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Is there anyone out there who didnt see any improvement in their symptoms of depression and anxiety until they reached 40 Mgs please let me know I'm on 20 for over two no improvement please let me know

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Have been on it for 9 days, starting with the 10 mg. NO improvement. Supposed to be fast acting. I am weaning off starting tomorrow after taking 1st 20 mg yesterday morning and waking up at 3 am to find I had had terrible diarrhea in my pajamas! I would rather be depressed and anxious than have to deal with that or any of the other multitudes of horrible side effects I have read about.

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I have been on Viibryd since Novemeber. It took a full 2 months for my depression episodes to subside. I still have anxiety and will address that next week at my appointment.

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Terri,
Are you having any bad side effects? Have you searched on this site and found all of the bad ones people are having? I really wanted to give it a good try but after the stomach upsets and then reading all of the terrible things this drug is doing to others, I decided I didn't want to take a chance. Several people that had been on for for a few months were still having bad side effects weeks, some months, after weaning off. Let us hear from you. And good luck!
Lisa

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I am not having any side affects. I do take it when I eat in the mornings. And I have to take it at the same time everyday or I go into a crying spell. That is very strange. But I think most if that is the anxiety. I was told by someone that their dr said it is not good for anxiety, just depression.

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It is recommended in the clinical trials of Viibryd for patients to titrate to the 40 mg dose by week 3. I would suggest discussing this with your physician and asking to be moved up to 40mg as soon as possible.

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After taking Citalapram for several years, my depression worsed in November of 2013 after having LASIK surgery performed on my right eye. Although the surgery was "successful," I was (and still am) having difficulty adjusting to how my sight would change throughout the day. The nurse practioner that prescribes my meds decided "we" should try something different. I went through a potpouri of pills before "we" settled on Viibryd AND Mirtazapine AND Atavan(as needed). During this time, I also had a hospital stay for a week. I also was laid-off from my job on January 2nd. Although my depression is better, anxiety used to be a minor issue for me. It now seems to be a daily battle. The other daily battle I fight is diarrhea. I have read that both these meds can cause diarrhea, and that Mirtazapine can actually create anxiety. I want off these meds! But now the nurse practitioner thinks I'm on something that works and doesn't want to make changes. I miss the life I had a year ago.

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I went on viibryd last month (May 19th) because I felt that my Lexapro has not been working and also has affected my libido I went on Lexapro in 2006 because I started to have depression with the market collapse, main breadwinner, husband lost job and got ill, a mortgage, 3 kids to boot. Lexapro pulled me through then and has kept my moods stable. The last two years I noticed a change in my libido but lived through it because everything else was fine.

Now I have major stressors again at home with 3 teens (one of them graduated and is going away to college now), a husband of 23 yrs who wants to leave me, my work being cut down to half...all in the last 2 months. So I went to see my doctor bec Lexapro has not been able to maintain my moods this time. She put me on Viibryd, telling me that it is the best one in the market right now, does all of the things the other SSRIs do as well as not affecting libido (main reason for husband problems).

Diarrhea was my first problem but I was warned about it so I pushed through. That side effect happened within the second day of starting Viibryd. Then came nausea and a constantly bitter taste in my mouth. I ended up not eating much within that first week. The second week, the dose went up and I began having muscle cramping at night. My leg cramps would get so bad, I would get up and march in the middle of the night to ease the discomfort. I also began noticing that I was having difficulty falling asleep. If I did fall asleep, I would wake up within 3 hours and be unable to fall asleep anymore, even during the day when I would try to nap. I felt like my body was "humming", "always on the ready" for any catastrophe that could occur.

But then within the week that I was on the full dose of Viibryd, I was a nervous wreck. I felt a constant impending doom...I felt I could not handle any crisis at all because I would literally fall apart. This is very different than my usual self. My mom and my sister had to pick me up the floor I was crying so hard in a ball. It scared them because I had never done that before through even worse times like the death of my father, losing a business, etc. And it was very difficult to calm me...I could not sleep (even when I was dosed with an Ativan and Benadryl) and would awaken after 3 hours.

At first I thought, my stress is so much, my sleep and appetite and anxiety has really gotten out of hand. It felt like my skin would disintegrate if someone even looked at me wrong. I tried to force myself to eat, force myself to sleep but nothing worked. I even ended up with prescription for Ativan that did not help the anxiety, the muscle cramps, the insomnia. So I just stopped it and stayed on the Viibryd waiting for it to work. It takes 3-6 weeks for any antidepressant and I was on week 4.....it should happen anytime that things will fall into a tolerable state.

Then on Sunday, my second week of the full dose of Viibryd, I could not stand the bitter taste in my mouth anymore. I had lost 20 lbs (I am only 5'1 and weigh 115). My husband told me to go to the doctor to get off Viibryd and on something else. He is very worried of the weight loss and sleep deprivation I had been going through. But when I called the doctor's office, they didn't even call me back. I was in a panic. My husband, my mom and my sister were all so kind and supportive. Yet I could not pick myself up. I literally wanted to just disappear. That night I decided to just quit the Viibryd...I didn't know what to do. And figured I would call my doctor again for another appointment.

Sunday, I had stopped taking Viibryd cold turkey (not recommended but did not know if I could take it anymore). It was because I could not stand the bitter taste in my mouth now and the nausea...I am hardly eating and if I do, I get the diarrhea. It is horrible. Then that first night off it, I finally slept like the dead. It was wonderful. I felt something other than the impending doom and feeling of restlessness. I was actually feeling tired and wanted to sleep....not "on guard". Then waking up was It's like that groggy feeling after you finally slept well after not sleeping for days but still need more sleep.

Monday, I was still tired and would sleep if allowed (but I have to work and have children/husband...life) The feeling of impending doom decreased. I wasn't as a fragile as I was....not like my skin is about to tear but easily irritable, like too much stimulus when a lot of people talk to me at the same time. It's better than when I felt so caught up in my anxiety and tearfulness. At least, I feel connected to others but like when your period is coming....a little snappy. My sleep was restful although I have vivid dreams. I figure it is just my brain now just trying to relax and let go. Thinking about it...I haven't really slept for 4 weeks on Viibryd so I'm going to give myself a break on why I still feel tired. It is wonderful though when I wake up because, though tired, my brain isn't foggy or anxious.

Then today the third day off the Viibryd, I am as itchy as heck...no rashes but I have itchy spots in random places all over my body. The bitter taste is still in my mouth but a lot less...I can actually eat without feeling nauseous. Still having the soft stools but at least no diarrhea now.

I hope that with good sleep and eating better, I will be able to get myself together again. I have an appointment with my doctor this week. I will try to get back on another SSRI...not viibryd definitely but not Lexapro either. Maybe just something simple for a while like Prozac. I heard Serzone is easy on the libido...the least of my worries right now.

Thank you for all your Viibryd posts. It makes sense. I thought my insomnia and feelings of doom was just because of all the stress I am going through. But reading all your comments, a lightbulb lit up.....viibryd!! I realize that now because I feel the same right now as I had the month before the viibryd, when my stressors began.

PS....This has been very hard for me. I am actually a registered nurse...supposed to know my meds, supposed to be able to distinguish between side effects and symptoms. Unfortunately, the lines between side effects and symptoms blur. anxiety from stress/anxiety from meds.... insomnia from stress/insomnia from meds......poor appetite from stress/poor appetite from meds.....feeling desperate from stress/feeling nervous from meds......how can you tell?

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My doctor has told me that the "effective" dose for viibryd is 40mg. That means, you'll need to get up to 40mg and be on it for approx. 6 weeks, the same as most of these drugs before it's full enveloped in your system. Hang in there.

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It took a solid 2 months (if not a little longer) for me to see a difference. It was explained to me that this medicine helps your brain create it's own serotonin instead of the medicine being the serintonin. I don't know this for sure because that info was given to me second hand. But I will say now that I have been on it for several months and take an additional for anxiety it is the best meds I have had for depression.

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