut in any way? You will have horrible side effects cutting this medication and not taking it whole as directed. I tried to do that and my doctor got all over me about doing that. I was having terrible side effects. I can't believe your doctor allowed you to alter that medication. I was close to seizing due to that.

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I am also off the meds for at least three months and still suffer the symptoms it causes. Tired all the time, mental fog, irritability , wanting to cry all the time and horrible leg pain. I no longer feel like me. This drug shouldn't be allowed on the market

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I can relate. 40mg was too much for me. I always cut them in half. At first it was great. Then, I found this board and commiserated with the posters here, but it wasn't until I had a strange dream that I decided to try something else. I do sleep a lot also. Everyone's symptoms are different.

I cut my 20's in half, the in half after that and did 10's for about 2 weeks. I found some older Zoloft generica that I had and put myself back on 50mg of that. Doing OK, but not amazing. I'll see my Dr. later this week to let him know what the problems are.

You're not alone.

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I have taken Viibyrd since May 10, 2013......I feel better with the depression. but I am getting less tolorance, strike out easily (not like me) around 3:00 in the afternoon I become extremely sleepy, can't stay awake, and in sleep I feel like I am trying to move or yell at someone and I can't move. It is crazy because I feel I am awake and know what I am doing but still feel removed and cannot move......It last about 15 mins or so, I wake up or get up and just feel crazy.....hard to explain. I take the pill in the evening and it is 40 mg......the last four days I have been cutting it in half. I have appt with Dr next week....can anyone relate or give me some encouragement?

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So I'm on 40mg now, 30 yo female. I've noticed if I miss a pill, I normally take mine at dinner, I'm having the hallucinations when I close my eyes trying to sleep. I can't open my eyes and I'm having visual and auditory hallucinations. And its like I can't get my body to move. Its soooo scary. When I finally can move I get up and take my pill. After an hour or so I'm fine. I know I'm not asleep when this happens. I need to go talk with my Dr but she is always so dismissive that I'm afraid that she won't care. I don't know what to do.

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After so many moody days and the joint pain [that decreased after a month or so] I decided to go back to Lexapro. I did lose 7 lbs on Viibryd but I was never happy. Doc said up the mg from 20 to 40 but the dreams were already bad enough. Good luck to anyone it works for.

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I have been on Viibryd for over a year. The joint paint has increased dramatically since the Dr. increased the dosage from 20 to 30mg. I have experienced pain in the lower back, both knees, left elbow and right toes. It never occurred to me that it could be caused from the meds, but all I know is that it is getting worse. I am tapering off this drug and then will see if the pain subsides. I am 64, healthy, a daily walker, golfer, etc.
All this joint pain in the last six months has to be attributed to something.

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I agree with you the side effects will not leave, I hope this is not permanent. I stopped the RA medicine d/t side effect's and I still think this is all from the Viibryd. I really don't think I have RA.

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It doesn't get better. Side effects stick around. I'm off of it completely and still suffer. Get off while you can.

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I've only been on it for 3 weeks.... initially very mild diarrhea... however, have put on 10 lbs. My stomach is so bloated I look 6 months pregnant... I feel my mental health is improving, but won't be if my stomach gets any bigger and I go up another size every month... also a big sweet tooth... crazy!

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I was prescribed ViiBryd in October of 2011, and started tapering off of it in January of this year (2013) and stopped completely in March 2013. For the first two or three months or so on this medication, mentally, I felt amazing, euphoric, and more hopeful than I had in ages. I also didn't have the "cloudy mind" feeling that Paxil and Zoloft had given me, or signs of sexual dysfunction. Not too far in, however, I did begin to experience the crazy symptoms many of you have described. Taking the pill would make me drowsy and sleepy, so I decided that it was best for me to take it shortly before going to bed. This meant that nearly every evening, in the hours leading up to the time when I would take the pill, I would start experiencing brain zaps. Sometimes they were mild, other times constant. I've never been a great sleeper, but I also developed sleeping disorders I had never had before, like night terrors, sleep paralysis, inability to stay asleep, even an instance or two of "exploding head syndrome."

Because the initial mental reaction to Viibryd was so positive, I decided to ride it out and see if these other side effects subsided. Well, they did subside a bit, but after a few months, the medication did nothing for my depression. In fact, I sunk into the worst depression of my life last summer and ended up hospitalized. At this point, the only reason I continued to stay on Viibryd was because I was tired of switching to new medications, and missing dosages of Viibryd would leave me feeling very angry and irritable.

Then, here's where it hit me - I got a haircut and realized that my hair was very thin. I am only 27 and nobody in my family tree has any hair loss, and less than a year ago my hair was thick and full, so this was not natural. I decided to cut out all possible factors that could be contributing to my hair loss, most notably coming off of Viibryd. Since coming off, my hair shedding has slowed down significantly, and here's the other VERY surprising thing: I didn't change my diet or level of physical activity in any significant way, yet, since tapering off of Viibryd, I have dropped close to 30 POUNDS!!

I have yet to try an anti-depressant that I felt really helped me, but Viibryd was by far the worst. It's side effects, both instant and long term, are quite severe, and unlike most medications, seem to be occurring in nearly everyone that has taken it. My advice is to stay away from Viibryd at all costs!

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I have been on Viibryd for a year. It was my saving grace for about 3 months and then I started to loose energy. Didn't bother me enough to quit. But now that I look back I realize that my frequent headaches have been going on for almost a year. The brain zap has been going on since last June. And to best explain what it feels like is to watch Battleship- when the aliens send out the balls, the sound it makes, like grinding and electric buzz. But this sound is a million times louder and vibrates in my head. It vibrates my vision too. These zaps last anywhere from a few seconds to a minute. I've had nights where it kept happening for hours. I have also become confrontational and agitated very easily.

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I didn't know that viibryd was the culprit to my brain zaps, and that is a perfect name for it. I always get them when I'm tired. It gets so bad sometimes that my jaw clenches till it locks. I've been seeing a physical therapist for the zaps and headaches. I will be talking to my Dr. now about this. Thank all of you so much.

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Could it be a coincidence? My instincts tell me otherwise. I really believe (very strongly) that at some point, Viibryd will be to blame for the muscle problems some people experience. Hopefully it will not be a permanent problem. Time will tell.

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My back also went while on this medication
Viibryd and still having back issues even afterwards. I am 46 and I did not have these problems prior, the pain radiates into my legs as well and the sciatic nerve was mentioned as a possibility.

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