Viibryd Reviews (Page 20)

Going to start it tomorrow. Anyone else taking it, and if so, how do you like it?

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I started on theviibryd starter pack over a month ago for anxeity.10mg for 7 days then 20mg for 7 days. Then the 40 mg. After being on the 40 mg for about 10 days I started to feel very anxious and out of sorts, a little nausea too. I took 4 more pills and continued not feeling well. I decided to cut the pills in half and go back to 20mg dose. The very next day I feel good again. It is helping cope very well now after 3 days back on 20mg. My Dr. called me about another matter and I told her about it. She says well stay at 20 for a little while then try to go back up to 40. I think i'll just stay at 20mg. My body rejected the 40mg this time and I just think its way too strong for me. I tried effexor before the viibrid and 7 hours after taking it, I developed a severe headache with nausea and then vomiting. My pupils were also dialated from it. I won't take that ever again.

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I wonder why the doctors push to keep the dose at 40mg. That was way too strong for me. I had severe side effects.
I am comfortable at 10mg.

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I didn't really notice much improvement with the 10mg Viibryd but the 20 mg works really well for me. Hope it continues to keep my anxiety at rest.

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I experienced very severe symptoms during an accelerated weaning-off period from Effexor. I had what are commonly referred to as "brain zaps" and cycled through deep depression for two weeks. If you ever go off Effexor, please insist on a gentle and very gradual program. It is utterly miserable otherwise.

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Started Viibyrd with the starter pack. I felt after 10 days my symptoms were 50% better, that is, less depressed and less anxious. Now, on 20s for 3 weeks, one month since the start, and I feel this med stopped working. Anxiety is higher than before started. No side effects, except some joint pains. I will see my dr in a week and maybe try 30-40 mg, to see if this med will actually work. Right now discouraged that it is not kicking in as hoped for.

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Joe- I had the same result when I first started I thought this is wonderful my depression lifted but only for a short time but this not unusual. I have been on it for a year now with no side effects, am also on Lamotrigine because I still experienced the occasional episode of depression and this took the low spots away. Since my depression was so bad I am on 60 mg of Viibryd and will continue as long as needed.

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Taken for 3 weeks I cant drink enough to quench
Thirst up to 3 gallons a day of water. Get fits of
Rage this drug is horable.

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My doctor has put me on this in addition to the welbutrin. I have had a headache for 3 days now. I am on day 6 of the medicine. He did warn me that until my brain is used to producing the right amount of the chemicals it should produce I may have headaches. I am going to stay on it a while longer to see. I am hoping this medicine works for me. I have pretty much tried them all.

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Watch out for that joint pain. I had to quit taking it altogether because the pain was so bad my shrink had to prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs. The joints in my hips, ankles, tops of my feet, knuckles, elbows - really all my joints - got worse and worse every day. What sucked was the drug helped my depression. But I mistrust something that gets my joints inflamed - what is in it that would muck up our joints? I've been off for a few months now, and the joint pain is almost gone.

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I posted previously a couple of weeks ago after starting this Viibryd. At first it seemed to work, but, then, it stopped, but, now it kicked in better. I will start taking 30mg a day. No side symptoms. Been on for 5 weeks Only complaint is that this seemed to create extra anxiety elevation at times. Dr. says this is normal and it will relieve anxiety by two months into its use. So, with extra dose and more time, I will test to see how it works. Overall, I feel better with it.

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So I've been on viibryd for a week 10mg I start 20 tomorrow. I had a major panic attack last night and woke up with itchy blisters on my palms! Has anyone experienced this. Not to mention terrifying
Nightmares!!

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Sorry to hear on the panic attack. That was one reason I went to the dr to get something to control mini panic attacks that produced heart palpitations, or PVCs is what it is called. I have been on other SSRIs in the past, and I never found them an immediate magic bullet. They are helpful, but, cannot stop all the junk the brain wants to do involuntarily. Now, I have never gone to any full max dosage, by my own choice. So, I have never given any SSRI the optimum chance to work, but, I cannot say what would have happened in my case had I gone to the max dosage. This time, on Viibryd, I might go the full dosage just to see what effect, but I am skeptical these drugs will work to the degree I wish they could.
As for panic attacks, self help is the best, with relaxation techniques, breathing inhale and exhale, and exercise, relaxing baths, etc, etc. I will take a benzo drug if a real bad one happens, but, otherwise, I have learned to control them. Hope you can find a way to control them.

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I have been off this med for 1 and 1/2 months and am STILL having joint pain. How long does this side effect take to go away. I am only 35 and feel 75. Help!

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I have been taking this for a couple months but I also have TERRIFYING nightmares! I have recently went off it for that reason.

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Nightmares don't occur with me on this drug. Neither on other SSRIs I have taken. I have been told everybody has their own unique reasons for nightmares. Often there is no explainable cause. It is agood idea to go to a sleep clinic that can study sleep characteristics. Currently I think the 30 mg dose is helpful at about 60% of symptoms. My goal is 80% reduction at least. It may take 30 days more to see what happens on that goal. Hope you find relief.

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I've been on Viibryd for a couple of weeks now, using the starter pack. With 10 mg I thought I noticed a (good) difference, but on the 5th day of 20 mg I noticed I was agitated, restless, nervous, and irritable. That lasted for 3 days when I was supposed to start 40 mg and ended up cutting those pills into quarters to try and get back to 10 mg. It doesn't seem to be working and I'm weepy, negative, and irritable again, which is how I was before I started the medication.

Should I stick with it because some of you said it takes a few weeks for it to kick in? I can't stand the idea of feeling this way for the next few weeks!

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Unless you had better experience with other SSRIs, or this is the first one, yes, it can work eventually, as that has been my case. Normally you have to tough it out if the dr said to go to 40MG, unless you are dropping to the lower amount and then intend to go higher. Dosage is really a dr call based on weight, age, gender, symptoms, kinds of disorders, etc, etc. Always try to follow what the dr thinks is best, unless you have the special symptoms that are signals to stop due to the known allergic reactions, etc, that these drugs can produce, which are rare.

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I was only one for 3 weeks, have been off for 6 weeks, and am still experiencing side effects. It's comforting to know that others are dealing with this and it's not just me. My Doctor and Pharmacist tell me it has to be out of my system by now.... but I still feel off, kinda worried.


On the plus side, my OCD symptoms are way down. I'm in a weird position where I'm actually wanting them to come back, just so I'll know this stuff is no longer affecting me.

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I started on the Viibryd kit. Started on 10 mg,increasing to 40. I also take it with 300 mg Wellbutrin. When I went from 20 mg to 40,it was to much. My heart rate went up,I felt panicked. Now I am back on 20 again. This is really the only problem I have had. After having been on anti-depressants for over 20 years, they are now combining 2 medications for better effectiveness. This seems to work much better. The combination of Viibryd and Wellbutrin has no sexual side affects,which many anti-depressants do.

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I have been on Viibryd for about 7 weeks now, taking 30mg. It kicked in and is working nicely. No real side effects. It is expensive stuff. After insurance, I pay about $60 for a month at 30 mg. It is tough to afford that and I may need to change to a cheaper SSRI.
I feel it is an ok drug for me and I would recommend it, except for the price to buy.

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