Viibryd Side Effects (Page 3)
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What if any side effects are people experiencing on viibryd

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That dose is obviously too high for you, or, not the right medication. Same thing happened when I increased my trusty Prozac years ago from 20mg to 40mg. It wasn't good. The Dr explained the dose was "too energizing" for me. I think "Energizing" in psych meds in reference to the dose increase making me worse, means "too much" not "oh I have tons of energy", energizing.

Find a different psychiatrist if the one you have now blew you off! That's unethical. You need to stay up for yourself!

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Ditto side effects. Physicians have no clue.

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My Viibryd dose was increased to 40 MG and it has took a couple of months to reach therapeutic levels. Once it did, I began to experience very, very dark thoughts, with a few risky behaviors. This is totally out of character and has never happened previously, even without an antidepressant. My physician did not appear concerned, and did not even have me come in for office visit. The nurse was permitted to return my call and basically just agreed with me to titrate the dose. More research needs to be revealed on this drug.

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Kristene, Go to a behavioral nurse practitioner or a psychiatrist who will give you free samples of Vybriid

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Yes!!!! Lots of energy?? Weird because i was taking prozac for twenty yrs and didnt seem to help. I am depressed. Husband was going to divorce me because I am a binge substance abuser. Dr gave me viibryd and suddenly I had way more energy and felt uplifted???? Weird because I normaly would have been very sad. Only thing its like $80 month with my ins co-pay. Wish there was something similar and cheaper.

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Yes. Worked perfectly for SAD, PMS, & GAD for me. I've commented many times about Vii. For me tho, it was after the sleep paralysis hit. I took it at night, missed a dose once, & had my 1st SP attack. (Well, each attack was like 20+ attacks as I fell in & out of sleep uncontrollably). Just be on the lookout for terror filled dreams. And if it happens, don't get down about it. Prozac worked perfectly to finally get off of Vii. And 3 yrs. later, I am doing much better on 10 mg. Lexapro by Aurobindo Pharm. It takes emotions out of situations, helps w/ all above. It's an SSRI. I've discovered that SNRI's work best for SAD & GAD. Which is basically want Vii is. I was also on Wellbutrin w/ Vii & be careful as that might be too much dopamine (forehead headaches), & cause anxiety & make chance of SP worse? Idk. Don't mean to frighten you. I've given up on WB after 7 yrs. on/off, due to anxiety. I was needing 2 (.25) Xanax by 4pm daily while on WB. Sad as WB works so well.

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WHATS TMJ? They said I had serotonin syndrome

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Compulsive negative thinking totally gone after 15 days. On wellbutrin plus Viibryd.

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I was on Viibryd for a short time after my ex-primary care provider put me on it. This medication was a nightmare for me also. The brain zaps and hallucinations were so bad while I was on it that I ended up having to go to the emergency room at least 4 different times before I could see the psychiatrist there to change it. I now have TMJ as a result of taking this medication. If I knew that this drug was so bad I would have never let my doctor prescribe it to me.

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Ah I forgot to say- my friend has PTSD with ruminating thoughts, and was given either amitriptline or nortriptiline?, for it & it also has worked very well for her. Something to discuss w/stour psychiatrist.

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Tink, I just scrolled back & read your detailed post. Definitely do vit D3 & Mag supplements daily. My friend was nearly crippled with Fibro/pain (wasn't on Viibryd). She started supplements, weaned off her pain pills (Percocet & Valium), got on Baclofen, and she's like a new person. In 2012 she bought a cane. Last year after supplements, off pain pills, on Baclofen & losing weight, she's now doing yoga daily and pain & tingling/numbness is like a 2-3.

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How long have you been on Viibryd? Did you have any pains like this before Viibryd? I'd suggest 5000vit D3 & 200-400 Magnesium/day. I just started mag a week or 2 ago. I bought chelated Mag bc the drugstore kind gives me diarrhea. You can also get mag from 3 Epsom salt baths/week, using 2 cups per bath (plus the baths are relaxing and help pain).

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I am taking 2 Loritab 10's at a time with Ibuprofen. They do not help the pain. It is in all of my joints.
I have days where the pain is so intense it feels like an 11 !!!
Looking into Magnesium supplements.
This Company nerds to be Sued.
I am not the only one this had happened to.

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side effects that I have encountered are brain spasms when drinking any liquids, horrible night terrors.

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Do chelation therapy treatments. . It's non medication cleanse

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To Tink, I have porphyria and the pain you described as coming from your bones, feeling like the cartilage is pulling away from the bone is the same discription I have described to my Dr's. The throbbing "bone" pain can be an ongoing uncomfortable 3-5/10 or extremely painful 8-10/10 on painscale. ONLY Tyl#4 x1-2 q4hrs until pain "dissapated" works for me.

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soo, deciding that the side effects definitely outweigh the perks of viibryd I have weened myself down to a 1/4 pill (so now at 10mg) for the last 2 weeks and still taking my Xanex when needed. I am planning on doing a complete cleanse to be sure it is out of my system and not sure where to go from there.. any advise on non medical solutions? I have tried yoga, meditation, but my anxiety does not let me relax for either

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In response to my new (long) post....I do have medical records to prove my all over pain...which of course, would be called Fibro, by Rheum. I also have Sjogrens, supposedly (haven't had lip biopsy & won't to rule out)....and I am just 1 of millions hit by Fibro.

No Lyme symptoms. No real Lupus symptoms either. I am very much clear cut Fibro. And I think being pretty much bedridden & dreaming about owning a hot tub or a deep soaker tub for elderly sums up my nights.

How any of this equates into Vii or ex-Vii, well, we'd need to hear from more ppl...& this is the site to post about it!

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Hi everyone wondering my status...(I survived 8+ mos. of Viibryd & was my now retired [he was sick & tired of med! Ha!] Dr's 1st guinea pig to take Vii).

Joe--going back a ways...lol...it was my 1st try w/ Lexapro (perhaps a diff manuf. than who I have now / Aurobindo) that gave me such vivid & exhausting dreams. (Contents of my home weren't "really" in alley, but wouldn't that be something! Haha).

Tink--I can relate! You're far from alone! But, I highly doubt Viibryd will ever be discovered as the catalyst to joint pain. Or as we can say, "MS" like symptoms.

Regarding my status....yes, I did have an MRI of my brain after Viibryd!!! I've recounted my Vii story many times under medschat, because huge thx to this site, that's how I found out about Sleep Paralysis to begin with. So exact details are mostly forgotten & you'd have to read back. I was accused many times by a Vii taker of exaggerating my SP. hahaha. Ok. I wonder how it's working out for her. She went under several names & would post replies to herself to make Vii sound great. Just look at the actual "time" she posted, accent, & inconsistent misspellings. I've said for 2-3 yrs. that she must've been a pharm rep.

I did come down w/ horrible all over pain after Vii. My SED was 86 (very high) & CRP 58 (high). The daily pain is...well... interesting. And I do not take pain med. I am a 7 yr. 3c colon cancer survivor w/ oxaliplatin blessed peripheral neuropathy. First came more fatigue/narcolepsy like, then waking to pop rock sensations from elbow to fingertips, then in legs, then essential tremor, then mild trigeminal neuralgia (seeing dentist until ENT dx), major sensitivity to knees touching in bed or shopping cart barely touching the outside of each thigh (fibro!)...weird! (just to give you an idea), oh!!! & RA pain in hands.

I was given the MRI by neurologist right after Vii, because I had essential tremor symptoms. (ET) But, before you all think ET could strike, my maternal grandfather had Parkinson's, which same Dr. told my mother when she was dx w/ ET (affects her head) that my grandfather maybe only had ET. So did Vii aggravate my ET linked DNA? Possibly, but seemed to come on with Prozac.

I do say this all loosely....because I had cancer....have the PN.....I just really don't know how much we can consider Vii for BODY ACHES. We need more time & ppl chiming in.

I think that wraps up my status. Vii worked great for GAD. Oh, I was also taking a lot of Wellbutrin w/ Vii. BAD COMBO. "WB" can make anxiety really annoying. And late day Xanax necessary. Incase you do that??

Currently, I've had great success on 10mg. to 15mg. of Lexapro (by Aurobindo Pharm). I am prescribed 20mg. I don't cry & don't care! Haha. My hormones are prob so out of whack due to my age of 42, had chemo in past, & it seems like I suffer more w/ PMDD now. Ugh. But, of course, the diffuse pain...all over...is BAD. And I also have a high pain tolerance.

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Maria, what are your CRP & SED rate numbers? Have you had any improvement in your debilitating pain you've attributed to Viibryd? Have you ever been tested for Lyme disease or had an MRI of your brain?

I'm on 10mg Viibryd for 8 months for depression/GAD. It has helped all that but twice now in those 8 months, I've had shoulder, hip & knee pain. Never had before. Have seen a Rheumatoligist fearing autoimmune disease. ANA & some other blood tests negative. SED & CRP slightly elevated but I am also overweight & on blood pressure meds which can cause those numbers to be elevated. Rheum isn't too concerned & doesn't think it's neurological. This month I also noticed tingling (no numbness), in my shins, arms, face. Very mild but upsetting. Not sure that's linked to VI. It is apparently a common symptom of MS which is why I went to Rheum. Thought he might refer me to Neuro but not at this point.

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