Viibryd Horrible Drug

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I was feeling good at 20mg. I began to experience some side effects such as not being able to sleep or falling asleep then waking up about 4 hours later. When I woke my heart was pounding and I was very anxious. I called the pdoc in the morning. He told me I was experiencing something called "breakthrough". He upped me to 40mg thinking that would help. I had been at 40mg for three days and I knew that was enough. My heart would pound when I was awake as well as upon waking. Along with all that he has me on an anti anxiety med Ativan .05mg three times a day. It works but I'm only allowed this dosage at this time. Since I've had no sleep I think that I could use more Ativan. He says that any more than that I could become addicted to it, So, its 12:58 am and have taken the max dosage of my trazodone for sleep. That isn't working now. I'm feeling really scared and jittery right now. I don't know how I'm going to survive a sleepless night since the last three days I've had about 13 hours sleep. I called my dr and left a message to call me today. He didn't call back. He probably will in the morning. In the mean time I really feel helpless and I plain just don't feel good. Oh, did I add that I've lost weight rapidly because I can't eat without having lower GI and upper GI problems. Every day its about 1lb falling off the scale. This is not healthy, as much as I am obese, I don't want to do it this way. This Viibryd is a blessing for some, for me it's been a living hell. Peace to those of you who are going through this. Only 8 hours until the drs office opens, I'll be the first call on his line!

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I am very sorry to hear of the problems you were having, there have been several similar posts from people that tried Viibryd, though it has worked well for some.

Learn more Viibryd details here.

Have you stopped taking it now?

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I stopped taking it as of Monday. My mood has lightened a bit. Could be psychological but who cares. The GI side effects were the worst I've experienced on any anti-depressant. I am very happy for the ones Viibryd has helped. There are many other options for people who can't tolerate it. I'll keep on trying until we find the right one for me.

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