Posted by joe schmoe on December 8, 2011, at 13:52:42
In reply to Re: 80 mg of Viibryd, my story and what's NEW!, posted by joe schmoe on October 26, 2011, at 21:07:36
Far from getting used to Viibryd, its side effects seem to actually be getting worse the longer I'm on it, despite taking it at 20 mg (half the prescribed dose) after I couldn't take the surrealness of 40 mg. Headaches, eyeball aches, trippy feelings, dizziness and brain zaps several hours after taking it, feelings of unreality, brain fog/stupidity/memory problems, worsened social anxiety and weird feelings when out in public, it goes on and on. Some sensations I can't describe, no real word for them, but I definitely felt like I was "on" something, which I never felt from a normal SSRI after the first few weeks. No hair loss or GI issues or stuff like that - this was all mental and physical feelings in my head, the exact thing these drugs are supposed to prevent/treat.
I stopped taking it two days ago and so far feel immensely better! It's like a reverse withdrawal - when I took it, it felt like I was going through an ssri withdrawal. Now that I've stopped, I feel better! Very weird drug. I'm sure I'm in for some withdrawal effects eventually as my serotonin levels drop but at the moment, I definitely feel improved since I stopped!
The sexual benefit gradually went away, I feel as numbed now as I ever did on Celexa. So it's back to Celexa I think, after a washout period. Want to be AD free for a bit.
Given how short the trials were, I suspect that, since I started the drug on July 1, I have been on it as long as anyone ever has. I wonder how many other people will end up dropping it due to persistent, or worsening, side effects.
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> I too have had these "trippy" side effects, and at a lot lower dosage than 80 mg. At 40 mg this "trippiness" when in public was making my social anxiety worse (since bad social anxiety for me feels rather like a "bad trip" to begin with), and I have since cut it down to 20 mg. Still get some social anxiety to some extent unless I club it into submission with extra Clonazepam. Still, I don't want to go back to genital anesthesia, so I will continue on Viibryd for awhile and see how it changes over time. I have never had a med change its side effect profile on a weekly basis like this one.
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