Viibryd Side Effects (Page 7)
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What if any side effects are people experiencing on viibryd

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I have been on Viibryd for 2.5 weeks now. Dr. Started me w/ 10 mg then 20 mg. I am into my 4TH day of 40mg. First 2 days on 40 mg. were heck! Upset tummy, shaking, sweating, prickly feeling in head and no sleep. 3rd night slept well, just some strange dreams. I had severe leg pain BEFORE STARTING this med. and my leg pain is now completely gone. Just, sweating remains.

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I have had joint pain in the mornings and also restless legs some nights. The restless legs is not nearly as bad as it was when i took buspar, that drug made unbearable. I've been on viibryd for 3 years with moderate success. Cymbalta made me sick if I didn't take it without a huge meal thus gaining 50 lbs. Paxil, lexapro, Zoloft didn't work for me.

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Maybe one day they will figure out those joint pains are causing damage to us. I had to have back surgery last year because of sliped vertebra. I never had problems with my back till viibryd came into my life. For me it was 6 months of hell on Viibryd. I'm sure for many it's a miracle drug but for those others it feels like hell on earth.

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terrible insomnia. dry eye. no help at all with deep funk shortterm I was in. Thinking it may have caused/contributed to it. last dose yest. staying away.

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Stop taking Viibryd, It has been over 2 years and my aches and pain are still present but are getting a little better slowly, my feet are the worst thing at this time.Those with joint pain it is not worth it!!

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Have you had any relief with the joint pain/issues since stopping the viibryd? I have been off for almost 2 years and I am still have severe swelling and pain that migrates. I am working with a rheum doc and I am getting treatment monthly for what they are calling psoriatic arthritis. I have been on humira and cimzia and now IV infusions of Remicade. So just curious to see how things were going for you.

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Well, this will be my last post on viibryd. For the near future, just using 20mg of it and 30 mg cymbalta. The latter got me feeling better overall and at a lower dose than I took before starting viibryd, the combo seems to be holding my own. WEIGHT..... If you eat protein and small amts of carbs..with some excersise... You can lose a few pounds or at least keep weight neutral. I may..... Try Wellbutrin ; not sure of any racy or jerky nervous side effects I have read about??? Anybody who has tried it here? Also...as far as everything I have read and experienced over the years, the drugs with the most efficacy for most people for pure depression/anxiety are: citolapram, cymbalta and Wellbutrin.

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I'm so glad to hear someone else has had joint pain while on Viibryd. I wake up in the night and my hands feel like they're burning! I called my doctor and he wants me to stay on it longer because he said he'd never heard of anyone having joint pain while taking Viibryd. So is he saying the excruciating pain in my hands is all in my head? Frustrating! What is the source for the statistic you shared about joint pain being a side effect of 2-3% of patients taking Viibryd? I want to share that at my next appointment! If I still don't feel like he's listening to me I have no problem with trying to find another doctor who will!

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Worse experience ever with Viibryd. On it for only 9 days and started vomiting. It has been two weeks and I am still doubling over with pain in my stomach. It has tore my intestines and stomach with unbearable pain. I am very chemical sensitive to meds, and try to go all natural with everything, and I will never go on any anti-depressant drug again. It has scared the wits out of me.

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Please see my prior post, number 466 and respond if possible. I'm trying to find out why I have the behavioral issues. I would like to know your description of 'panic attack'. My prior post describes mine. I think part of my problems stem from being left hand and specifically ambidextrous. According to a survey I took on line, I am 49% left brained and 51% right brained. I read the results from a trial group of ambidextrous people and the data pointed that being ambidextrous is not a gift, but is brain damage. I was born in 1952 when the birth protocol was put the mother to sleep and pull the baby out with forceps. No one in my family is left handed and, except my first cousin who is left handed and ambidextrous also has my type of panic attacks. One of my friend's left handed ambidextrous child has the same panic attacks as I. I am an artist and musician, so can I just call myself crazy and say that's the reason and go on with my crazy life? Lately I have been VERY cranky and impatient. I don't know if it's time for me to change antidepressant or if it's cabin fever or what. My psychiatrist of 8 years dumped me and now I'm having to deal with a new one who sees me for 3 minutes and refills xanax and high blood medicine (which also contains something in it for post traumatic syn, and gives me samples of Vi. My blood pressure is non organic which means that it's stress related. I struggle to leave the house, to drive a car, to get out of bed, to keep my hands clean enough, etc. Do any of you have these issues. I'm to the point of desperation to feel better and don't know what to do. I have no motivation to even clean up the house and I don't work outside the home. I was laid off from Cessna in 2009 and have been unable to work since. I failed to mention that I have unusual gifts such as being able to write with both hands at the same time and choose to write mirror image with either hand and can write mirror image and regular image at the same time. It comes easy for me. I have a fantastic memory for numbers and dates. I used to be able to count cards and am an excellent card player. If my friends need to know something from the past, they call me. I never studied in school - all I had to do was listen in class and was able to get A and Bs on my report card. Now, how can someone like me with my talented brain be so screwed up? Also, It is hard for me to get to the grocery store and back because I get lost and I have lived here for over 30 years.

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Mom of 3 children 36 years old married
I've been viibryd for about 6 months and I thought I was feeling good but after reading everyone's side effects I feel like I was trying to make this work for me bc I've been have joint pains thinking oh wow I'm getting old lol I have brain zips ALOT!! Some causing my whole body to jolt and really bad itching!! It's like my skin is crawling with bugs I honestly think I wanted this to work so bad that I was refusing to admit these were side effects :-( the other thing is the sweet tooth its out of control I could sit and eat a bag after bag of choc so that doesn't help with the weight :-( I'm scared to get off bc of withdrawal being so scary but honestly if it's hurting more then helping why stay on it my hubby would rather deal with non medicated crazy me then medicated forgetful itchy craving weight gaining me any help right now would be helpful

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K.T. I identify with you . I also have sleep aponea as wll as depression, anxiety, and post traumatic stress syndrome . It is a struggle everyday. Some days , I don't think I'm going to make it. Fortunately, I have a daughter who won't let me die. She keeps me going . I hope you get through this. I hope I do as well. Prayers all around.

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OMG!! I'M so horrified. have been searching for options after having a relapse, after 12 months of "natural supplements" and i heard about this wonder drug!! Sounded so good . I am absolutely horrified by what I am reading. We are just guinea pigs for the "Pharma- Giants. "Follow the money". This is one of the new drugs being hailed a the next "big thing". What hope do we have , except for venues like this where we share.

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Has anyone experienced any changes in the joint pain and inflammation once they stop the viibryd. It has been 2 years and I am still suffering. I am working with rheumatologist and I am on Remicade infusions for arthritis assoc with crohns and they are using that diagnosis as I do have crohns disease but with this joint pain swelling etc no bowel involvement. I honestly believe this is all from the year and a half I was on this drug. Has anyone had any long term improvement after stopping. I haven't. Just wondering. Please no matter how wonderful this may make you feel depression wise it is not worth it! The pain I have been suffering with for 2 years has not been worth it and in the end the depression is 10x worse now with the pain and life style changes. It's a terrible drug!

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9th week on viibryd. Starting to taper down from 40mg to 30 as it is not doing the trick for me. Feel ok mentally but keep getting pop up suicide thoughts. Am increasing small amounts of cymbalta gradually and may eventually go back to it. Side effects not withstanding, it works for depression. Possibly with doc advise might use cocktail. I have success only with serotonin norepinephrine combos... We shall see

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I'm glad to hear your success. I have also benefited very much in the long run. I was recently trying to take the Viibryd with my Welbutrin in the morning at the same time. That did cause nausea. I'm so happy to know that's the culprit. I set my phone alarm to remind myself to spread them by a good half hour. So far so good! If that doesn't work anymore I'll take it with a meal. I've never had the brain zaps. That sounds really strange. I can imagine it being uncomfortable.

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The beginning of your comment is exactly how I was. Diagnosed severe depression, ptsd from abusive childhood, and add. I still take an hour or so nap most days. All my medicine can cause drowsiness. I was, until recently, on: Welbutrin 450 mgs, Lamotrigine 400 mg for mood stabilization (for the significant downswings), and adderall for my add, and lexapro. The Lexapro was dropped and Viibryd was added. For me, the adderall helps with the focus I need. Always had that problem. Very easily distracted, don't follow through with even the little things. Meaning the little things like emptying the dishwasher, but before finishing that, leaving to put something in the bedroom. Then before I know it, I'm off to put away stuff in the bathroom because something shiny caught my eye. By the time I take my tour around the house I get back to the kitchen and I haven't gotten past 1/4 of the dishwasher being done. Nothing is "done". Then forget 3 times to turn on the dishwasher. By the time I get done with my travels, I'm tired and feel like I've done a lot without anything being done. Then add the avoidance of important stuff if I'm super worried about $$ or have put it off long enough it's something to really worry about. That was and is so horrible. The adderall has helped with that somewhat. I still do that, but not near as bad. I've also been super tired all the time since I was young. Sleep Apnea machine has saved my life. I used to stop breathing at night and my throat hurt so bad every morning and had a nasty headache almost every single morning. It was horrible. Yes, huge snorer. I need to have a new study to probably have the setting turned up a notch and full face mask since my allergies render my nose useless at times. When you spell all this out, it sounds horrible! Sheesh! Soooo...as I mentioned in my first comment about the temper and tears being a real problemm, the Dr and I agreed to drop the Welbutrin back to 300 mgs as it was a year or so ago. Since the Viibryd has helped so much neither of us want to take that one away till it's determined it isn't beneficial enough to be tolerated. I will come back in a couple to three weeks and update how that change is going. I'm really hopeful.

It's taken forever (about 3 years) to find a decent combination to get to the "ok" point. Still afraid/nervous to go out and interview for jobs. That's a huge necessity as soon as possible. Afraid still, but not to the point of can't even consider, causing paralyzing anxiety. The depression symptoms and self esteem issues really make it so difficult to even consider trying. I am significantly hearing impaired (wear 2 hearing aids), that makes me nervous as well. But I dealt with that in my better years in a professional work environment. I could manage again, eventually. So many challenges I would like to tackle and hopefully even eliminate some eventually. The body aches are very often a result of the depression. The Psychiatrist asks several questions at the beginning of the office visit and medication discussion. The first one is do you have any pain. I'm 57 so I have the usuall stiffness and bad shoulder kind of thing. But also had the muscle aches and strain feeling. Now I try to stretch when I feel it getting bad. It really helps. Massage makes a huge difference in my neck and shoulders. The shoulders are always headed up to my ears. Just a little tense. :) I've been sedentary for so long I feel like a veal. I'm slowly getting back to adding a little bit of some kind of activity, even if it's just stretching. It's already helped. Just simple daylight helps. Open the blinds or curtains. Turn on all the lights, if you can afford it at all. Light makes a big difference. Turn the tv up. Don't let it be too quiet. Even if you're wanting to sleep. Don't make it easy. Make yourself let someone, family or good friend into your house. At least more often. That helps you get the oompf to actually clean once it once in awhile. Someone who knows that you're really depressed, but doens't really know the exent of it. A bit more of a challenge to make it a good or decent cleaning. These are what has helped me. My daughter drags me around with her sometimes. lol Very sweet, but persistent. lol It took all I had to get ready for those excursions. But I forced myself and I felt better when I got home. And you can't just do them as an effort to see if it helps, then drop it. You have to push through and keep trying. I wish there was a way to really help folks like us to have a faster return to a normal existence. Or extend the good or betters times a lot longer. No such thing as perfect, but I hope to get back to more of the very good days. Good luck to us all. I hope Viibryd works for you. I've heard enough people say what I am, about it, that it would be wonderful if it really does help many more or they have something even better in the wings.
That would be great! .

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I'm in my 3rd-4th month, and hope to get off it (tapering) beginning when I see my doc in 2 weeks. Luckily, no brain zaps, and the nausea/diarrhea isn't too bad since early on. However, the paralyzing dreams still come sometimes, and the worst is that I can't sleep at night ... probably because I'm in bed super-drowsy for at least 12-16 hours a day. I get up and do a chore or two, or go to appts or out to dinner with my very patient husband, but since I had something flu-like a month ago, I haven't been able to get rid of the body/muscle aches that are double/triple my usual pain level or have energy to get up and out of bed enough. Luckily, I'm not working.

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you have to take Viibryd for awhile to really experience the full effect. it's the only thing that has worked for me. And it's been many, many years. The only complaint I have, is i am very short tempered and cry very easily. I don't want to give it up but i can't seem to quit the temper issues.or crying at the drop of a hat. With that said, it's been the only thing that has truly worked to bring me out of the funk and into the daylight. Big difference. I'll try to figure out a way to keep the viibryd and get rid of the two symptoms. I'll be really sad if I have to give it up. Literally.

I have had restless legs for many years. Viibryd is less than a year. I've had achey joints before this med. Not worse than before. Nausea in the beginning, a little bit. Eat with it and space any other meds about half an hour after Viibryd.

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Hi spotsworth – I just decided to research any correlation between Viibryd and joint issues and am so appreciative that you have shared your story. I’ve been taking Viibryd since June ’13. I’ve suffered with some form of depression most of my life but it became pretty severe in ’13 so decided to ty my first anti-depressant. It has been an absolute miracle for my mental state. I’ve never felt more like myself and have been tremendously happy, mostly anxiety free and have much better coping abilities. However, I noticed about 9 months after starting Viibryd (spring ’14), I started getting weird joint issues. I just accepted it’s part of aging and I should minimize or adapt my workouts.

I’ve been a lifelong athlete (D1 college soccer player, 3-time marathoner, many half marathons, etc.). I became allergic to NSAIDs 4-5 years ago, so I significantly scaled back running and started pilates and yoga b/c I couldn’t take any anti-inflammatories (and running caused lots of inflammation in my feet and knees). That seemed to work well until last Spring and the last 9 months have been brutal. I attempted to train for a half marathon last May and after 10 days, my knee completely blew up (3 times the size), which resulted in pain meds and crutches until my Orthopedic doc gave me a 7-day course of Prednisone. I’ve taking Prednisone a bunch of times over the past 10 years for Sinus Disease (I also have Samter’s Triad which is related to Chronic Sinusitis) and know how well it can work for inflammation. I’ve never experienced Prednisone side effects like this though. While my knee was back to normal in two days, I felt like I had been in a car accident (horrible pain throughout my entire body and utter exhaustion – was sleeping 12-14 hours straight). And to add insult to injury, I put on 15 pounds just from the Prednisone (I had never experienced weight gain from this medication before). My Orthopedic suspected my knee might be a bigger arthritis issue so told me to keep an eye out for other joint/skin issues (the skin around my knee and down my shin was very red too) and referred me to a Rheumatologist.

I’m going back to my Rheumatologist next week for the third time. He’s tested me for Lupus, RA and a few other things…all tests came back normal. I’ve had a muscle enzyme and thyroid test which both came back normal. I’ve also been referred to a Neurologist for a sleep study which takes place next week to determine if I have sleep apnea and/or narcolepsy. Since I last saw my Rheumatologist 3 months ago, I’ve had some skin patches on my right lower back that won’t go away (which he told me to look out for in case it’s Psoriatic Arthritis), terrible back pains and the normal joint swelling/inflammation that spreads from my hands/fingers/wrists/elbows/feet.

I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to conclude Viibryd could be the culprit for all my recent physical issues. I’ve already contacted my Psychiatrist to start the weaning process as I’m hoping the awful pain and exhaustion starts to subside. Sorry for the novel, but wanted to share my story in hopes it could help others as you all have helped me tremendously.

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