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 | Depression ,can't think or sleep | Bloating ,can't sleep,can't stop going to restroom! | I wana give if a chance but my brain hasnt slowed down and my stomach hurts!my bad thoughts are worse than ever! I dnt think I can handle this drug any longer!wish I would've stayed on the Effexor xr! | F | 43 | 3 weeks 30 mg | 6/23/2015 | 1 | Depression | Body buzzing brain fog joints hurt tingly feet under skin bubble like popping in legs dry eyes | This is the worst anti depressant out there. At first it's great then after about 1.5 years. I got flu symptoms for 10 days , feet then started cramping up charlie horses, flu symptoms came back tingling feet inner body humming brain fog then went away. Came back hasn't stopped since February. It is now June and I weaned off the 40 mg took 3 weeks. Haven't had any in my system in a week Still feel horrible. I have always been healthy. this drug has ruined my health. I am waiting for the commercial,that comes on saying " if you or anyone one you know ever taken viibrid and has experienced these side effect .... Call this number. You might be entitled to .... I just want to feel normal,again. Please do not try this drug. I would rather not have a sex drive and gain 800 lbs then deal with this feeling every day. | F | 54 | 2 years 40 1X day | 6/16/2015 | 1 | Major depression | terrible pains and stiffness in hands/feet. Spent a lot of money on being evaluated for rheumatoid arthritis and other auto immune diseases. I had symptoms of a pinched nerve in both hands but worse in right. Felt like I had flu-- could barely walk some mornings- only with taking pain meds and a lot of ibuprofen. All of this started after I went to 40 mg dose about 3 mo ago. I could barely move in the middle of the night and in morning. I went from being healthy to feeling like I was crippled. And not one Dr knew what it was. Finally I looked online to see if viibryd could cause pain-- and there is was-- all of my symptoms. This crap should be illegal | drs should know about this. My dr wanted me to go for a full body CT scan next to see if I have cancer! It's just this awful drug | F | 53 | 7 months 40 mg | 6/7/2015 | 1 | anxiety | At first it was great. Upset stomach at first but lost weight was feeling great. 5-6 months into...paranoia, increased anxiety, anger, stomach bloating, weight gain, irreuglar period, awful awful drug. Not worth how good you feel in the beginning when you feel so bad laTer on. | F | 37 | 6 months 20mg | 6/2/2015 | 1 | Depression | F | 22 | 3 months 40 | 5/30/2015 | 4 | Depression | Just the runs in the first few weeks of taking it, after some weeks of being on it, seemed I needed just a "little more" of something, so my Dr. put me on 30mg of Buspirone (15 mg, 2 times a day) and I seem totally fine. Missing a dose is weird, feel like having allergy attack! itchy nose, eyes, head, little foggy. | Wish I IDIDN'T have to take anything, but I went through big change in work, 2 deaths and a close friends cancer diagnosis and handled all very well. Not so detached, allows me to cry (which other stuff seemed to keep me from feeling), so all in all a good mix for now | F | 51 | 2 years 40 MG 1X day | 5/12/2015 | 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 | 1 | Depression and severe anxiety | Very suicidal,tingling in hands, bouts of extreme itching, paranoid, silent reflux, grinding teeth,feeling like hands were falling asleep, frequent urinatiion at night,hot flashes,terrine horrible horrible nightmare of a medication. When I told my doc, she didn't have a clue why I was having such side effects. I did my own research and found out it was viibryd.please do not take. You will regret it!!! | F | 48 | 2 months 40 mg | 5/2/2015 | 3 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Started on the dose pack at 10mg then 20mg then 40mg, the 10 seemed to work somewhat then went to the 20 and started getting foggy feeling, then to 40 and I was like a walking zombie. Pdoc switched me down to 20mg but still foggy, so was told to cut the 20 in half to make 10mg but didn't get much relief with 10mg. Just not the right one for me. But might work for you. | M | 34 | 45 days 10,20,40 1X day | 4/9/2015 | 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 | 3 | depression | Doctor put me on Viibrayd after 13 years on Paxil. I immediately lost 70 pounds and was sexually interested again. After awhile on Viibryd, I noticed I get sad a lot for no reason, lots of brain shocks and angry at others. I wasn't getting enough medicine absorbed in my system. I found it works better for me after I ate a full meal. I now get the full effect of Viibryd, but I feel it doesn't last thru out the day. Doctor advised me to take half (20mg) in morning and other half at night. This method is used to keep medicine in my system and to prevent brain shocks. I'm now doing well on Viibryd. I don't want to get on other antidepressants, cause I don't want weight gain again and lost of sexual desires | M | 48 | 2 years 40mg | 3/29/2015 | 3 | depression | Too many horrible nightmares. If I miss a dose I fall back very quickly into depression. | F | 52 | 6 months 40 mg | 3/27/2015 | 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 | 1 | depression | This is the worst medication I have ever been on. I experienced crying all the time...vicuous moid swings with major anger issues...strange dreams...restless leg...muscle pain...carb craving and electronic stim type feeling down my leg. All of this has been on 10mg.I have had clinical depression for 14 years and have never felt this way...even when not taking anything. | While on this drug I thought I was coming completely unglued. I was glad to have found this site to discover I am not the only one! I would think twice before starting this drug! | F | 47 | 3 weeks 10 | 3/19/2015 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety and PTSD | Initially worked VERY well once I got to 40 mg. I felt like a New person! I could function again w/o anxiety & the heart palpitations stopped. That lasted about 3 months. Side effects, which took me a while to realize, were Extremely vivid dreams almost nightly and cry very easily from the start of the med.. I gained 25 lbs! I Crave carbs & sweets like never before & felt like I was on a steroid b/c I was starving all the time! My anxiety is back as bad as ever, I want to sleep or stay in bed where it's safe but it's difficult to actually rest. I feel like I hate the world & stay angry/irritable. I physically hurt more than I've ever hurt in my life but that could be from lack of exercise which is nearly impossible to do b/c I hurt and I'm so tired. My back hurts, my hips hurt, my chest hurts, my toes hurt, & fingers hurt. My GP DR. said the eating is b/c of depression but this craving is NOT like when I'm depressed. Many days I think I just can't bare anymore and want to drive off a bridge! Paxil & Cymbalta made me feel the same way after a cpl yrs on those. I want to stop the medication but it causes serious brain zaps, nausea, vertigo, when I miss a dose which happened for 3 days once when I went out of town & forgot my vybriid. My blood pressure is much higher, it's always been low-normal so I feel like I'm going to explode physically at times & it's hard to breathe. I fear everything and my family is NO support at all. | F | 47 | 8 months 40 mg | 3/14/2015 | 4 | MDD, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue | Initially I had tremendous mood swings and impulsive behavior/speech. Sometimes angry outbursts, sometimes inappropriate comments (like I had no filters on my thoughts before speaking). Restless leg syndrome increased dramatically. Scalp and skin itching. Same effects when increasing dosage to deal with SAD. Vivid dreams but not nightmares. Increased libido. Weight loss overtime (decreased appetite). Missing even one day dosage can cause strange thoughts and mental confusion. Missed a week due to insurance foul up and thought I was going crazy. | This drug has significantly helped my depression after numerous other established antidepressants lost their effectiveness. Increased energy and finally interested in being with people and trying new things for the first time in years. With a steady dosage most adverse side effects went away except for RLS and the tendency to cry more easily both from harsh words from others and from happy, sentimental triggers but much more controlled than during initial adjustment period. Take the time to explain this to your family. I suggest never changing dosage more than 10 mg at a time over 3-4 weeks and be prepared for side effects even then but much milder than initially. I wonder if remaining on a lower dose for an even longer time would eventually be effective without so many side effects? Don't miss a dose. See if you can get samples to have on hand if you might experience delays in your insurance coverage. Copayment is very expensive but this works effectively when other older meds no longer work. Insurance companies should make an exception for this or the manufacturer should offer rebates. Manufacturer should continue studying this drug to find solution to adverse effects and why it works well for some people but is such a frightening experience for others. | F | 51 | 7 months 30mg | 2/26/2015 | 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 | 1 | Depression | I have been having what feels like electric shocks in my ears and through my jaw that jolt me awake just as I am falling to sleep. I finally decided to see if this had anything to do with the med and HOLY CRAP! There are dozens and dozens of people experiencing these same shocks or brain zaps as they call them. It's a terrifying feeling. I also have the most vivid yet gruesome dreams if I miss a dose. I begin itching every evening prior to when I normally take my pill. I didn't know that was also a side effect until I read it here from so many others. I begin IOP treatment tomorrow & they are weaning me off of this horrible drug. I was nervous but after seeing that I'm far from being the only person to experience these specific effects, I'm very ready to just throw it in the garbage. | I cannot recommend this drug at all after what it has caused me. Missed sleep, paranoia that something was horribly wrong with me and overall generally worse anxiety is NOT what anyone is looking for. Try something else. Please! | F | 36 | 1 months 40mg | 2/8/2015 | 3 | Depression, Anxiety and OCD | Weight gain, decreased libido, increased blood pressure, vivid nightmares, increased insomnia, increased carb cravings!!!!!! and loss of motivation to exercise. | During the 6 months I have been on 10 mgs of Viibryd, I have packed on 17 lbs, have zero sex drive (possibly from the weight gain, because I still have sexual dreams) and have decided to wean off this drug. When I first started Viibryd, my doctor reassured me that Viibryd wouldn't cause weight gain/sexual side effects. Over the course of 6 months, I have slowly gained weight and feel horrible about my appearance. Whenever I mention my side effects to my doctor, she always says "Well, you're feeling better, so what's a little weight gain?" I swear she knew I'd gain weight because she told me not to Google Viibryd (I did anyhow), but I decided to give it a chance. I am now convinced that every time Big Pharma develops a new, unpatented antidepressant, they claim "No weight gain/sexual side effects!!!", because they KNOW they can get doctors to push this new, expensive med, before the ugly truth slowly gets around. They also KNOW that those 2 major issues are most patient's biggest concerns!!! LIES!!! Twenty years ago, I believed my doctor when he said the same exact things about Prozac. After 2 years of gaining at least 25 lbs, craving carbs like a maniac, and feeling like a munic zombie, I decided to search for the truth, and lo and behold, I found many other people having the same experience!!!! Sick of the lies, and now I will only try something that has been around for a while with well-known, documented side effects. I am tired of feeling | F | 47 | 6 months 10 mgs 1X day | 2/7/2015 | 1 | MDD | While on the starter pack (10mg/day for 1 week, 20mg for the next week, then 30, and in week 4 the full 40mg dose): increasing anxiety and trouble sleeping. On day 2 of taking the 40mg dose, I began having panic attacks multiple times a day. (I had experienced panic attacks very rarely up until the 40mg week and had never felt a need to be treated for panic issues. ) ,Later that week I developed insomnia that lasted for three nights in a row and ultimately resulted in hallucinations, a seizure, and a week in the hospital. | This medication nearly drove me to psychosis, and in the hospital my heart rate was so high, even while lying in bed, that I had to take blood pressure medication for six months. I still have little memory of my last day at home before my hospitalization; apparently I entered the bathroom and locked the door as my partner was leaving for work, and when he came home at the end of the day I was still in there. Upon removing the hinges from the door in order to gain access to the room, he found me slumped on the floor, insisting in slurred speech that I was all right. | F | 29 | 26 days 40mg 1X day | 2/4/2015 |