Viibryd 40m, Increasing Anxiety? (Page 3)

Fellow viibryd folk, I am taking 40mg (been on it for approx 2 mo at this dose). In simply 24 hours I notice a need to take it or I begin to feel very anxious, and afraid. I'm not literally scared, but rather the feeling of having been frieghtened. It results in being emotionally constricted and feeling frozen to move. It feels like it is related to taking the meds, its not my normal self. Any common stories, or comments?

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Judy, please tell how you got off Viibryd. I am on 20 and so fear the titrating down to zero. How long did it take you? What did your doctor replace it with, if any. Hope you are doing well! If anyone else has ideas how to get off slowly and at what stage can you begin another med , please share.

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So today I cut dosage in half and washaving the dizzy head. This evening dizziness is better. This might sound wierd but my legs are aching. Dr finally called I'm going in to him in the morning

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My husband has been on Viibryd after Effexor stopped working. It's been about 6 weeks and he feels even worse than before he started it. I think it's making him worse. Before taking it he could work. Now with no job or income he feels worthless. He wants to stop cold turkey but I'm afraid his anxiety will get even worse.

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PLEASE HELP ME SUE Viibryd. Someone please help me. Serious side effects including glaucoma. At least 8 months of complaining to my doctor. He never linked it or concerned himself at all with what was happening to me. Multiple ER visits, ENT, and 2 ophthalmologists to try and figure out whats happening to my. My job has completely tanked bc of how sick ive been. I need to sue!! Please help. {edited for privacy}. My doctor never once did any kind of blood work on me during this!!!

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I'm going through something similar and i don't know what to do. My husband started at 40mg in December 2015 and is now living in our basement in isolation. We had a fight and he is unwilling to resolve it. He goes out on weekends all day and wont tell me where he is going, spending our money and ignores the kids. He doesn't see an issue with his meds and his psychiatrist refuses to speak with me about my concerns.

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I stopped taking Viibryd 2 weeks ago. I chose to just stop. I now feel like im climbing out of cobwebs. Im looking back at the last several months and cant believe the damage Viibryd has caused in my life. It was lke being locked in my head and not being able to get out. It was causing HYPER emotional reactions out of me, HYPER anxiety and paranoia. I feel like ive lost time. The effect was progressive so i myself did not notice the huge personality changes. Feb and March are a blur to me. Towards the end I couldnt move or get out of bed at all. My career has suffered tremendously. Physical problems were my eyes swelling up, muscle atrophy, several eye and ear infections and pain in my head. I cant believe no one saw the physical deterioration, especially my doctor. I was suffering ALL side effects from this med. i think its poison and should stop being prescribed. Now that im off I can feel my own thoughts returning to normal. I hope this process doesn't take too much longer. The withdrawal was and is HORRIBLE and feels like im coming off acid.

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Been off Viibryd since may 20. Feel MUCH MUCH better emotionally. Still having high anxiety but hoping it will fade as well. Anxiety is better than feeling and acting crazy tho!! I dont feel as wired any more and i dont have dark gloomy thoughts any more. Yayyy. I feel like im back and that im back in control.

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I have seen little help from Viibryd for my anxiety. I thought getting up to the recommended 40mg dose would help, and it may have a little bit, but the brain zaps, insomina and night terrors were not worth it. My doc recommended going back to 20 mg, which I have, but now the anxiety is as bad as its ever been. The one upside is that I have not been as ravenously hungry as I was in the past on other SSRIs, but it's not fixing the primary problem.

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I've been on vibryd for about 3 months. At first I thought it was helping my depression, but I could not sleep! 2 -3!hrs a night was all I could get, no matter what other sleep prescription my doctor prescribed. Lately, my anxiety has become uncontrollable, I shake with an overwhelming anxious feeling. I'm afraid, so fearful I can't even drive. My heart races uncontrollably and I can't eat at all. I've lost almost 20 lbs. no appetite but even when I feel a tiny bit hungry, two or three bites are all I can eat.
I skipped my pill last night and just took an anti anxiety pill instead and slept all night. Also, in the evening my feet start to itch and I've scratched them raw. Has anyone else had these problems with vibryd?

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I've found that I am more anxious on viibryd. Plan on asking for Xanax or something.

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