VIIBRYD Reviews (VILAZODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.6 (379 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VIIBRYD with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VIIBRYD | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Anxiety and Depression | None really | This drug has been a miracle for me. Zoloft stopped working after taking it for 10 years and I slipped into depression and severe anxiety again the last two years without realizing it. Took this and very quickly got relief from the depression but esp the crippling anxiety. This med works amazingly well for both anxiety and depression plus there's no sexual side effects. I hope it keeps on working. | M | 7 | 9 months 40mg 1X day | 6/10/2016 | 1 | My son took it for major depression | My son had been depressed and his doctor prescribed this drug to help him function. He took it for about two months. At first we thought he was doing much better, but he started having delusions and almost took his life. He had to be hospitalized to get him off this dangerous drug. We are lucky he is still alive. | M | 16 | 10 days 20 mg | 2/15/2015 | 4 | Depression, OCD, anxiety | So far so good! | To the people saying "DO NOT TAKE THIS, everyones body is different-- I'm doing great on it. | F | 18 | 1 months 40mg 1X day | 12/11/2012 | 1 | anxiety | made me so depressed. thinking horrible things. more irritated. i hate feeling this way | F | 19 | 1 months 10 1X day | 7/30/2020 | 5 | Major Depressive Disorder | At first intestinal disturbances, unable to sleep, high heart rate, uncontrollable erections, speeding, increased mood, increased motivation, able to drink alcohol more, increased appetite | This drug has had nothing but positive effects on my life and my depression. It may not be for everyone but it works wonders for me. | M | 20 | 10 months 40 MG 1X day | 12/11/2012 | 4 | Clinical Depression | Brain shocks, Sleep Paralysis, Weight Gain | Was put on Viibryd after Zoloft stopped helping me. In general, it really helps. If I don't take my Viibryd on schedule then I get an electric jolt to my brain. Sort of like a hardwired alarm clock. I could do without the occasional sleep paralysis, but all in all I recommend it. | F | 20 | 1 years 20 MG 1X day | 12/18/2013 | 4 | Depression and anxiety | Extreme delusions / hallucinations at random intervals about once a month, lucid dreaming, insomnia, and increased appetite. | M | 20 | 6 months 60 | 2/28/2012 | 2 | anxiety and depression | diarhea, head spins, aggression, extremely vivid and terrifying dreams, but the absolute worst... these rages of head spins!! | i have been on viibryd for about 3 months now taking 40 mg every day. getting to this high dosage has been a crazy experience. i dont even know whats happening with my body anymore. at first everything felt amazing, i was waking up early and energized and had a great positive outlook. after about two weeks of being on the 40mgs stuff just started to go bad. i have these really scary and uncomfortable rages of head spins. Its like my brain is doing back flips over and over. nothing will stop it, not even laying down or resting or closing your eyes. ive had these spins last for three hours one day, i cried the entire time because it is so uncomfortable and i dont understand what it is.i had such horrifying dreams on this medicine i couldnt even sit in a room alone. the diarhea is manageable and got better with time. but i was wondering if anyone else gets these head spins and feeling of complete fogginess? im even afraid to drive my car because i my mind feels so weird | F | 20 | 3 months 40 mg 1X day | 12/27/2013 | 1 | Change from lexapro | Diarrhea,brain zap (electrical shock feelings) nausea,body aches,headache, aggitation, angry, gas with bloating, (looked pregnant),hot and cold flashes like the flu. | On Viibryd for 6 days. Took 10mg of lexapro and 10mg of viibryd as recommended by PCP. Started on starter pack and was to take this dose for two weeks then progress to 20mg of Viibryd only. I could not bare side effects and weaning off of Viibryd was even worse. The brain zaps had me screaming out and even though I knew it was happening I couldn't stop. I also heard bees buzzing that no one else could hear. | F | 20 | 6 days 10 MG | 1/1/2015 | 4 | mdd & anxiety | the brain zaps come in waves daily around the same time each day. I moved to taking it at night to hopefully sleep through the brain zaps, but sometimes I just have to power threw them. When missing a dose or two I sleep all day to avoid the side effects, it feels like your withdrawing from a different medication. My face was always the first to react after missing a dose, it would cause it to become super sensitive and irritated from the itchiness, as it progressively moved down my body and makes me feel inflamed. I do recommend keeping your best histamine meds close by if you take viibryd and know you are going to miss a dose. | F | 21 | 3 years 40mg 1X day | 12/29/2022 | 3 | Major depression | Rapid weight gain, brain zaps, intense craving for sugar. | I started it after I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. At the time I was on Lexapro and Wellbutrin, and was weaned off of these medications while I was going up on Viibryd. For the first nine months or so it seemed to do its job, but then I noticed that I started to get mood swings that caused my therapist to believe I may have some sort of borderline personality symptoms. I started to show signs of suicidal thoughts as well and have since started tapering down on the drug, as this was an indication that it was no longer working. I am down to 10 mg at the moment and I have noticed that I no longer crave sugar constantly, my weight has slowly started to drop, and the side effects of tapering are minimal. Overall, it would have been a good short-term drug. I don't believe I should have been on it for this long. It was also VERY expensive even with my insurance! | M | 21 | 1 years 40 mg | 11/14/2015 | 3 | Depression | I have had diarrhea once or twice a week since I started taking it, which sucks, but overall it is doing its job. The first month on it, I didn't feel any better but after that my depression got a lot better. | F | 21 | 6 months 40 mg | 7/6/2012 | 1 | Major Depressive Disorder | Random sleep paralysis. "Brain Zaps" I would wake up and it would feel like someone shocked my brain with straight electricity. | Was fine until the 6 month mark. Never again. | F | 21 | 1 years 20 MG | 3/21/2015 | 2 | Manic depression | Started off great. Depression decreased a ton. Almost overnight gained 30 pounds. Depression came back, almost even worse than before. Intrusive thoughts. Muscle weakness. Vertigo. Sleep paralysis. And I'd have these strange occurrences about an hour after falling asleep, where I'd jolt awake feeling like something was TERRIBLY wrong. Blurry vision. Muscles aches and cramps. Extreme fatigue. The list goes on... | Contact me if you have any questions or had a similar experience. If this drug works for you, that's fantastic, but for ME, I wish I never would have started on this damn drug. I am now on DAY 5 completely off of it. (Yes, I tapered) it is terrible. My mind is racing, I'm so dizzy that I had to call into work. It literally feels like I'm on a merry-go-round. Suicidal thoughts. Panic. Insomnia. You name it. I'm looking on the bright side though, hopefully just a few more days and this medication can just be out of my life. | F | 22 | 1 years 40 mg | 4/7/2015 | 2 | Depression | Diarrhea | Did not really have much effect on me. After starting 10 mg dose 2 days in I would have a somewhat persistent diarrhea in the morning. Same applied with increase to 20 mg. Did not have this issue on 40 mg increase, guess my body was used to it by then. Diarrhea was not terrible, expecting to improve in mood helps to bear through it, but I did not feel much change on this medicine. I had less negative thoughts of my past, and that was about it. Still down, not motivated, disinterested in everything, and barely leaving my house. | F | 22 | 1 months 40mg 1X day | 6/20/2012 | 1 | Depression | F | 22 | 3 months 40 | 5/30/2015 | 1 | Major Depressive Disorder | Extreme light-headedness, horrible dependence, dizziness, short-term memory loss, sleep paralysis | Took this is conjunction with my usual 300mg of Wellbutrin (which is great) after coming off of Zoloft (because of the sexual side effects). I became horribly dependent on Viibryd; if I didn't take it within 15 minutes of when I was supposed to, I would experience dizziness, brain-zaps, muscle-spasms, but the worst was the drowsiness. I would get extremely tired, but if I laid down at all, I would experience horrifying sleep paralysis. After lowering my dosage down to 20mg the side effects went away, but I felt it was not very effective in treating my depression then. Definitely wouldn't recommend taking it. | M | 22 | 8 months 40mg 1X day | 12/2/2014 | 1 | Depression anxiety | I started the trial pack of viibryd I was on lexapro for years but felt my depression wasn't getting better so they switched me. First few months of viibryd was OK I had dizziness and headaches. After upping me to 40 I started having gi problems I couldn't sleep I had bad nightmares and night sweats I just continued though because when I told my doctor they said it was normal at first. I continued but I felt my depression reach its all time high I had no desire to do anything I hated who I was I was tired 24/7 I got really bad rage where anything anyone did or say I would snap. I've ruined many relationships with family and friends and the boyfriend. I feel like my head was exploding I have brain zaps. I got so mad at the pills I just stopped taking them then I went through withdraw I had bad shakes my head felt like it was floating off my neck I couldn't eat anything I've had suicidal thoughts and actually tried. This pill has ruined me. I hate the thought of keep taking it but I know I have to ween off. This pill is awful | F | 22 | 5 months 40 | 1/25/2014 | 5 | night terrors depression anxiety | take it -- aside from the side effects of a hurting stomach when i didn't eat when i took it and having brain zaps.. this medication works for me. i have lost weight due to not having the desire to overeat. it also makes me feel more energrtic than other antidepressants do. (i also take bupropion) i would be worried to switch to anything else | i like it | F | 23 | 1 years 40mg | 5/11/2015 | 5 | depression | when i began taking it diarrhea was pretty common. i had a few very vivid dreams during that time as well. after about a month or so, both of those side effects wore off and i was feeling better than ever. i've missed a dose a few times by accident and that'd usually mean i was spending the rest of the day crying around the house and nothing more. i was on cymbalta for awhile and if i ever missed a dose my whole day would be hell and i'd feel so sick. i'd get hot flashes and would become extremely nauseous but none of that happened with viibryd.. which was a relief. another side effect is that maybe only once a month or so i sleep for 16 hours straight. nothing anyone does can wake me. i'm not complaining of having the most relaxing sleep session ever but it can get in the way of daily responsibilities. but other than that, viibryd has really helped me cope with my depression and i'd wake up feeling like i could face the day on a regular basis.. the diarrhea is totally worth it. | i've been switched over to effexor xr recently because my insurance doesn't want to cover viibryd. i feel like shit compared to when i was on it. cymbalta also sucks. | F | 23 | 8 months 40 mg 1X day | 10/31/2015 |
VIIBRYD (VILAZODONE HYDROCHLORIDE): Vilazodone is used to treat depression. It is an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) and partial serotonin receptor agonist. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain (neurotransmitters such as serotonin). This medication may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level and may help restore your interest in daily living. FDA Approval Date: 2011-01-21 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)