Viibryd Side Effects (Page 14)

What if any side effects are people experiencing on viibryd

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I'm off now. Just started on Zoloft 2 days ago. My chest is tight, my body is sore and I just don't feel good. I hope the symptoms go away. I felt great before I started this drug. I have started having a bad backache, possibly acid reflux when I go to sleep. This could be because, as I understand it, Viibryd deposits seratonin into your stomach? Forget call their corporate offices for information. They are very rude.

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I had a friend go to a CEU meeting and was told that Viibryd is causing people to have Parkinson Disease symptoms. Can be short term or long term. The lady said that some people are being treated with Parkinson's meds and seeing some improvement. Just an FYI.

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I came on here to find out if anyone has had a similar experience... was on the 20 mg per day for about 8 days...i felt an amazing lift of my depression thats plagued me for years. i was having a pretty normal day... running errands and bringing my son to the park, well we got to the park and as soon as i got out of the car i could tell i was off... felt dizzy and like i was going to fall asleep. asked my son to get back in and i called my mom, apparently i told her i was going to fall asleep then started to not make sense. she called 911 and i went by ambulance to the hospital. i had an mri, ekg, ct scan and a ton of lab work- in which i mostly slept throufh--for the brief times i did wake up i was slurring my speech, and not making any sense (i somewhat remember trying to talk and being panicked that no one could understand me). well, all my tests were normal- i wasnt coherent til 930 am (was kept in the hospital overnight) the Dr gave me a rule-out diagnosis of narcolepsy, but cant confirm it w/out a sleep study. this was such a scary situation and even tho the Dr doesnt think it is a side effect- i stopped viibrid. day 3 of not being on it. the ambulance and er people thought i was either wasted or overdosed. please let me know if anyone has experienced anything similar.

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I started taking this viibryd medicine for anxiety and have never been on any other medicine before other than for my gallbladder disease. I felt great after 2 weeks, but I have mild osteoarthritis and it seemed to increase after those first weeks to almost debilitating pain. I was always tired and then one night I was laying in bed and was scrolling through Facebook and felt this awful electrical like jolt through my head that shot through my arms and my vision went white and My eyes began to "twitch." All of this lasting only 2 seconds or so. Followed by a few smaller rushes. I thought I was dying!!! It's like the feeling when your a kid and you wake up from a dream and your still only half awake and you get that rush that leaves you paralyzed like "something's gonna get you" but goes away quickly. I didn't get the paralyzed feeling however. (Best way I can describe it) I took another pill the next day and did some research online and could only find info about nocturnal panic attacks... Etc and if you have ms and or Lyme disease it causes similar problems but I started having these during the day too. I would take a drink of a cold drink and get a small one or hear an annoying sound and have a few rushes of these, and it seems like your hypersensitive to sounds, smells, tastes, and temperature which can all cause these to worsen. My skin would also"crawl" and I would itch all over constantly like a drug user withdrawal symptom (and no I do not use drugs of any kind) I have stopped viibryd cold turkey for the past 36 hours and all of these side effects have lessened drastically and almost diminished. These brain zaps are extremely scary and even more so if you do not know about them before taking the medicine. It was the worst day of my life It felt like! i was taking this for anxiety not depression and at this same time I began getting severe panic and anxiety attacks. I would not recommend this for anxiety AT ALL!!

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It sounds like your having nocturnal panic attacks.

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I started taking this med on Friday...by Monday I noticed some ringing in my ears and a quick flash of pain in my left temple. Tuesday I had to call off sick to work, feeling dizzy, fluish. Wednesday I made myself go to work, by noon I was throwing up and then diarrhea and stomach cramps...still feeling I had the flu. Went home a little early from work, 4 hours later, I'm taken to the ER in SEVERE pain. Felt like every nerve in my body was on fire. Nausea, dizziness, vomitting, diarrhea, ears ringing horribly, pain in every single inch of my body... After running tests, they concluded I had a severe reaction to this med. I was practically hallucinating. The Dr. told me I am fortunate I was only in the 1s week of the 10mg, because on the 20 mg or 40 mg, I would've needed to be titrated off and would've been sick the entire time. He took me off work for Thurs/Friday, giving me the entire weekend to recup... I really thought I was dying.

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I've been forced to miss only 3 days of work, but I dont have the PTO to cover it, so I had to file FMLA. I've never had such a reaction to a drug before. I still have spots in front of my eyes and occasional flashes of pains in my head. my speech is slurred somewhat, and I fumble for words. This is a dangerous drug that needs to be taken off the market

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I stopped the drug 6 months ago. I still have ringing in my ears.

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It only took 5 days for me as well...and the pain was so bad, I begged the ER personnel to just "put me to sleep".

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I almost killed myself on this drug! I felt like my whole life was unravelling, mainly because it was!!! NOBODY understood my odd behavior...especially me. My aches in my body were horrible and my stomach cramps were almost unbearable. Also I believe I have permanent memory damage. I get so much more confused now than I ever did. I hate that these people use us as guinea pigs. No more!

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Yes, I also have been this Viibryd and have never experienced sleep poralisis until now and it is awfull. Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

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I just started taking the 40 mg portion of the sample pack. I spoke with my doctor and explained my side effects: extreme irritability, anxiousness, inability to sleep (even with ambien), extreme restless leg syndrome, poor memory and general mental fogginess. After explaining the side effects he kind of blew me off and said to keep taking it which was discouraging. I am not going to continue taking this any longer. My mood has not improved and the physical side effects are too much to tolerate.

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So I started viibryd in june after being on Cymbalta for almost 9 years and then getting off Cymbalta last November only to have each new med fail (prozac, lexapro, cymbalta again). I really didn't have any issues with sick feelings or diarrhea. About 2 weeks ago i started experiencing horrible Parkinson-like symptoms such as my arms, legs twitching then everything tensing and shaking as i tried to fall asleep. Then a few days ago my jaw has been tensing and stiffening in the middle of the day. About a week ago right as my brain went to shut off for sleep, a huge zap and jolt went through me with a bright flash and instant massive panic attack which i had to take a .5mG of xanax. It is happening Everytime i try to sleep now so I'm actually affraid to sleep unless i take a xanax first (which i don't want to have to do). It just feels horrible and that feeling where you just KNOW something is wrong and your body is saying “HEY! THIS ISNT NORMAL!”. I cant get into my doctor until the 29th. I was seeing the nurse practitioner and shes the one who tried me on all this but told me after a certain amount of tries she HAS to refer me to a psychiatrist which i cant get in until the 10th of September because I'm a new patient. I need to get off this junk it's not for me. Seems it's helped alot of people i guess i must just be in that 2-3% that its no good for side effects-wise. I will be getting off this though. Also added i dont take this for depression i take it for severe panic and anxiety. Seems like nothing is even touching them.... :(

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On a SUPER positive note... My sex drive is amazing and I haven't felt like this since i was a teenager (Cymbalta really destroyed my labido for so many years).

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Seriously happy for you as far as your sex life is concerned...LOL!

The pharmicist at CVS Pharmacy told me that they refuse to sell Viibryd. I'm off of it now for about 2 weeks. 50 mg of Zoloft is my choice again even though it did not work for me before, so last two days, I started on 100 mg. I would never go back to Viibryd, no matter what.

Getting off of it was not difficult for me. I went down to 10 mg after being on 20 mg. Did it myself without a doctor and had no problems.

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Yeah i used my pill cutter and cut all my 40s in half and went to 20mgs about 3 days ago. Doing alright so far. Had a super realistic dream last night but it was a good one. Dreamt i got to see my dad and their were happy tears. he passed away almost 10 years ago when i was 20 from a accidental overdose of prescription meds (for severe panic and anxiety and other stuff). I was the one who found him. Went in his sleep. He was on ALOT of stuff though so I don't want to scare anyone thinking they might have the same issue. Sucks having to wait so long till my doc appointment.

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CVS refusing to sell Viibryd? In which state has this allegedly occurred? I asked the CVS pharmacy here in Dallas today if there were any notifications regarding them not selling the drug. She said absolutely not and that if there had been, it would be a corporate wide mandate and would have shown up on her computer. Doing a Google search reveals NOTHING about any pharmacies refusing to sell Viibryd. I'm all for useful information, but this reeks of being something made up.

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I am 60 and have never been on an antidepressant. Have been a mom and professional business woman who over a 40 year period sometimes drank too much. This past 8 months my dog died, my mom died, I moved into a new home and on Easter I quit drinking. After a few weeks I was agitated, still experiencing grief from the loss of my mom, not having my glasses of wine and tons of stress at work and went to my PCP in June. He popped out a starter pack of the Viibryd and told me to follow the instructions. This docs visit lasted all of 5 minutes and I explained to him my sometime off and on alcohol abuse. Course he said there would be no problems. It went well with the 10 mgs, had a few brain zaps and stomach problems but having never taken an AD I just figured this was part of the game. Went to the 20 mgs and began having horrendous ringing in ears, horrible balance problems, confusion and the feeling I was sitting in the corner looking at myself. Called the doc, he said it would take some getting used to. Well the 40 mgs sent me over the realm of reality. I missed two weeks of work as I could not wake up, come out of the fog or balance myself to stand. Called the doc and he said cut back to 20s. Well I stayed on the 20s thru July and around the first of Aug my depression and anxiety got worse but the side effects multiplied. Bruising easily everywhere, extremely irate, balance way off, foggy all the time and ringing in ears enough to deafen me, extreme insomnia. Driving 50 miles to work and never remembering how I got there, coming to a stop sign three blocks from my house and forgetting how to get home and falling also reared their ugly heads.These were just a few of the side effects. Since then I have started cutting the 20s in half and then those in half taking about .5 two times a day with lots of food. I may have drank in the past but this drug presents a whole new meaning to the words dazed and confused. But doc says keep taking them....... I am either going to change pcps or try and see a pdoc. I know I need something for depression and anxiety but this pill is horrible. Going thru alcoholic withdrawal symptoms is no where near as bad as this. Since cutting back I am experiencing more crying and panic attacks but have tried to pray thru it. I am going to continue cutting back until hopefully this is a done deal for me. Oh yes, one of the side effects of cutting back is burning, itching skin, fever spurts and headaches. I am not manic depressant and have always been upbeat but I do not feel this drug is for me. By the way I am 141 days sober and do not want to trade one addiction for another. I think the Viibryd added to the memory loss I had suffered from the alcohol. I will continue to follow this page and hope everyone who is happy with Viibryd does well but it is not meant for me.

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Jen....not sure if my new tingling numb arms that seem not to work when I try to type or drive are a result of the Viibryd but never had them until taking this stuff. Wonder how much study has been done on the effect of this drug on the liver????

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I ADVISE EVERYONE WHO IS NEW TO READ ALL THE POSTS THOROGHLY.

I have said it before and I will say it again, do not taper off Viibryd, STOP IT INSTANTLY before the damage is permanent. Viibryd almost killed me.

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