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 |
| 1 | OCD GAD | Diarrhea, nausea, extreme drowsiness, over medicated feeling, vision problems, increased irritability, anger outbursts, sore eyes, hot and cold flashes, night terrors, dizziness | F | 28 | 10 days 10 mg-20 | 9/30/2012 | 5 | Depression | Appetite increase, gassy, vivid dreams | F | 39 | 6 weeks 40mg | 9/16/2012 | 5 | Bipolar depression | slight queasiness, lots of abdominal bloating the first week, dry mouth, food tastes funny right after taking pill, stiff neck, constipation, (fixed by eating a fiber one plus bar each day). | Quit Lexapro because of bruxism. Tentatively started Viibryd hoping I wouldn't have to suffer from a week of diarrhea. So happy that didn't happen to me. The drug has made me VERY talkative. More aggressive and less shy. I am on top of the world. I know this feeling won't last, but for now I'm loving it. Trying to get as much work done as possible while I have this epic motivation. Was taking Buspar for bruxism and now with Viibryd (dumb name) the bruxism is almost completely gone. I'm stoked! At least give it a try for a month. My P-doc says only 25% of his patients get the diarrhea. Even if I had, the great way I feel would have been totally worth it. | F | 49 | 2 weeks 20 1X day | 9/16/2012 | 2 | Depression | Dry mouth, craving sweets, nightmares, insomnia, terrible nausea, blurry vision and strange taste. | I think the antidepressant benefits are there with Viibryd. Every patient tolerates meds in a different way. However, the side effects were much worse than the antidepressant benefit. I noticed the antidepressant benefits after week one. Also, my libido went through the roof! I stopped taking it after two days of the 40 mg dose. Withdrawal caused SEVERE nightmares for two nights in a row. I literally woke up screaming one of those nights! In my case, benefits did not outweigh side effects but it might be perfect for someone else. If your doctor prescribes it, I wouldn't recommend going longer than two weeks if you can't tolerate the side effects. | M | 40 | 21 days 20 MG 1X day | 9/8/2012 | 1 | Depression and Anxiety | I started taking Viibryd two months ago. I started at 10m, then moved to 20mg, then to 40mg. There were no side effects the first two weeks. The third week, the brain zaps started. They were HORRIBLE and terrifying!!! I had no idea what was going on with me until I got online and found that there are a lot of people that get them with this type of medicine. I also read that they would taper off, so I decided to ride it out. The only problem now was insomnia. My moods and response to irritating situations were so much better! I was able to handle situations with a calm, clear head. All in all, I was a lot happier and my marriage improved drastically. A month and a half in, I started feeling my moods getting worse, I had a decent amount of headaches, diahrreaha daily and the insomnia turned into me wanting to sleep ALL the time. I've also had some horrible, unbelieavably vivid dreams. They felt so real, that in the moments after waking up, I couldn't distinguish my dreams fr | F | 30 | 2 months 40 MG 1X day | 9/7/2012 | 1 | Severe depression & anxiety | Increased anxiety, severe panic attacks, dizziness, insomnia, loss of appetite. I've had anxiety & occasional panic attacks since high school. I was prescribed Viibryd after some life changing situations that left me severely depressed & I had one severe panic attack that landed me in the ER. I started taking the Viibryd & I was having multiple severe panic attacks a day, I was incredibly dizzy & had absolutely no appetite. The side effects were effecting my work. Against my doctors & families reccomendations I stopped taking it a after day 7. Took a day or two but the severe (almost constant) panic attacks, anxiety & dizziness stopped. I'm still having my regular anxiety & depression but I'm working with doctor to find a new medication. Being on Viibryd was scary. I had feelings & fear I've never felt before. I truly thought I was loosing my mind. For me, it was the worst med I've ever tried. | F | 27 | 7 days 10 mg | 9/5/2012 | 1 | depression anxiety | i started viibryd august 1st at 10 mg. by the end of the month i couldnt take the nightmares feeling of bugs on me insomnia and jittery feelings dizziness and a host of other side effects i stopped it and had the worst withdraw symtoms in my life had to start at 20mg for 5 days then 10 mg to wean myself off of it. the worst drug ever!!! i will stick to xanax | F | 51 | 30 days 40mg 1X day | 9/1/2012 | 5 | severe depression & anxiety | At first a little diarrhea, dry mouth. Nothing terrible or unbearable. | This medicine has worked WONDERS for me. I literally felt better the first day that I took it! It has gotten rid of my anxiety (tight chest, panicky feelings, rapid heartbeat, etc.) & has helped me cope with my depression. Before this med I was crying all the time, could not function. After this med I feel more like my old self again. I can focus & think clearly, and I actually feel happy more of the time. I can see the good in all situations. If I am late taking a dose, I do feel its absence, because the anxiety comes back as does the depression. I'd recommend taking it in the morning with some type of protein. I'm SO glad my dr. put me on this!!! | F | 31 | 1 months 10-20-40 1X day | 8/31/2012 | 1 | Depression/ Anxiety | Twitching, shaking, fatigue, muscle aches, Stomach burning | I was on this for 5 days and i had to go to the ER for intense twitching, shaking, anxiety, and indigestion with stomach burning | F | 30 | 5 days 40 MG 1X day | 8/30/2012 | 2 | Anxiety,Depression | Terrible nightmares, insomnia, diarrhea, aching jaws, headaches, fatigue, uncontrollable crying at times, and become combative when I don't take the med ON TIME. | I switched to Viibryd, after taking Lexapro for about 6 years. On the Lexapro, I had frequent brain zaps and sexual disfunction, which disappeared entirely once I started taking Viibryd. Initially, I felt as though I was able to make better decisions and thought this drug was going to really work for me. I felt the diarrhea would probably ease up over time, along with the insomnia. Wellll... after taking it now for 4 months, I'm not quite so sure that trading the side effects of the Lexapro was worth the mess I'm now going through with the Viibryd. Some of the nightmares I'm having are truly terrible and I've recently started waking myself up crying out, - something I've never done before in my life. In the morning, I'm exhausted... my jaws ache, my head hurts to where I'm taking Advil every morning now, my muscles ache to the point that I have a hard time walking, and can literally cry on a dime. I just don't feel good anymore at all, and definitely not like myself emotionally. I take my med in the morning, and if I am a few hours late taking it or get busy on a weekend and forget? I'm mad at the world for no good reason and get VERY depressed, I just sit there and cry and cry... it's awful. ~ Please think twice before taking this med! As for me, with all I'm going through? Lexapro's brain zaps and sexual side effects are a walk in the park compared to this. | F | 48 | 4 months 40 mg 1X day | 8/27/2012 | 2 | Angry/overwhelmed/tired | Jittery, Nightmares, Dizziness, Manic Feeling | Because I did not feel like getting up to go to work anymore, I began the 10-20-40 dosage in May after being on Prozac for several years for feeling like I was yelling at my children/husband all the time. I have been taking the 40 mg dose every morning for about a month. Everything was great for a while (except for an instance during the first week of the increased dose in which I irrationally screamed at my child), but in the last week or so, I have become very jittery and dizzy in the mornings; I feel like the whole bed is shaking when my husband barely moves; I've become very irritable and a little spastic at work. Last night I had a very vivid nightmare that a flying monster was firing at me with an automatic weapon. I itch all over now and frequently feel like I might be having delusions. I've never felt this way before and feel like there must be some connection to the build up of this medication in my body. The doctor has decreased me to 40 mg every other day for the next week...however, this morning, I switched back to my 20 mg of Prozac (because of the nightmare) and am having to take Dramamine for the dizziness...I can tell that this medication has significantly affected by brain actions/reactions and that has really scared me. | F | 42 | 65 days 40MG 1X day | 8/18/2012 | 2 | Depression | When I first started this medicine I was feeling better. As I increased to the 40 mgs that was when I started feeling very weird. I had a vibrating sensation for hours that wouldnt go away. Diarrhea was occasional. Would be very hyper and then crash. I was switched back down to 20mg and it just continued getting worse. I now have nightmares that I wake up screaming and not knowing what's real and it's never happened before. And the stomach issues got worse. Not to mention the hightend anxiety to the point where i dont want to eat or go out. I am now being taken off it. Take extreme caution with this medicine. | F | 25 | 2 months 20 mg | 8/17/2012 | 2 | Major depression | If I take it in the morning I'm drowsy all day long and have insomnia. If I take it at night I can't sleep at all, and am drowsy all day long. My doctor says it takes six weeks to take effect but I'll probably lose my job before that time frame if I don't get some sleep. | Stomach issues still present, weird cravings, mostly worried about the sleep issue. Lack of sleep = lack of focus = lack of job. I don't see any change yet in depression symptoms either. I don't want to be a zombie but I do need sleep. | F | 51 | 2 weeks 40 mg 1X day | 8/4/2012 | 2 | Depression/ anxiety | I am unbelievably sleepy on this drug. I can hardly keep my eyes open and have been napping the last 2 days away. Also my sex drive is dramatically reduced, something I've never experienced on any ssri or snri. i've been on paxil, prozac and pristiq over the last 12 years. I've also had moderate stomach issues thus far. My desire for sweets and junk food has gone through the roof which i have found hard to control. Seems odd since "reduced side effects" is how this drug is being marketed. I have never had so many side effects from an AD in my life! Despite these issues, I'm going to try to at least finish the sample pack with the hope that these issues will subside. I haven't noticed much change in my depression or anxiety thus far.. In general, i'm very skeptical that this drug is going to agree with me. If it does magically start working, i will put another post up here in a few weeks. | M | 39 | 8 days 20 | 7/28/2012 | 5 | depression anxiety marital dissatis | I've had depression all my life and had tried everything in the past.8years ago I was last started on Lexapro and continued up until 3 weeks ago when I started Viibryd.I am a nurse married to a doctor so I know meds and side effects and actions well.I was afraid to change medications because nothing has ever worked for me before.I was packed and ready to walk out of my home,my kids and my husband all who have been the victims of my depression.my husband who has always put up with my distance and resistance of my affection.told me he never felt loved in 16 years of marriage.all that changed by day 2 on viibryd.I felt the heavy hate leave my body.I noticed the sky, color in trees and beauty in my life.I don't have that feeling of closing myself off to everyone.I'm calling old friends.and I'm back home with my wedding ring back on.My husband and I have been intimate almost every day and I am actually participating and interested.this medication saved my whole life.I'm terrified that it will stop working. My husband told me not to worry that if I'm responding like this the results most likely will only improve due to a medical standpoint.zevrn if it stopped working tomorrow.I've had the best few weeks of my adult life.I have had almost no side effects except all little muscle soreness and mild headache.ill take that anyfsy to depression.I recommend trying this medication to anyone.if it works for you it id a miracle.it won't work for everyone that is why there are so many med ch | F | 43 | 3 weeks 20 | 7/24/2012 | 5 | Depression, depersonilization | I've been on SSRI''s for over 15 years. I also suffer from a slight dissociative disorder, related to PTSD, and most AD I've tried help with the mood, for a while, but the side effects have always exacerbated the dissociative stuff, and the anti-depressant effect ultimitley wears off, leaving me feeling detqched andlike a machine. For me the experience with Viibryd has been entirely different and tremendously better. The initial side effects can be a little harsh (namely the diarrhea), but ultimitley I feel much better particularly with he dissociative stuff. To put it simply I haven't able to cry in years and with this I can cry at all the moment a person should cry, namely human moments. So I feel much more human and that my dissociative symptoms have alleviated, which for the latter is significant, as no other medication has been able to do this. A lot of the reports for this are very negative or very positive, which leads me to wonder whether descriptions by the former are drug company propaganda please give this a try and try to withstand the seemingly harsh initial physical side-effects; they went away for me. Best antidepressant I've ever tried. | M | 38 | 3 months 40 mg | 7/24/2012 | 5 | Major Depression | diarrhea and probably sexual dysfunction. | Been taking antidepressants for 13 years now and this is the only drug which has seemed to work for me. | M | 29 | 9 months 40 1X day | 7/11/2012 | 3 | Depression | Sexual side effects still there.. | F | 35 | 1 months 20 mg | 7/8/2012 | 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 | 2 | Mild Depression/ Anxiety | hair loss, tinnitus, weight gain, agitation, aggression, became really combative, | When I got up to the 40 mg initially in December, I felt pretty good, however, in the last couple months, I had pronouced hair loss, tinnitus, weight gain, major sugar cravigs, became really aggressive and combative which is so not my nature. I titrated down to 20 mg, helped the hair loss, still some but not as much, but the aggression only seemed to get worse. So I am weening off of it. | F | 39 | 7 months 40 1X day | 6/28/2012 |