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What if any side effects are people experiencing on viibryd

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I was put on viibryd approximately 4 months ago and weaned off prozac to eliminate the extremely frustrating sexual side effects caused by prozac. I just started weaning myself off viibryd today. No difference with the sexual side effects on viibryd than the prozac. I cut my 40 mg pills in half and will take 20 mg for 5 days. Then i will cut the half pills again to have 10 mg pills for 5 days. Is that similar to how you weaned yourself off viibryd? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated. I cant afford a doctor appointment right now and then a follow up appointment again one month later as is the norm when i change/add/discontinue medications.


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There's an awful lot to be said for taking charge of one's life. It's your health - don't just take a "professional's" word for everything - in the end, we have the responsibility for ourselves.

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I'm just putting this idea out there.Knowing there is power in numbers and with the belief in accountability; I was thinking that we might mull around the idea of moving on from being victims of our doctors' and the big Pharma and actually take action so that nobody else has to suffer in the way we did. I know that after the hell I went through with this drug (and am still going through) I believe that we have a responsibility to stop this liberal pill disbursement just so that a pharmaceutical company can make their numbers. Psychiatrists can no longer be their drug runners.

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I filed a grievance as well. I'm coming to strongly believe that most doctors really don't know all that much about Viibryd. I learned more about it from speaking with my pharmacist and sites such as this one than I did from my doctor. I almost believe HE learned about it from ME!!

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No way are you going crazy! I saw my doctor on Monday, and he's taking me off this stuff slowly. I can't wait to be done with it! I'e had none of the symptoms you've had, but I do know enough that I don't want to take this drug any longer. Good luck to you!

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I've been on Viibryd now since feb of this year. Things were going well at first but I started having more anxiety I couldn't control and crying spells. I had a gloom and doom attiude about everything.The first time I had a hallucination scared the crap out of me. I was sleeping and saw myself get up out of bed and I started floating. When I opened my eyes, I was still in bed. I wanted to call for help, but I couldn't move. Then I started having brain zaps. Flashes of bright light when I started going to sleep. I hate this stuff. Never been so scared before of going crazy and even had suicidal thoughts. I dropped my dosage down to 10 mg and feel better but getting off this stuff asap. Seeing my doc tomorrow. Thank God I found this site. I thought I was going crazy!

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Thank you. I'm still in my silent hell with coming off this drug on my own. I bought a pill splitter and weaned myself off it but I have no other meds. I'm starting to believe they are all poison and natural is the way to go. Do we really know what we're putting in our bodies?! Wake up call! I still don't have a new psych but with the little hutzpa that is in me still, I filed a grievance against BAD DOC!

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I a so grateful to have found this board and to be hearing everyone's side effects!! I'm calling my doctor right away - he wants to see me in a month, but I'm going ASAP. I'm scared to death that the horrific pain and decreased range of motion in my hips will never go away! This drug does not react well at all with many anti inflammatory drugs - BE CAREFUL!!! I hate this stuff!!

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Viibryd is definitely a nasty drug. My doctor gave me a starter pack to begin with - went on this drug in January. I started with 10mg. Immediately, I became dizzy, lethargic, sick to my stomach, completely out of sorts. After a couple of days that equalized until I started 20mg. Same set of effects. 30mg was worse! By the time I got to 40mg, things seemed to get a bit better, but I was VERY leery of the stuff. Long story made short, my doctor ended up putting me on 10mg/day along with 150mg of Welbutrin. The combination is working, however as with so many others I have experienced a 25lb. weight gain. I am having some troubles sleeping for which he prescribed 0.5 Xanax which I take occasionally. No horrid, debilitating dreams as some have reported - in fact, I rarely have dreams to my knowledge. I have ZERO sex drive, but admittedly I've been that way since going into menopause. What IS scaring me is the awful pain in my hips - there are days I can barely walk. This has very recently begun, but is steadily worsening. No one warned me of this, but I note that others are having joint troubles as well. All in all, this nasty drug isn't worth the troubles.

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Ive been on vii fir about two months now. I had taken zoloft for yrs but just wasnt working anymore. Dr says because im nearing 40 my hormones are different and may need something else. About 10-12 days after i jumped to the 40 mg dose on the starter card... I started feeling really weird.... Dizzy, tingly, itchy face, headache, easily agitated, etc,... This would happen every other day... Oh and really HEAVY sleep like in a coma- like state.... Then the worst day EVER!!! I woke up with all the symptoms i mentioned but i had chills but sweating, couldnt stay awake.... I felt like i was walking around in a dream literally. I would touch something and think ' am i really touching this?'
It was bizarre.... Then i was losing time.... I took a bath couldnt remember if i washed.... Later that day i was like a rabid dog... Ready to pounce... I was so aggitated.... Then next minute i was balling!!!
I calked my doc and he said 'drop to 20mg' immediately and come in next day. He said i was experiencing 'seratonin poisoning' or seratonin syndrome. Its not the viibryd but the dosage.... I started feeling better the very next day!!! And havent felt like that since.
Although i have noticed lately my dreams arent 'scary' but they are VERY real feeling and it starts literally as soon as i close my eyes...and i cant breathe... Im eitger being crushed or strangled and i literally cant move cant talk to wake myself!!! That part is awful!!!!

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Ray, talk to your dr. Don't do it by yourself. You'll have to wean off slowly to avoid withdrawls and adverse side effects. Its wicked stuff. Good luck.

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I I have been on viibryd for a month now and I am having terrible anxiety. Only on 20 mg. I want to get off but am afraid of side effects. Any suggestions?

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Lorelei, I'm so sorry that your doctor dismissed you like that. I hope you've been able to find another, better one. And all you folks that suffered joint pain like me - mine still isn't completely gone (knees and knuckles). How crappy. The Viibryd energized me and worked good as an antidepressant, but the joint pain side effect was a deal breaker for me. I'm very glad that I didn't have the nightmares and hallucinations reported by other posters. Hope everyone is doing better :)

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Guys, I stopped taking the vii cold turkey on my own. Do not do this!! I ended up in the hospital for 3 days with unexplained palpitations and horrendous dizzy spells. My new and awesome pcp sid that the withdrawls from vii includes dizzy spells and that the palps may have been from the anxiety of all they symptoms I was having. Its bad news. Im now on 40mgs of prozac...no problems. Yet. Lol. Good luck!

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Listen I got off Viibryd there is something terribly wrong with this drug it plays with your mind and body so...omg I took Xanax to get off it it is poison it was the most horrible experience I ever had OMG the taste in my mouth
the dreams come on people I am looking for a better way depression is a disease the Doctors don't know or care they look at the computer try and have a heart to heart with one they are alien they have to be to make money
if anyone contuinues with this Viibryd just think of your mind and body I am trying to get through my issues a different way ...that drug noooooo goood

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Crystal, and Co. Although I am not happy at all to hear that you guys are suffering so much with this vibryd; I am very relieved to know that I am not alone. I am on the 40mg dose of Vibryd and I seem to have been okay (besides stomach upset) on the lower dose but boy have I changed in these past weeks. My lovely "doc" gave me samples on a cardboard card and because of my "attitude" has dismissed me from his care. Nice..he gives me meds that make me extremely agitated and aggressive and then he doesn't like that I tell his nurse that she's inept and that he's irresponsible.Also, suicidal thoughts big time...nice to know you have a supportive psych behind you. I now have no care and some blue pills on a piece of cardboard. Very responsible. Hanging on by a thread in Pa.

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This drug scares the heck out of me! I've followed the standard "wean on" procedure while halving Effexor until I began the 40mg dose and am now at full strength Viibryd and zero Effexor for 5 days. I've experienced a HORRIBLE taste in my mouth and completely disrupted sleep for about 3 days now while blood pressure has been steadily rising - now at 126/105. I AM DONE with it! Last night my dreams woke me every 5 minutes, were incredibly intense and, although the dream wasn't necessarily scary, I was in total panic. This has been going on for 2 days now and I am completely disoriented and my body feel as though it has consumed a dangerous qty of speed. I've been through Effexor withdrawal and this is nothing like it so am certain it is the Viibryd causing this complete meltdown. A full .25 mg dose of Xanax is the only thing keeping me from losing it. I am pretty scared and intend to visit my pharmacist this morning since my Dr is currently out of town. I want his opinion as to how quickly I can gear back up on the Effexor and get this Viibryd poison out of my system.

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Hi Concerned Mom,

There is a thread here on Sleep Paralysis with Hallucinations. You should probably read through it. I have posted several things on there myself. I have had sp all my life, but the Viibryd did make it worse for a while....and the Ambien and all other sleep meds I have tried have given me awful dreams. There are many on here that have had the experiences your son is having. They for me went away after a few months, but the medicine helped me so much that I was willing to continue. I really love this med. It has changed my life. But do go to that thread on here. It will explain things since I guess you haven't heard of sp. Not many people have...

ls

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My 18 yr.old son started taking Viibryd about four weeks ago for depression and anxiety. Almost immediately, he was calmer, and with the help of some Ambien, has been sleeping. However, during the past week or so, he has been complaining of nightmares... specifically, of waking up in the night and thinking he's seeing people or animals in his room. At first, he just laughed it off, but last night, he said the bad dreams were relentless, and he was actually afraid. The warning labels say to report "hallucinations" to the doctor immediately, as they are signs of a serious side-effect, but do dreams count? He thought it might be the Ambien, but he skipped that last night, and the dreams were worse than ever. His plan is to wean back down to 20 mg. He was up to 40 mg for a few days, but cut back to 30 mg.

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SOUTH FLORIDA- I forgot all about the horibble taste in my mouth! Each of us is right...Viibryd causes horrible dream but for me, this only happened if I did not take the dose on time. Today my doctor chuckled at my having nightmares, after one waking up thinking someone was in the house. I'm grateful for this forum. Dreams and the mouth taste were the only negatives for me, enough to stop. When I did take it I was actually energized, I excercised, my fibromyalgia hurt less and generally I was positive. I hope this new medication, Savella, works. Has anyone had any experience?

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